Caroline Lu

MISSING: THE LATENT MESSAGING OF SWISS MISS CHOCOLATE A poster revealing the empty promises and values communicated in Swiss Miss Chocolate: artificial flavoring, additives labeled as real chocolate, and the cozy feelings elicited through Swiss imagery by a product made in Wisconsin. (Poster created by layering white pieces of paper and cut letter forms)

MY MONKEY An investigation of form

MY MONKEY. An investigation of form

THE ZOO AS SPECTACLE A diorama reflecting the mixed messaging zoos convey between spectacle and education

TURTLE JEWELRY A visualization about animal exploitation

WONDER SCULPTURE CONCEPTS A Visualization about conservation at the San Francisco Zoo. (Sculptures made of fallen leaves and flowers to represent regeneration.)

WONDER SCULPTURE CONCEPTS A Visualization about conservation at the San Francisco Zoo. (Sculptures made of fallen leaves and flowers to represent regeneration.)

GROW, FEED, REUSE: SUSTAINABILITY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO An installation showing how the Zoo practices sustainable methods in providing enrichment activities for the giraffes

ORAGAMI CHAIR, FRONT VIEW A felt chair that transforms in to a mat

ORAGAMI CHAIR, BACK VIEW A felt chair that transforms in to a mat

LOOK BOTH WAYS: AN EXERCISE IN THE EVERYDAY An outdoor graphic installation examining the everyday through a list of mundane/automatic activities. (Letters created with stencil and white chalk)

IN MEMORY Jewelry revealing loss or damaged body parts

PLEASE HOLD ON A book examining the issue of control through Next Bus-- a system that predicts real time bus arrivals and locations in spite of traffic variations, breakdowns, and day-to-day problems.

PLEASE HOLD ON A book examining the issue of control through Next Bus-- a system that predicts real time bus arrivals and locations in spite of traffic variations, breakdowns, and day-to-day problems.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHICKEN FEET? CULTURAL IDENTITY THROUGH CHINESE FOOD, PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE UNCONSCIOUS These posters combine images from "authentic" and Americanized" Chinese food and products

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHICKEN FEET? CULTURAL IDENTITY THROUGH CHINESE FOOD, PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE UNCONSCIOUS These posters combine images from "authentic" and Americanized" Chinese food and products