graphic design 2009 - "the missing ladle"

Japanese-stab bound book with sewn slip covers and pillows. Inside pages digitally printed with scanned-fabric backgrounds. Title ("The Missing Ladle") hand-embroidered on slip cover. Inside describes an urban legend of a mother hiding a gravy ladle in her son's girlfriend's bed to prove that her son and his girlfriend are sleeping together. Miniature gravy ladle bookmark.

This piece was shown in the 2010 EMU AIGA Student Show and in the 2010 EMU Annual (juried) Student Art Exhibition.

graphic design 2009 - train brochure

Photograph of inside of five-fold double-sided train schedule brochure created for Intermediate Graphic Design (Fall 2009) class. Schedules show Eastbound Weekday and Weekend trains, Westbound Weekday and Weekend trains, and all connecting buses. One-color brochure.

graphic design 2009 - time/memory/home

Photographs of my "Time/Memory/Home" book created for my Intermediate Graphic Design class (Fall 2009 semester). The cover and band was painted with watercolor. The inside pages were digitally printed, though the backgrounds consist of watercolor paintings that were digitally scanned and incorporated. The images were drawn with the pen tool in Illustrator, and all the type was written by hand and scanned into the computer. Inside, two books - one representing my past, the other my future - could each be read independently of or simultaneously with the other book.

graphic design 2009 - daily icon map

Daily icon map created for Image Making I class (Fall 2009 semester). 20 one-color icons representing activities I do every day were created in Illustrator. All icons are shown large (2nd image) in the order of time spent per week on each activity. The first image shows the frequency and order of performing the activity during the first week of the Fall 2009 semester. Each icon represents 10 minutes (or any fraction therein). This long icon map was 3' long when digitally printed out. The final image is a photograph of part of the printed icon map. This piece was also featured in the EMU AIGA Student Show in 2010.

graphic design 2009 - image making zine

Spreads from my Image Making I (Fall 2009 semester) "Zine." Imagery created from collages (see previous posts). Inside the shapes is tiny stream-of-consciousness style type describing the ideas said in larger type. Final image is a photograph of the actual assembled book.

graphic design 2009 - photoshop collages

Photoshop collages created in Image Making I (Fall 2009 semester) to represent the words "sexuality," "education," and "blue."

graphic design 2009 - photoshop collages

Photoshop collages created in Image Making I (Fall 2009 semester) to represent the words "sexuality," "education," and "blue."

graphic design 2009-2010 - fusion logo and brochure

In early 2010, EMU decided to merge the previously separate "Fast Track" and "Fusion Orientation" incoming Freshmen experiences into one program of two parts. Using the already existing Fusion logo as inspiration, I created two new logos for what are now the two parts of Fusion - Fusion Fast Track, and Fusion First Four. I also created a new Fusion orientation brochure, distributed to all incoming Freshmen for the 2010-2011 school year (not pictured). Also pictured is the Fusion Transfer Student Orientation tri-fold brochure, which I created for the 2009 orientation season.

graphic design 2009 - homecoming brochure

I created the brochure and poster for EMU's 2009 Homecoming. They were outsourced and printed back-to-back and folded into quarters. These brochures were distributed campus-wide to promote Homecoming week events.

graphic design 2009-2010 - campus life posters

These are misc. projects for EMU Campus Life. The "Student Celebration" document was a two-sided outsourced invitation. The eRecruiting image was created in Illustrator using only EMU green, white, and black, for the Freshmen Orientation planner. The Altar Boyz and PhotoVoice images are promotional materials for on-campus events.

graphic design 2009-2010 - campus life posters

These are more examples of promotional posters I created as a graphic designer for EMU Campus Life.

graphic design 2009 - national day on writing

I designed the logo, 50+ posters, and a "passport" brochure for the National Day on Writing event. Shown is one of the posters, as well as the front and back covers of the passport.

graphic design 2009-2010 - echo ads

Every week I designed an ad to run in the student newspaper, the Eastern Echo, for Campus Life. The ads had to showcase a variety of upcoming events all at once. Here are the four different motifs I came up with and used throughout the year - a maze, a board game, a chalkboard, and a bulletin board.

graphic design 2009 - IFP and hot topics/cold picks

For the Greek Life division of EMU Campus Life, I designed a crest and application for the Institute of Fraternal Purpose event.

I designed the double-sided tri-fold brochure below in just a few short hours for the EMU Division of Student Affairs.