TORI WATSON

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

SUBTEXT / IDENTITY + APPAREL / 2026

EXHIBITION IDENTITY

For the 2026 Otis MFA Graphic Design Exhibition, I designed a complete identity system: branding, promotional posters, a screenprinted shirt, outdoor signage, digital promotion, and a large-scale balloon sculpture. The concept asks viewers to read between the lines. I developed a halftone system in Vectoraster that invites closer inspection through distortions and obstructions. The color palette in the act of highlighting itself: yellow for analog reading, blue for digital.

Subtext lies beneath every act of communication: ideas that are unspoken, rewarding those who linger and investigate. There is always more than what first appears. The Otis College MFA Graphic Design class of 2026 has spent two years learning to work in that space, between what’s said and what’s meant. Researching, questioning, making, unmaking. Each designer engages with questions that define this moment. So look closer. Read deeper. The work here shifts the longer you stay with it. So stay with it.