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Red Cross has a holiday program benefiting American armed forces personnel who are currently serving overseas. This program encouraged local school, organization or companies to participate in sending a card. I was responsible for research, event banners, web banners, and donation box design.Graphic Design2013 -
A collaborative book designed with 2 other individuals, enabling Kräftig to build a strong brand which will support the growth and awareness of the organization. I was responsible for the pages including, color, color usage and incorrect uses of the logo.Branding, Graphic Design2013 -
Each AT&T info graphic highlights specific aspects of data and combines this with engaging visuals from the topic. A minimalist approach makes each graphic easy to read and understand.Advertising, Graphic Design, Icon Design2013 -
The typographic workbook demonstrates the key rules of typography. These rules included: x-height, hyphenation, line breaks, alignment, justification, combining typefaces, quotes, apostrophes, dashes, bullets and numerals.Graphic Design2011 -
The book The Rise and Fall of Public Typography is based on the concept of embossed and debossed typography. Throughout my journey of designing the book I captured pictures of places I passed on my everyday travels – my subdivision, the parking lot, and around the Art and Design building. Starting with images, then moving to mood boards, and finally writing a narrative, the book transformed into my autobiography.Graphic Design, Photography, Writing2011 -
Badlands, a 1973 American crime drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick. The story, though fictional, is loosely based on the real-life murder spree of Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, in 1958.Graphic Design2011 -
Blooms Taxonomy is a collection of all projects created during my graphic design education at the University of Kansas. As a designer we have mastered a broad range of conceptual, formal, and technological skills, leading to an information graphic of my studies.Graphic Design, Print Design, Information Graphic2011 -
The hippopotamus is recognizable by its barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, nearly hairless body, stubby legs and tremendous size. The hippopotamus was the perfect candidate for this mark making experience. The final 6 Hippos were achieved with a variety of techniques; spray paint, rubbings, vector shapes, and sketches.Graphic Design2011 -
Verge Magazine, a collaborative project designed with 3 other students, targets ages 22–26 – people approaching college graduation and recent graduates that are looking for resources to expand their personal and professional lives. Verge delivers an urban sophistication to young creatively inclined individuals who are looking to break into the professional world with information on cultural events, music and fashion. Concurrently, Verge provides professional advice, professional practice, budgeting on an introductory salary and more.Graphic Design2011 -
Re-design of Biking To Work an illustrated book written by Rory Mcmullan. The original design of Biking To Work book was very unorganized therefore leading itself to interesting design possibilities. The redesign book included a new cover, title page, table of contents, 8 typical spreads including one chapter opening, A special feature was also added – a trifold pullout information graphic about what bike might fit the rider best.Graphic Design, Print Design2011 -
The poster series teaches the viewer in a visual and verbal way the characteristics of the letterforms in Serifa, the classification as well as the history of the font and its creator Adrian Frutiger.Graphic Design2011 -
Constricted, typeface design derived from the literal and emotional context of the word. Constricted was developed with the idea of compression. Starting with hand sketches and drawings on graph paper then moving to illustrator and finally into FontLab. I evolved the characters by forcing them to be taller, tighter and condensed into a more vertical space.Graphic Design2011 -
F.O.G., a collaborative self-published edition of 15, designed and printed with 4 peers around the idea of disguises. The objective was to master the letterpress, become more familiar with metal type and polymer plates. Combined both digital and letterpress mediums.Graphic Design, letterpress2011 -
Shadow Buddies is a health rehabilitation doll center located in Lenexa, Kansas. They are embassadors of compassion who educate and symphisize with childrens needs. With these disesase specific dolls, they help children cope through difficult times by educating them on their illness.Graphic Design2012 -
This project consisted of re branding an existing brand system. In this case it was a company called Biodiesel Initiative. I based my logo off the process of making vegetable oil. First you start with the vegetable oil, then you mix it with methanol, heat the mixture, and lastly, wash several times. This is how i got the four colors to make the ending logo.Graphic Design, Branding2011 -
Hand-bound Quotes Book, a hand crafted book consisting of some of my favorite motivational quotes. The cover was letter pressed on 2ply chipboard, and the illustrations were done through a silkscreen process.silk screen, Letterpress2011
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