Hi, I'm Sy Thomas.
I design experiences that make the familiar feel fresh, blending UX, digital marketing, and storytelling to create work that connects and sticks. For me, good design isn’t just usable, it’s memorable.
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Caraway Home Rebrand
For this project, my team and I formed a creative agency tasked with rebranding a business or organization. The project involved researching the organization's brand, identifying opportunities for improvement, and creating a new visual identity, including a logo, marketing materials, and a case study brief
Course
MS_IDS 403
Effective Communication
Main Goal
Curate a rebrand strategy for Caraway Home.
Sketch Sphere
The Sketch Sphere app was designed to provide aspiring artists with accessible, high-quality drawing education and resources through interactive tutorials, community support, and gamified learning.
Course
MS_IDS 464 Interaction Design
Main Goal
Design an easily accessible learning platform for drawing.
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Ecologic Research
Our research team set out to understand the intricacies of fast fashion consumers’ purchasing habits and preferences, as well as their attitudes and behaviors towards sustainable fashion.
Course
MS_IDS 405
User Research
Main Goal
Understand the beliefs and behaviors, shopping priorities, barriers and awareness of fast fashion enthusiasts
Space Stories
"Space Stories" is a virtual reality game that combines elements from two previously designed games, "Castaways" and "Inside the Outside," exploring themes of identity and homecoming. Players are immersed in a child's imaginative world, where they must help a stranded astronaut by using a toy crane to recover spaceship parts scattered throughout a bedroom.
Course
ARCH 442
THESIS STUDIO
Main Goal
Design an immersive VR game that situates the user in the point-of-view of a child
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Radiant Rotary
This project reimagines Detroit’s historic Masonic Temple using Adrian Piper's Parallel Grid Proposal to create an open, transparent space influenced by light and shadow. The design, developed in collaboration with transforms each pod into a functional sundial, balancing light exposure to emphasize the building's historical character while meeting modern needs.
Course
ARCH 432
DESIGN STUDIO
Main Goal
Reimagine Detroit's Masonic Temple
