The latest SVA holiday gift guide includes posters, card decks, inventive chess sets, pom-pom beanies, and more.
Looking for a more distinctive present than a last-minute gift card for a friend or loved one this holiday season? Consider this latest roundup of recent projects from School of Visual Arts alumni—spanning apparel, art objects, books, collectibles, and home goods—while going through your gifting to-do list. Happy holidays from SVA!
More&More
Card decks and workshop guides
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In 2016, artists Marina Zurkow (BFA 1985 Fine Arts) and Sarah Rothberg formed their More&More collective, aiming to create card games and interactive workshops that inspire participants to envision a better world. Their What If? card deck, which offers 55 hypothetical scenarios to ponder—such as “What if money expires after one day?”—was presented at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, as part of the 2023–24 exhibition “Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism.”
The More&More decks and workshops offer a mix-and-match approach across categories—government, economic system, climate, and more—to serve as a starting point for envisioning future worlds. (More&More can also be played for free online at moreandmore.world).
Ceramics by Christine Romanell
Ceramic vessels
Christine Romanell (BFA 1992 Graphic Design) not only maintains a personal fine-art practice, she is the board president at the East Orange, New Jersey–based nonprofit Manufacturers Village Artists and the founder and organizer of Garden State Art Weekend.
She also maintains an online shop stocked with her original ceramic vessels, each featuring an algorithmic design of stacked circular patterns, hand-cast and glazed.
Pressed flower art from Evergreen Botanical Studio
Flower preservation art
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Jackie Murphy (BFA 2008 Graphic Design) started pressing flowers as a hobby four years ago, using blooms from her own garden in Garrison, New York. Dissatisfied with the results of traditional techniques, she developed her own process for preserving flowers—one that maintains their color and three-dimensional form.
That work has since become a thriving business, Evergreen Botanical Studio, which creates framed, one-of-a-kind artworks from bouquets from weddings, birthdays, and other special occasions. For each commission, Murphy inspects, preserves, and, where necessary, color-corrects the provided flowers before arranging them in a unique composition that, once approved by the client, is affixed to a canvas backing board and housed within a custom shadowbox frame built by her husband.
Mazurkia Zinnia Seeds and Risograph Prints from the Hudson Valley Seed Company
50-count seed packs, $4.99; signed art print, $74.99
Each year, the Hudson Valley Seed Company, based in upstate New York, partners with artists to offer specially designed “art packs” for a selection of their vegetable and flower seeds, as well as archival-quality prints of each artist’s contribution. In 2024, Elizabeth Castaldo (BFA 2007 Fine Arts) created an illustration for the company’s mazurkia zinnia flower seeds.
The composition references the flower’s namesake, a traditional Polish dance: silhouettes of dancers are cut from a pattern of blooming zinnias and set against a sheet-music background. Castaldo’s print can be displayed as a standalone work or tiled to create a continuous, repeating image.
Official Knights of Guinevere plushies
11-inch-tall plush, $30
The pilot episode of Knights of Guinevere, the new animated series from Dana Terrace (BFA 2013 Animation), creator of The Owl House, has garnered 14 million views in just the three weeks since its debut. To help raise funding for the first season, Terrace has partnered with Glitch Productions to create a line of plushies featuring characters from the show.
Modern Geometry Jewelry Stand from MoMA Design Store
Jewelry stand
Designed by Nihaarika Arora (MFA 2023 Products of Design) as part of the ongoing collaboration between MoMA Design Store and SVA’s MFA Products of Design program, this powder-coated iron jewelry stand is for those who appreciate both form and function. Necklaces and bracelets can be hung from the small hooks, and stud earrings can be attached through the numerous geometric-shaped perforations. The sleek, round design adds an eye-catching pop of fun to a dresser or vanity.
Pom-pom beanies from Dazzle Supply
Pom-pom beanies, $29–35
Ziping Zhu (BFA 2013 Design) is a queer artist who moved to New York in 2009 to attend SVA. He fell in love with the city and founded Dazzle Studio in 2016, followed by Dazzle Supply, an online apparel and home-goods store, in 2019. Dazzle Supply offers a wide range of products—including hats, hoodies, bags, mugs, pillows, and more—all featuring Zhu’s characteristic bright colors and bold graphic designs.
FIFA World Cup 2026 posters from AllPosters
Posters in three sizes and frames, $20.99–$193.49
BFA Design faculty member Rich Tu (MFA 2009 Illustration as Visual Essay) was one of the artists commissioned by FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, to create posters for each of the venues hosting games for the organization’s 2026 World Cup competition. Tu’s work, created to celebrate the games to be hosted by New York and New Jersey, is available as posters in multiple sizes and frames.
2-in-1 Chess & Checkers Set from MoMA Design Store
Game board
Panisa Khunprasert (MFA 2016 Products of Design) has designed several products sold in the MoMA Design Store since she created a set of stacking drink coasters for the store while she was still a student at SVA. Her 2-in-1 Chess & Checkers Set—distinguished by its bright palette and the ability to choose your game and flip the board for a visual refresh—is a standout option, made from sustainably grown rubberwood.