{"id":94167,"date":"2021-06-08T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=94167"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:49:17","slug":"tactile-media","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2021\/tactile-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactile Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin magazine-block-editorial-leadin is-style-emphasis-on-text has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-001-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Graphic designer Sarah Bassett (\u201915) sometimes turns to more physical crafts to give her work a texture and depth, a tangibility, that Adobe software can\u2019t provide. Photo by Patrick Strattner<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">CFA Alumni<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTactile Media\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Designer Sarah Bassett\u2019s creative process includes a treasure chest of inspiration, celebrity approvals, and the occasional cross-stitch<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar magazine-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 8, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/authors\/andrew-thurston\/\">Andrew Thurston<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><strong>Tapestry needles, embroidery floss, fabric canvas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The essential tools of cross-stitch aren\u2019t exactly graphic design staples. But in an era when so much design lives on-screen, created with clicks and keystrokes,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahbassy.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sarah Bassett<\/a>&nbsp;sometimes turns to more physical crafts\u2014cross-stitch, printmaking, silk screen, collage\u2014to give her graphic design work a texture and depth, a tangibility, that Adobe software can\u2019t provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-003-sm-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-003-sm-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-003-sm-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-003-sm-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-003-sm-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-003-sm-667x1000.jpg 667w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-003-sm.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>The \u201cBloody Brilliant\u201d cross-stitch review was for Lucy Foley\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Guest List<\/em>, a summer 2020 pick for Hello Sunshine\u2019s Reese\u2019s Book Club. It became an Instagram promotion for the book. Photo by Patrick Strattner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bassett (\u201915) made her first professional cross-stitch at Converse, which she joined as a CFA intern and left in 2020 after rising to senior designer. Curating an in-house gallery show celebrating design work and art by women at the footwear company, Bassett picked up a needle and thread for her own contribution: two cross-stitches emblazoned with \u201cNo\u201d and \u201cNope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a traditional female-driven medium that I was taking ownership of,\u201d she says of her choice of cross-stitch for the show,&nbsp;<em>Ways to Go<\/em>, which coincided with International Women\u2019s Day 2019. It was also a way of pushing through her own fear of saying \u201cno\u201d to people. \u201cThrough the act of slowing down and focusing on each stitch, I was able to really ingrain those words [\u201cNo\u201d and \u201cNope\u201d] into my mind and meditate on that mantra as I created the piece.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now a freelance designer and art director based in California, Bassett was most recently a senior designer of social and editorial at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hello-sunshine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hello Sunshine<\/a>, the Reese Witherspoon\u2013founded media company. She\u2019s created photo and video set designs, social media branding, packaging, and more. She\u2019s even produced another cross-stitch: a flower-framed two-word review, \u201cBloody Brilliant,\u201d for Lucy Foley\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Guest List<\/em>, a summer 2020 pick for Hello Sunshine\u2019s Reese\u2019s Book Club. That combination of old-fashioned elegance and modern boldness became an Instagram promotion for the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always looked at graphic design as a means of solving problems,\u201d says Bassett. \u201cThe first thing I ask myself is, \u2018What medium would serve this best?\u2019 In some instances, it\u2019s a cross-stitch; in some, an illustration; in some, it\u2019s tried-and-true graphic design.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>A Printmaker\u2019s Eye<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-004-sm-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-004-sm-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-004-sm-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-004-sm-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-004-sm-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-004-sm-667x1000.jpg 667w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/21-1032-CFABASSETT-004-sm.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>Bassett keeps a trunk filled with objects and patterns that she uses for design inspiration. Photo by Patrick Strattner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many designers keep inspiration folders, others fill Pinterest boards. Bassett has an inspiration trunk. Originally her late uncle\u2019s, the dark wood and leather chest is edged with the dents and chips of frequent use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a treasure trove of clippings,\u201d says Bassett. \u201cI collect small treasures in this trunk, hoping to bring new life to the bits I\u2019ve found.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the paper gems: stacks of security tint envelopes, crosshatched with lines and swirls to keep prying eyes from looking at confidential mail. \u201cAll the patterns are so different. I love thinking about the secrets they keep.\u201d She last used them to inspire backgrounds on cards she silk-screened. The trunk also holds some unusual souvenirs from the part-time job Bassett had at CVS through high school and college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI worked in their photo department,\u201d she says. \u201cThey have photo machines where it trims the edges off prints.\u201d The offcuts are a bulky column of white edged by tiny slivers of photo. \u201cThey fascinate me. They create these beautiful patterns when stacked side by side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bassett traces her interest in patterns and textures back to printmaking classes at CFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although most of her design work isn\u2019t handcrafted\u2014Bassett leans on Adobe software as much as every other graphic designer\u2014she encourages those starting in the industry to learn tactile, physical skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"636\" height=\"636\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/06_Trunk-Bits-sm-636x636-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/06_Trunk-Bits-sm-636x636-1.