Ellina is a student currently pursuing a BFA in Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. Combining ideas in design with an extensive fine arts background, her work aims to communicate narratives that are personal to her experiences. This past summer, she interned at Nike, Inc. on the Converse Global Digital Content Design team, supporting art direction, graphic design, and content creation. Outside of academics and work, she’s serving extracurricularly as Co-Director of Design at American Institute of Graphic Arts @ TNS, where she leads a team of 6 designers to create visual identities for community-building events. She is currently interested in editorial storytelling and hand-drawn elements in design.

FEATURED WORKS

PASSWORD2024

Book design using data from the Password and List of
the Most Common Passwords Wikipedia pages, exploring
themes of digital identity and online security, and
visualizing the tension between privacy, vulnerability,
and the aesthetics of data.

THE TESSERACT IS READY TO ENTER.2025

Once the system initializes, the Tesseract is ready to enter.
This is a UI motion design HUD inspired by the tesseract in
the movie Interstellar.

CONVERSE2025

Content creation for Converse.

HOUSE PARTY E-FLYER2024

Flyer design for a summer back-to-school celebration with friends.

HOME IS WHERE THE DREAM IS

2025

A 40-page book about growing up in the suburbs and the
meaning of “home.”

“Home is where the heart is.” That’s how the usual saying goes.
But what if the heart is always dreaming?
This is a collection of memoirs, blogs, songs, and article excerpts
that convey the common experience of growing up and
realizing how big (or small) our world really is.

PARSONS STUDENTS RECOMMEND TYPE!

2025

A website that showcases Parsons CD students’ favorite libre typefaces,
with eye-catching interactions, helpful type filters, and a glyph grid
that shows off each character.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

2023

This zine delves into the modern phenomenon of a woman trying to navigate a male-dominated
corporate world, exploring the dynamics of a “girl boss” lifestyle, while highlighting the journey of
freeing oneself from traditional gender roles and patriarchal norms.

HOW MUCH I SPEND IN NYC

2024

Budgeting is a little less boring if it looks cool! This is a creative
budget website I designed to log how much I have been
spending per day in New York this semester.

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