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Rhode Island School of Design

Graduating Student Library Workers Book Display

Fleet Library recognizes the hard work and dedication of its graduating student employees by purchasing a book in their name for the library's collection.

Class of 2025

Each spring, the Fleet Library recognizes the hard work and dedication of its graduating student employees by purchasing a book in their name for the library's collections. Below are the titles selected by our undergraduate and graduate student workers from the class of 2025, accompanied by the inspiration behind their selections. We thank them for all their hard work!


KIMBERLY DUCK  |  Graphic Design, MFA

"It challenges the conventions of graphic design through a feminist, collective, and interdisciplinary lens, offering students and researchers a critical, diverse, and experimental approach to the field."


LUISA MARIA HEINDL  |  Graphic Design, MFA

"This book offers a valuable counter-narrative to conventional graphic design histories, emphasizing the life of logos beyond professional control. It foregrounds the public’s role in transforming visual identity."


STANLEY HOPE  |  Painting, BFA

"Le Guin is one of my favorite authors and has given me much to think about in terms of how I can imagine fantasy worlds beyond a typical tale of superficial flashy violence."


ORION JAIME  |  Ceramics, BFA

"I chose this photography book of the Southwest landscape as I find it not only a collection of beautiful photos, but because I draw inspiration from the organic formations, colors, and textures."


NAOMI KERN  |  Architecture, BFA

"It's beautifully written and I think it's an especially useful book in thinking about one's political role in the world as an artist or writer."


HANNA KNOWLES  |  Painting, BFA

"First and continuous; favorite book; special crucial important "


YUANHUI LI  |  Illustration, MFA

"This is a new published book by Brecht Evens, who is a life-time-practice illustrator. This is a graphic novel but a special one, every page in the book is beautiful. I bought one myself, but I think the school library should have one as well."


NICOLE HSUNCHU NEDEFF  |  Industrial Design, BFA

"This is the book my grandfather and his friend self-published together documenting their escape from Bulgaria. I don't think any other library in the world has this book on its shelves."


NOVEMBER STANLEY  |  Illustration, BFA

"I always found it ridiculous that the Fleet Library didn’t have a copy of this amazing book. The Singing Bones is a masterful example of simplicity, texture, form, symbolism, and design in illustration. I hope you hear all of Tan’s unsaid words in these images."


JAMIE WANG  |  Illustration, CTC Concentration, BFA

"I love Alex Alice's fantastical watercolor renderings in a compelling narrative that blends two of my favorite genres I enjoy reading: sci-fi and historical fiction. If you're an avid fan of space, steampunk, and bande dessinées, I cannot recommend this book and series enough!"


JOANNA HERNANDEZ WRIGHT  |  Architecture, MFA

"A very valuable source I found during my thesis research that I think other students will enjoy."