3D Design
2D Design

1. Aceable
Internship Case Study
Graphic Design
Aceable
Spring 2026

Aceable is an online driver's education and real estate licensing platform serving hundreds of thousands of learners across the US. As a visual design intern on the Learning Experience (LX) team, I contributed to the visual layer of course content: selecting and sourcing general imagery and creating original flat illustrations for scenario-based learning modules across real estate and insurance courses.

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2. Sonic Sans
Type Inspired by Sound
Typeface Design & Type Specimen
DES 325 Typography 1, The University of Texas at Austin
Fall 2023

The project began with a single letter: O. From one starting point, I sketched 25 variations, exploring abstraction, visual rhythm, and circular geometry, then selected five styles to expand into partial alphabets. One design kept pulling ahead.

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3. Zuzana Licko Costume Presentation
A Deck Inspired by World Renowned Designer
DES 325 Typography 1, The University of Texas at Austin
Fall 2023

This assignment asked for something harder than a research presentation: a presentation that itself embodied the designer's work. Rather than using a template, I built a visual system directly inspired by Licko's typefaces and compositional logic, then delivered 7–8 minutes of research through it.

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4. Radiohead Magazine Spread
Exploring International Typographic Style
DES 325 Typography 1
The University of Texas
at Austin
Fall 2023

Two sequential assignments asked me to design magazine spreads about a favorite artist within the rules of the International Typographic Style: sans-serif type, a strict grid, left-aligned ragged-right text, photography only, and asymmetric layouts. I chose Radiohead, using a Chuck Klosterman article as the source text.

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Emma Hathaway McBride
emmamcbride03@gmail.com
LinkedInResume
I am a senior Design BFA student at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a certificate in Humanitarian Engineering. My work sits at the intersection of industrial design, spatial research, and socially driven problem-solving; with a focus on ecological responsibility, community infrastructure, and design for underserved contexts, but I like to call myself a “humanitarian product designer”. I approach every project with curiosity, rigor, and a belief in design as a tool for tangible change.










Education
Design BFA
College of Fine Arts University of Texas at Austin
May 2026

Certificate in Humanitarian Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin
May 2026




Experience Senior Student Associate - AHG Wood Shop University of Texas at Austin
Fall 2025 – Present

Research & Design Lead
Humanitarian Product Design — Latrine Liner Project
UT Austin / Kenyan Red Cross
2025 – Present

Design Assistant
Aceable
Summer 2025 – Present

Geospatial Researcher - Mapping Food Apartheid in Austin
GRG 356T: Spatial Data Science and Maps, UT Austin
Fall 2025

Industrial Design Intern
ANDesign Lab
Summer 2024

DES Senior Student Associate / Summer Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
Summer 2024

Design Assistant Internship
ROX, LLC
Summer 2023





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Skills
Industrial Design
Rapid Prototyping
Arduino / Electronics
CAD (Rhino, Blender, SolidWorks)
3D Printing / Fabrication
Spatial Data Science
Python / GIS
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Figma
p5.js
TouchDesigner
Alt Text / Accessibility
Visual Communication
Sustainable Materials
Human-Centered Design









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