Optimalism is a thesis book that follows a single word from Optima the typeface → optimal design → Filipino optimism → to a philosophy of progression in design and in life.

Written, designed and featuring works by Clara Cayosa for her MFA in Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design (May 2026).

This website is created for your remote viewing, since, as Irma Boom famously reminds us a book is not a PDF. But if you want to read the PDF, you can read the PDF version from the RISD Library Digital Commons.

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