Meet Thesis Advisor

Hi everyone!

I’m Munus.

Are you my student?

I teach a wide range of classes…

My work ethos

I love to make my own tools

I believe that making your own open source design tool is the first step to build a resilient practice without Adobe.

I was able to produce the 50 Books x 50 Covers Exhibition this semester using my own custom tool. Another alternative is possible.

professional practice

Client Projects

I work with many mission-aligned organizations and independent researchers to build design systems and digital work.

I also do...

Commissioned Artwork

a time-based store

Duty Free — www.munusshih.com ↗

Showcased at NEW INC x Demo Festival 2025

Syllabus (Subject to Change) — www.munusshih.com ↗

Conversation between 3 artists, showcased at Accent Sisters

Threads of Memory — www.munusshih.com ↗

Threads of Memory — ntu01.jpg ↗

I run a cooperative

Worker-owned!

with my two best friends!

design co-op

CoAssembly — sponact-1.jpg ↗

Processing community

PCD Taiwan — sponact-2.jpg ↗

new book!

Recent Publication — sponact-3.png ↗

new exhibition!

Recent Publication — sponact-4.png ↗

However, thesis is not about me...

Thesis is about You!

Here are some things I’m familiar with…

But I’m also interested in learning about your interests, your practice, and your thesis project. I want to support you in making the work that you want to make, not the work that I want you to make.

We will work well if...

We will work well together if…

You're a book lover

Postcapitalist Desire — kyl.neocities.org ↗

You love archive, index and collection

guansi — www.munusshih.com ↗

You investigate systems and power

Design Justice — critical-potluck.fun ↗

You love preso and crits

crits — preso.JPG ↗

You are experimental

Me with Student Books — books.jpg ↗

No pressure!

It’s just another project!

Email me at munus.shih@pratt.edu

Or find me in the hallways of Pratt!

references

Bibliography

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• “Archive - The Only Thing That Lasts.” blackburnoralhistoryproject.org. Accessed May 1, 2026.
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• “Duty Free — Munus Shih.” munusshih.com. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Fellowships 2025.” processingfoundation.org. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “GOCA | Home.” goca.gallery. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Graduate Studio: Technology A.” tech-a.designfuture.space. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Graduate Studio: Visual Language B.” vlb.munusshih.com. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Image of the Studio — Data Designer.” imageofthestudio.athleticsnyc.io. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Munus Shih — Portfolio.” munusshih.com. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “New Museum.” newmuseum.org. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “p5.book.” editor.p5js.org. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “p5.zine.” openprocessing.org. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures.” kyl.neocities.org. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Thesis I (DES-796-07).” thesis-i.munusshih.com. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Thesis II (DES-799-07).” thesis-ii.munusshih.com. Accessed May 1, 2026.
• “Unearthing Air.” todd-dev.free99.work. Accessed May 1, 2026.