Working Proof

Working Proof brings together the work of fifteen graduate graphic design students from a course taught by Kathleen and Christopher Sleboda at the Rhode Island School of Design. The publication comes from Graduate Generative Practice, a course that foregrounds process, iteration, exploration, and research-in-progress rather than fixed or finalized outcomes. Contributions range from exploratory formal studies to more refined thesis-oriented investigations, reflecting the different stages of development across first- and second-year MFA students. Each student's contribution takes the form of a folded 11 × 17 in. signature, creating a small four-page zine that unfolds into a verso poster. The range of outcomes reflects students engaging with a series of writing prompts, topics, formal constraints, and self-directed lines of inquiry developed throughout the course. Gathered together with a single elastic binding, the publication remains modular and open-ended, allowing individual works to be reordered, juxtaposed, and reconsidered. Written, designed, edited, and printed by Avrie Allen, Clara Eloise Cayosa, Barbara Cutlak Soares, Josh Joseph, Deborah Khodanovich, Hailey Lee, Isha Lee, Kamber Lee, Zairan Liu, Jacob Marcus, Andrea Mato Martinez, Lucy Pham, Hamin Seo, Kevin Tomas, Jo Zixuan Zhou & Kathleen and Christopher Sleboda. Printed and distributed in coordination with Draw Down Books, 2026 60 pages (16 folded double-sided 11 × 17 in. signatures), bound with elastic, Risograph printed in multiple colors, varying by contribution. When bound: 5.5 × 8.5 inches