Bass Phantom
Album Covers
2014, digital
Specifications: Design an album cover using at least three images. Include a band name and album cover. Think particularly about the genre of music this band makes.
One Crafty Quiz
2014, digital
Specifications: Design eight (8) screens for a Quiz Game App. The quiz can be geared towards children or adults. Use the supplied quiz questions or find your own. The visual user interface is being designed; these apps will not function on any device. Execute your app screen design keeping in mind user experience, user interface functions, and readability. For now, this app design will only be executed in the portrait orientation.
Refresh Package Design
2013, digital and print
Specifications: Use the template provided (including the required type only), design the package. Design must be executed in Illustrator and InDesign. No Photoshop! No photographic images. All art must be of your own design. Use only four (4) colors (Pantone Solid Uncoated library), one of which must be black. Also cut, score, fold, glue and assemble to make a client-ready comprehensive 3-D model of your box and labels.
The Great Chair Challenge
2013, digital
Specifications: Create an announcement poster and reminder (flyer, email blast, save the date card, etc) for the second annual Great Chair Challenge at Northern Virginia Community College, using the GCC logo. The Great Chair Challenge asks NVCC interior design students to not only think outside of the box, but to be aware of how their design decisions affect their community and environment. Participants will be charged with recycling a discarded chair into a rehabilitated chair or art piece.
Letterforms
2013, digital
Specifications: Reduce two letterforms down to their most critical elements, so that each is recognizable. Compose an 8” x 8” piece, with four 4 x 4” panels. Panels are arranged as follows. Black letterform on white background is above the same white letterform on black background. Second white letterform on black background, is above black letterform on white background.
Mason (A Study)
2014, digital
Specifications: Choose a typeface and create a study. Provide a brief history and use of the type. Include the creator’s name and year created. The study should include all upper and lower case, each numeric, and at least five (5) special characters.
One Hundred Lines
2013, digital
Specifications: Create a coherent and designed piece that includes one hundred (100) lines, ten (10) squares, twenty (20) circles, and twenty (20) arcs.
Portrait Clipped
2014, digital
Specifications: Create a digital portrait that has the quality of a print magazine collage.
Recipe Card
2014, digital
Specifications: Design a recipe card that will be handed out at a local grocery store. The goal is to capture the style of the food by using typography. The design should convey the information, yet also give the consumer a sense of what is unique about the recipe. The card will be two-sided, one side will offer a visual pull (both graphically and typographically) and the other side will be informative content, i.e. ingredients, directions, etc.