Diagram: Analysis

This project was to breakdown an image of our choice and analyze its design in relation to works from  periods throughout design history. I chose to make a two layered poster explaining the influences of earlier design on the creation of a popular Bon Iver poster. It first displays the portion of the Bon Iver poster alongside the name of the period or a style from a period in design history. Under the first layer there is an explanation of why there is a connection alongside a visual example of work from that time period. This poster displays the knowledge I gathered over the duration of the History of Graphic Design course. 

Locating Place

East Side Part 1: Motion 

This was a motion piece designed for Graphic Design III. It is the first part of a two part piece focused on the economic clash seen in east austin. It was created in After Effects and the vector drawings of houses were my interpretation of photos taken by myself and classmates during our field work in east austin.

East Side Part 2: Book

This book was designed for Graphic Design III. It is the second part of a two part piece focused on the economic gap seen in east austin. It was created in Indesign and features similar vectors as seen in its partnering motion piece. It was my first attempt at perfect bound book binding and creating a cover. The book is split into two separate books that meet in the middle and allow you to choose which side of the east austin the viewer wish to see, either the rapidly growing economic growth or the celebration of culture present , it is completely up to the vantage point the viewer chooses. 

 

Comparison Paper : The Value of an Object

This was a paper written comparing Andy Warhol's Campbell soup cans to Marcel Duchamp's " The Fountain. It was written to show the parallel between the use of everyday objects in these piece but also to display the differentiating messages behind each objects use and their individual meaning to the Dada and Pop Art movements. It incorporated a great portion of the information learned when studying both Dada and Pop Art through out the History of Graphic Design course. It was also the first time I had to design around a paper rather than turning it in word document form, it posed very challenging to display the information in a way that fit the central theme behind the paper.  

Presentation: Corporate Identity, Visual Systems & Branding

This presentation was created using Indesign and was designed to to pair with a presentation giving on the development of Corporate Identity and Branding. The style of the presentation was meant to mimic the international style type faces and layout that was very prominent durning this period in Graphic Design. 

Identity Series: Dada

These buttons were design for Graphic Design II. They were created surrounding a potential Exhibit at the Blanton Museum on the University of Texas campus. The exhibit would be featuring pieces from the historical art movement known as Dada and would require buttons to be given away at the door on certain days of the week. The poster was paired with the buttons to explain the schedule, purpose and organization behind each set of buttons. Both pieces were developed in Illustrator.

Activity Booklet : TASA

This book was created for Advanced Typography. The book is supposed to illustrate a book someone who had never been to Austin would receive before attending the TASA convention on St. Edward's Campus. It taught us how to take considerable amounts of predetermined information and organize it in a manor that functioned as a guide, incorporating multiple schedules , Biographies , lecture descriptions and a map of campus.  It was my first attempt at creating an portable book that required certain amount of information to be compiled and organized in a more legible form.  It was created with Indesign and bound saddle stich with two tone coloring of light teal and black.

Kitchen of Meaning: Nascent

This poster was designed in Indesign for Graphic Design II. It was created around a word which was given to us before beginning the project. I was given the word nascent which means beginning to exist or develop. I interpreted this in a vision of beginning life or birth, creating a version of the light at the end of the tunnel or the first light a child sees when it enters the world. The poster was design around a mock exhibition called "The Kitchen of Meaning" that required the poster to inform about the exhibition as well as allow viewers to interpret and comprend each individual term. 

Weather Report

This was a motion piece designed in After Effects for Advanced Typography. It is displaying different organization methods and the transition between them. The weather starts out in numerical order and then proceeds to switch to date and lastly alphabetical order. It was created in Indesign and based off real temperatures from those countries the week it was created.

Instructional Design

This project involved creating clear and concise instructions on how to do a simple task.  The project it self didn't have very many limitations in the ways of structure or medium choice, so decided to design a product that I thought tied in with my task relatively well (which was "How to Tie a Tie"). I designed a Pocket square with the instructions place in the middle, so that the person would be able to take it out and follow it when need but could also hide it in there pocket as a legitimate part of their attire. I also created the packaging and logo for my product ( as shown above) that would make it demographically more appealing to the costumers. 

Word in Motion

Order

Tension

This was an exercise that required us use motion to convey the meaning of 2 specific words.

Blue Squares

This was an exercise done in class to teach us the certain aspects of After Effects and the abilities of it’s motion tools.