ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Samantha Watson is a designer finishing her senior year at RIT’s School of Design. An expert napper and award-winning pie baker, she can often be found practicing calligraphy or staying up past her bedtime working on freelance projects. She is also a firm believer that print is not dead, and loves experimenting with typography. In the past, she has interned at CP+B and Adcade.
FAVORITE COLOR?
Is denim a color?
FAVORITE TYPEFACE?
Recently, it’s been Harriet Series by Okay Type
FAVORITE TV SHOWS?
Mad Men, Chopped
FAVORITE BOOK?
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
FAVORITE MOVIE?
Lord of the Rings
FAVORITE MUSICIAN OR BAND?
Why? (whywithaquestionmark.com)
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA?
Snapchat
FAVORITE FINE ARTISTS?
Niels Shoe Meulman, Alan Sonfist
YOUR DESIGNER HEROES?
Martin Venezky, Jessica Walsh
TALENT YOU WISHED YOU POSSESSED?
Hand-eye coordination
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I’d be a food critic, so I could write, travel, and eat for a living.
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Orville Wright did not have a pilot’s license.
