Aissatu Bah, also known as Ice, is a graphic designer at the California Institute of the Arts, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts, based between New York and Los Angeles.
Within graphic design, she is interested in typography, identity/branding, publication/editorial, and experience design, with a knack for video directing, video editing, and photography.
When she’s not designing, you can find her out in the city, trying new restaurants, making playlists, and watching old movies.
⭐ HEY, I’M ICE 🏠 FROM NEW YORK CITY 🖥️ CALARTS ‘27 GRAPHIC DESIGN 📍 BASED IN NY/LA 🔮 POSSE SCHOLAR ‘27 🪐 ENJOY YOUR STAY! GROUNDWORK!2025, BF3 Category: Print Applications: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoshopThis is a group of cards made to help those who often find themselves unmotivated and overwhelmed! These cards give you tasks to do to better yourself and mind, and once you combine all the cards, you earn a reward card!
Museo Type Publication2025, BF2 Category: Print, Publication Applications: Adobe Indesign, Adobe IllustratorTasked with picking a typeface and creating a publication for it, I chose Museo! Through research about the typeface and it’s designer, I created my publication called Open Sans, and its first issue being Museo. Through this project, I learnt how to create a publication, type specimens, and how much work goes into publication design!
Print Fair Sign Up Posters
2025, BFA2 Category: Print (Poster)
Applications & Mediums: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Screenprinted/SilkscreenWith a group of six others, we collaborated and created a theme and sign up posters for our annual Print Fair that we run, where designers and artists can sell their artwork. These sign up posters feature some members of our group, including me, as medieval characters. Together, we collaged and created the posters in Illustrator and Photoshop, then screenprinted 120 posters.
Choosing a country or state of our choice, we chose 1-2 topics to visually explain to our audience about the location we chose, using hierarchy, color, and, of course, information. I chose France! For side 1, I wanted to talk about the romanticization of France and the things shown to reel people in, versus the issues that aren’t, such as the ongoing protests against racism and police brutality. For side 2, I wanted to talk about the give and take of culture and iconography, specifically in architecture, whether it be through gifts or colonization/conquering.
The Using our chosen movie, mine being Metropolis, we had to create 2 posters that spoke on themes that were seen throughout the movie. I was really drawn to the religious themes within Metropolis, so I made one poster on how the seven deadly sins have affected all of Metropolis, through only type, and the poster shows the story of the Tower of Babel.
The Graphic Design Index 2024, BFA1
Category: Publication Applications: Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator The Graphic Design Index book is a thorough research and publication design project comprising a curated collection of historical and contemporary design. This project serves as a visual reference to showcase our skills in typography, layout and content design, and visual hierarchy.