Before & After from SVA BFA Design & BFA Advertising

Inspiration & Internships in the Big Apple: Vasavi's Words of Wisdom

Season 1 Episode 3

Feeling uninspired? Vasavi's award-winning advice: "unplug!"

Co-host Sabrina chats with Vasavi Bubna (vasavi.work) during her senior year as a BFA Design student focused on branding at SVA, to learn more about:

  • her transition from Mumbai to New York City and taking first-year classes online during the pandemic
  • the importance of research, passion, and finding offline inspiration to overcome creative blocks
  • how leveraging SVA connections and cold emails landed her some noteworthy internships and a speaking opportunity with respected design association, AIGA

Vasavi currently works as an associate designer at COLLINS; we couldn't be more proud.

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Many thanks to our Chair, Gail Anderson; faculty mentor George Garrastegui Jr.; student hosts Sabrina, Sasha, and Milana; student editor Michael; editor and audio engineer RJ Basilio; our department’s mighty Helen; and the rest of the Before & After team!

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