Build a President

09/2025

Experimental

Critical

Web

Software Used: Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Indesign.

About

A parody of the American presidential election.

A translation of Zoe Leonard’s “I Want a President” poem, calling for the marginalized and the discriminated to be presidential. The site allows users to build a president that is according to their hopes.

After customization, the new president arrives at the oval office. At the very end, users can type in their acceptance speech. An send it to the white house as a form of protest.

Project Advised by Frances Pharr, RISD Design Studio II.

Character Selection.

Customization of your president. I use words and phrases from Zoe's original poem.

Like any new president, customize the Oval Office.

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