Junior Studio: Concept Map

For the Concept Map, we had to choose from a list of given topics, ranging from Global Warming to SETI, and create a mind web of our choice. I obviously chose GPS Receivers,

and decided to break it down into three main categories:

what it does, how it works, and why it works.

Graphic Design History: Diagram

For the Diagram, I had to pick a piece of "contemporary art," (anything made in the past year) and visually break it down and determine its influences from graphic design history. I chose a magazine cover for Mass Appeal, designed by Morning Breath Studios.

Found Type

*This typeface was created using miniature rawhide bones. Each Letter consists of one or two bones, depending on their size and/or complexity. By letting the bones sit in water for 10-15 minutes, they became soft and easily reconstructible. I was then able to shape and transform the bones into this letterset: BANK

Identity Series

For this project I designed a hypothetical set of art museum passes in the form of buttons. We had to choose a certain movement/style from graphic design's history, and base our button and poster design around the period. I decided to focus on the International Design/Swiss Movement.

Kitchen of Meaning

The Kitchen of Meaning poster was one of the more intensive design projects for my Graphic Design 2 class. I had to convey through the poster the general idea or meaning of my given word: Zeitgeist. Literally meaning "spirit of the time," zeitgeist was a tough word for me to express since there were so many periods of time for me to base my poster. I ended up going with the late 1960-70's for my given time period, and tried to express that by stylizing the poster like one you would have seen for a concert back in the day.

Design Culture Now

This assignment required me to create a 'contemporary' poster exhibiting four graphic designers for a hypothetical Design Culture Now show. The poster had to graphically showcase the featured designers while still incorporating a typographic hierarchy. I chose to design the poster around the main headline, Design Culture Now, after I had discovered its heavy-metalish, Destructo-looking font. I was in a metal phase music-wise at the time, so there was a definite influence on this poster's final draft.