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/06_Trunk-Bits-sm-636x636-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/06_Trunk-Bits-sm-636x636-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/06_Trunk-Bits-sm-636x636-1-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/06_Trunk-Bits-sm-636x636-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/06_Trunk-Bits-sm-636x636-1-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption>Among the paper gems in Bassett\u2019s trunk: stacks of security tint envelopes, crosshatched with lines and swirls to keep prying eyes from looking at confidential mail. Courtesy of Bassett<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn graphic design, Photoshop, we\u2019re working in layers,\u201d she says. \u201cPrintmaking really forces you to slow down and look, to consider layers in a meditative way: how are you building those fields of color, these textures on top of each other, to create the final image? It involves a lot of planning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the design process, Bassett mimics a printmaker\u2019s layering by combining computer-guided and more free-form design tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been trying to bounce between my laptop and my iPad,\u201d says Bassett. She\u2019ll start by laying out type in InDesign, then export the file to her iPad where she\u2019ll use an Apple Pencil and the Procreate illustration app to add a hand-drawn element. \u201cI juggle back and forth. It frees things up: when you\u2019re able to work with the Apple Pencil, it\u2019s a little less restricting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a technique she recently used on a personal project,&nbsp;<em>The Way We Scroll<\/em>, a digital mindfulness and decluttering blog that Bassett says is \u201clike Marie Kondo for the digital space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote magazine-block-bu-pullquote is-style-modern has-image-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">Collaborating with celebrity talent is a really interesting challenge where you&#8217;re trying to marry their brand with your brand.<\/div><footer class=\"caption\"><br\/>Sarah Bassett<\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI first designed the logo in [Adobe] Illustrator and slightly stretched the script used in the word \u2018Way,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cI then imported the logo to Procreate and redrew the script and shifted the letters around until I was happy with it. I then brought it back into Illustrator to refine and finalize.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Celebrity Ping-Pong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For many professional designers, the toughest part of the creative process is the pitch: steering their work past a creative director or client and incorporating\u2014or pushing back on\u2014everyone\u2019s suggestions. For most of Bassett\u2019s career, there\u2019s been another hurdle to navigate: winning celebrity approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Converse, Bassett collaborated with singer Miley Cyrus and&nbsp;<em>Stranger Things<\/em>&nbsp;actor Millie Bobby Brown. Both have designed sneakers for the company and starred in its seasonal campaigns. Working with them on photo and video shoots required not just landing on a creative style that fit the Converse brand, says Bassett, but one that hit the mark for the celebrities\u2014and the big-name photographers and filmmakers bringing the projects to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCollaborating with celebrity talent is a really interesting challenge where you\u2019re trying to marry their brand with your brand,\u201d says Bassett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Brown designed a pair of Chucks, the brand\u2019s signature sneaker, Bassett art directed shoots in Boston and London with director and photographer Alexandra Gavillet. She created mood boards for locations, clothing, even lighting. Then came the refining and approvals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"636\" height=\"636\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/05_TWWS-Logo-sm-636x636-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/05_TWWS-Logo-sm-636x636-1.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/05_TWWS-Logo-sm-636x636-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/05_TWWS-Logo-sm-636x636-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/05_TWWS-Logo-sm-636x636-1-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/05_TWWS-Logo-sm-636x636-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/05_TWWS-Logo-sm-636x636-1-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption>One of Bassett\u2019s recent personal projects outside of work is&nbsp;<em>The Way We Scroll<\/em>, a blog about minimizing her digital footprint, with tips for organizing photos and folders or ditching social media platforms. Courtesy of Bassett<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a constant pinball machine. Going out to the photographer to make sure they\u2019re feeling good about directing and photography, making sure the celebrity talent feels good, making sure my boss feels good\u2014it\u2019s a lot of ping-ponging around making sure everybody\u2019s vision is on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bassett says she aims to present three options for any project to help get her work through the approval process\u2014and to allow herself some creative freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always try to approach projects from a small, medium, large standpoint. The small solution is the one they asked for, the medium solution is what they asked for with a little bit of spice, and the large solution is my dream world,\u201d she says. \u201cIt really helps scratch that creative itch. In order to keep yourself excited, it\u2019s important to push yourself through that range. And sometimes, like 1 out of 10 times, they\u2019ll go with that larger, dreamy option.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Book Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mood boards and creative direction for celebrity shoots were also part of Bassett\u2019s job at Hello Sunshine, although the company\u2019s smaller size meant she was more hands on\u2014dashing on set to move objects around and adding graphics packages to videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For an August 2020 short film series called Book Shook\u2014celebrities like Witherspoon,&nbsp;<em>Black-ish<\/em>\u2019s Yara Shahidi, and&nbsp;<em>The Good Place<\/em>\u2019s Jameela Jamil talking about a book that changed their life\u2014Bassett collaborated with the company\u2019s video team, generating location inspiration boards and adding title text to the films. For the latter, Bassett chose fonts (Origin Super Condensed and Archer Medium Italic, stretched and given extra heft with drop shadows) to complement the series\u2019 message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"562\" height=\"636\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/10\/BookShook-sm-562x636-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94173\"\/><figcaption>Bassett collaborated with Hello Sunshine\u2019s video team on an August 2020 short film series called Book Shook, generating location inspiration boards and adding title text to the completed films.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wanted it to have this cinematic weight where the type itself is very large,\u201d she says. \u201cThe story is all about the book that really shook these women. The impact is something they\u2019ll never feel again, and I wanted that to come through in the typography.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bassett only recently made the jump into freelance work, so she\u2019s now busy adding new clients to her roster. She\u2019s also starting a podcast,&nbsp;<em>At Your Own Risk<\/em>, with illustrator Dana Drew. In every episode, the pair will interview creatives and entrepreneurs, with a particular focus on imposter syndrome, the feeling of self-doubt that leads many to believe they\u2019re not cut out for their chosen field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">\u201cI\u2019ve found that since there is a stigma in carving a career path in the arts, I always skewed on the side of playing it safe: I used to define success as finding stability in my career, even if that meant, at times, compromising my passions,\u201d she says. \u201cWhat I\u2019m embracing moving forward is that taking risks that keep your priorities, values, and passions at the forefront will always be worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-two magazine-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li 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The essential tools of cross-stitch aren\u2019t exactly graphic design staples. 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