Graphic Design
Minimalist Movie Posters
Assignment: Create a minimalist poster for a movie or TV show, using purposefully chosen fonts and a balanced design that enhances readability and visual appeal. Incorporate white space strategically, ensuring originality and creativity in typography and imagery to effectively communicate the tone and message.
Submission: I represented each movie through simple, recognizable symbols. For Thor, I used his iconic hammer and a lightning bolt to symbolize his power as the God of Thunder. For Dirty Dancing, I illustrated the silhouette of the iconic lift. For Beauty and the Beast, I focused on the rose, juxtaposing its delicacy with the beast’s horns to reflect the movie’s themes.
Greeley Student Life Brand Identity Process Board
Assignment: Design a logo for Greeley Student Life. Start with sketches, refine the designs, and apply it to sample products.
Submission: I took a clean, minimalist approach by incorporating the school’s primary “G” logo and adding three stripes inspired by the Student Life homepage for ensuring a recognizable design.
Travel Poster Design
Assignment: Design a colorful, vintage-style travel poster for a city or town you love or hope to visit, incorporating landmarks or imagery that capture its spirit.
Submission: My poster captures the essence of Venice with the iconic Basilica Santa Maria della Salute and cultural symbols like gondolas gliding along the Grand Canal.
Performing Arts Flyer Contest (Winner)
Assignment: Design a poster for the Senior Musical Legally Blonde, including all necessary details.
Submission: With a minimalist style, I created a clean, eye-catching design featuring a simple drawing of Harvard and the main character. This approach directs attention to the important information while maintaining visual appeal.
Retail Packaging Design
Assignment: Design ice cream packaging for a flavor and brand of your creation, including a wrap and circular lid label. Focus on text hierarchy, branding, and a cohesive design using complementary colors, fonts, and graphics.
Submission: My design emphasizes the “Rocky Road” flavor while incorporating the brand’s identity in a simple and unique way. The cow silhouette—part of the brand’s logo—is integrated into a mountain design representing a rocky road. The signature purple lid and clean typography ensure easy recognition.
Visual Pun Design
Assignment: Create a visual pun inspired by a compound word or phrase.
Submission: I interpreted the word “chickpea” literally by replacing one of three peas in a pod with a chick, making the concept and pun instantly recognizable to the viewer.
Birthplace Sticker Design
Assignment: Design a sticker symbolizing your hometown using only two colors, excluding black or white.
Submission: Although Manhattan isn’t my hometown, I chose it for this project because I was born there. To satisfy the two-color requirement, I used a pink-to-yellow gradient, creating a sunset with an ombre effect. The word “Manhattan” replaces a building in the iconic city skyline for a creative and recognizable design.
Logo Design
Scope: The Chappaqua Festival of the Arts will be a K-12 arts show, showcasing visual arts, steam, music, performing arts, and language arts. Design a logo to be used on signage, buttons and printed materials. The logo should incorporate the arts and the idea of creativity.
Resolution: Basing off of the original CCSD logo, I included symbols of the arts into the leaves of the tree: paintbrushes, drama masks, test tubes, music notes, gears, and language icons.
Interior Design Mood Board
Assignment: Use Adobe Illustrator to create a mood board reflecting your style, interests, and personality. Source at least 10 images, include a color palette, and feature a variety of furniture. Design a studio apartment floor plan and decorate it accordingly.
Submission: I mapped out a practical studio apartment floor plan that maximizes its space. My mood board reflects my personal style, inspired by interior design research. I focused on key elements, including colors, materials, and furniture, to create a cohesive and personalized design.