UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Lauren Favier is a Tennessee-based student pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. With a background in both fine art and music, Lauren is always seeking opportunities for interdisciplinary connections. As a designer, she places a great emphasis on storytelling, recognizing narratives as an age-old and unfading tool for communication. At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she manages the Graphic Design program’s two Risograph printers, hosting workshops to teach students and faculty about the printing process. Her favorite ink is Fluorescent Pink. Conversation and play have come to occupy an integral part of her creative process and assisting fellow designers in their work only grows that habit. Aside from her focus on the Risograph, Lauren also enjoys branding and illustration work.
WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL INSPIRED?
My best ideas and fixations come from my other classes, outside of Graphic Design; recently, a class on Pre-Renaissance Italian Art drove me into a months-long medieval phase.
WHAT AREA OR AREAS OF DESIGN ARE YOU HOPING TO WORK IN OR SPECIALIZE IN?
My work within my program as our resident Risograph tech has made working in a specialty Risograph studio a dream of mine, although I also love the branding process.
WHAT IS ONE THING THAT DESIGN SCHOOL HAS TAUGHT YOU THAT YOU DID NOT EXPECT?
No one does anything alone, not really.
WHAT ARE YOU READING, LISTENING TO, WATCHING?
Reading Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist, listening to Vince Guaraldi, and watching every Jane Austen adaptation ever made.
