Student Work, 2010–2014
Plank
Course: Graphic Design II
Instructor: Matt Wakeman
Assignment: Create a new, innovative social media.
Solution: A social, searchable, living document showcasing the history of skateboarding. I created mockups for a website, as well as physical marketing collateral celebrating the art and philosophy of Mark Gonzales; skateboarding’s most significant living historical figure.
Hero Initiative
Course: Visual Systems II
Instructor: Sean McGuire
Assignment: Choose a charity organization in need of a rebrand, and develop convention collateral material.
Solution: A rebrand of the Hero Initiative, which helps to create financial safety nets for comic book creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for life essentials, and avenues back into paying work.
The oversize newsprint collateral piece I developed paid tribute to historic moments in comic book history, and ends with a call to action focusing on the work of comic book legend Gene Colan, a successful beneficiary of the initiative.
Course: Visual Systems II
Instructor: Sean McGuire
Assignment: Choose a charity organization in need of a rebrand, and develop convention collateral material.
Solution: A rebrand of the Hero Initiative, which helps to create financial safety nets for comic book creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for life essentials, and avenues back into paying work.
The oversize newsprint collateral piece I developed paid tribute to historic moments in comic book history, and ends with a call to action focusing on the work of comic book legend Gene Colan, a successful beneficiary of the initiative.
Ludologic
Course: Typography III
Instructor: Ariel Grey
Assignment: Utilizing experimental typography and a deep concept, create a promotional showcase for an existing company’s line of paper.
Solution: Using New Leaf’s Legacy line of paper, I chose to explore the concept of what “legacy” might mean to humanity in the far future. I am a firm believer in the power of video games as an art form, and I believe gaming will only become more sophisticated as time progresses. I chose to design my book around the idea of what ideas like “play,” “gaming,” “art,” and “history” might mean to our distant descendants.
Course: Typography III
Instructor: Ariel Grey
Assignment: Utilizing experimental typography and a deep concept, create a promotional showcase for an existing company’s line of paper.
Solution: Using New Leaf’s Legacy line of paper, I chose to explore the concept of what “legacy” might mean to humanity in the far future. I am a firm believer in the power of video games as an art form, and I believe gaming will only become more sophisticated as time progresses. I chose to design my book around the idea of what ideas like “play,” “gaming,” “art,” and “history” might mean to our distant descendants.
Office Space
Course: Typography II
Instructor: Sami Saaud
Assignment: Choose a concept and develop a set of art cards celebrating the work of a famous type designer.
Solution: Office Space is a tribute to Erik Spiekermann’s Officina typeface, viewed through the lens of NASA’s famous Apollo missions.
IMDb
Course: Visual Systems I
Instructor: Megumi Kiyama
Assignment: Redesign an existing iPhone application.
Solution: A brand refresh and app redesign for the Internet Movie Database. With a new, social-focused app, users are able to send film recommendations and schedule viewing events with friends. The entire IMDB catalog is also searchable through an all new, color-coded-by-rating system showcasing still photography from each film.
