Maine College of Art & Design
BFA Graphic Design
Degree Projects 2025

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Graphic
Design

Spectra


Xander Munc


SPECTRA is an interactive installation that delves into the natural beauty of the physics of light and sound. It presents the world of waves through every facet of my creative process. This exhibition explores how scientific concepts can be communicated visually by combining objective, empirical data with information design thinking, while celebrating the mathematical elegance that links us to the quantum world of these systems.

The work culminated as a series of posters, 2D and 3D animation, book covers, interactive webpages, and sculpture, allowing me to explore my range of creation capable of sharing a single vast topic. From creating hybrid map/graph data visualizations, to my own equations which represent musical intervals as mathematical sculptures, this work aims to guide the viewer through the world of waves that surrounds them and connect them to the processes that shape the spectrums of our universe.

The work for Spectra was made using Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Figma, Maya, Bifrost, Processing, p5.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and R.

Spectra: 2025 BFA Thesis Website