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e-woman, writer, designer, and assistant professor @parsons_cd @thenewschool

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✨ When you think of a digital design pioneer, men named Steve might come to mind, but there were other unsung heroes paving the way. I profiled Loretta Staples, who worked as an interface designer in the 80s and 90s, for @nytimes.

Link in bio ✨ by @labud.nyc

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📸 @jasonecrowley taken in Bar Leone by @labud.nyc

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Lo and behold! Publishing in Public, the class I taught at Parsons this past spring and posted about on IG stories is now online!

🔗: publishing-in-public.net

The class began as an experiment in sharing creative work publicly and making it legible to others. The website brings together all the dispatches (including the FINAL dispatch. Launched just in time for the Fall semester), the syllabus, class resources, a few reflections on the semester, and responses from the generous guests who helped shape the course.

Thank you to:
@elieilelie and @index_space for being our class partner and “client” for the final project
Guest speakers:
Jane Seidel,
@_maxnc_ ,
@deeeliacai ,
@daisy_alioto ,
@lisa.cheng.smith

@tashlennard for your support in having me run this elective in CPCJ at The New School. @thenewschool for providing funding to publish this, and the space to run a design-meets-media class.

My research assistant, @eemilyyao , who helped with early design approaches for this project
Everyone who watched my IG stories and read my LinkedIn posts
And to @getkirby for providing a free license for this website, hell yeah!

An accidental class photo at Deez Drinks this summer! After @deeeliacai 's visit, Publishing in Public students expressed a desire to meet other people in media. Delia then organized a beautiful happy hour at @publicrecordsnyc. Photo @carolinesafran

Read more about @elieilelie on publishing-in-public.net

Read more about @deeeliacai on publishing-in-public.net

Read more about Jane Seidel on publishing-in-public.net

The final dispatch!

Read more about @_maxnc_ on publishing-in-public.net

Read more about @daisy_alioto on on publishing-in-public.net

Read more about @lisa.cheng.smith on on publishing-in-public.net

publishing-in-public.net !!! taken in The New School by @labud.nyc

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An exotic vacation in the "venice of america!" taken in Fort Lauderdale, Florida by @labud.nyc

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I digitized some of my CDs from 2008 and you can listen to them here: https://pov-it-s-2008-and-i-m-driving-by-nikasf.fuser.app/

Made with @fuserstudio by @labud.nyc

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Happy (hot divorcée summer) solstice! ❤️‍🔥 thank you @glamourpussphoto for these amazing mall photos of Oberon and me! by @labud.nyc

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A conversation i had with @div.mehra is up today on @thecreativeindependent

Thanks, divya, for asking thoughtful questions 💓

Link: https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/writer-nika-simovich-fisher-on-getting-more-from-your-ideas/ by @labud.nyc

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There is still time to enter the @aigany essay contest!

Deadline: May 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Prompt: Do you have a non-design hobby, passion, or side hustle? AIGA NY is looking to publish a critical essay on how studying design has changed the way you view other activities.

Design is a process that shapes how we make choices and interpret meaning. Studying design changes you, and we’re interested in personal stories about how it has shifted the way you approach things outside of design. Whether it’s a sport, a job you held during college, or another interest, how has design thinking influenced the way you see, remember, or do it now?

This essay contest is open to graduating students in degree programs in New York City (grad and undergrad welcome!). Essays should be 800–1200 words, previously unpublished, and submitted as a finished draft.

The winner will receive a $200 prize, be published in the Fresh Grad program booklet, and be honored on stage at the event on June 5th. The winning essay will be edited by AIGA NY and may be shared with external editors for potential republication.

Please send submissions to nika.fisher@aigany.org with the subject line “ESSAY CONTEST” Essays can be submitted as Google Docs (with appropriate sharing permissions) or Word documents. No PDFs. by @labud.nyc

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Honored to have my essay “The Right To Be Forgotten” published in the inaugural issue of @emptysetmagazine

The piece began last Fall, when I learned that a former mentor had died by suicide. In the days that followed, I traced what remained of him online. I looked back at our shared exchanges and saw that he had methodically removed his digital footprint, except for his hand-coded personal website which lingered a while longer before being replaced by a Russian casino website.

This essay reflects on loss, the afterlives of our digital traces, and on the complicated ethics of consent, authorship, and who holds (and benefits) from our data when we’re no longer here to shape them. It made me think about who should choose what stays online and for how long.

This essay was both meaningful and tough to write. It is up today at https://www.emptysetmag.com/articles/the-right-to-be-forgotten by @labud.nyc

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10 months ago

congratulations to all the 2026 @parsons_cd grads! another year in the books with the best colleagues (we're missing a few in the photo!) taken in Parsons School of Design by @labud.nyc

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📄 Student design writing opportunity!

Deadline: May 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Do you have a non-design hobby, passion, or side hustle? AIGA NY is looking to publish a critical essay on how studying design has changed the way you view other activities.

Design is a process that shapes how we make choices and interpret meaning. Studying design changes you, and we’re interested in personal stories about how it has shifted the way you approach things outside of design. Whether it’s a sport, a job you held during college, or another interest, how has design thinking influenced the way you see, remember, or do it now?

This essay contest is open to current or graduating students in degree programs in New York City (grad and undergrad welcome!). Essays should be 800–1200 words, previously unpublished, and submitted as a finished draft.

The winner will receive a $200 prize, be published in the Fresh Grad program booklet, and be honored on stage at the event on June 5th. The winning essay will be edited by AIGA NY and may be shared with external editors for potential republication.

Please send submissions to nika.fisher@aigany.org with the subject line “ESSAY CONTEST” Essays can be submitted as Google Docs (with appropriate sharing permissions) or Word documents. No PDFs.

Graphics designed by @eemilyyao

Link in bio for email! by @labud.nyc

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