As an initial exercise for their first typography class, design students were asked to take photos of their environment and travels and find a complete alphabet through their photography. They were asked to look for and discover letterforms through the objects and structures around them. Photos of actual letters or signage would not count. They […]
Poster design for exhibition of student work from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC. Imagery and typography captures the eccentricity of the various art departments and disciplines, while reflecting the spirit of UDC’s geography in the middle of our nation’s capital.
Students explored and investigated design solutions using a combination of visual elements reflective of their chosen subject matter. Their design problem was to visually present an editorial based on a person, place, or an event. The work below is a combination of first-year graphic design students and freshman students, who may or may not enter […]
William Shirley, progressive series, 2D Digital Design, Spring 2023
Progressive Series Using Dots and Lines, Student Work, Univ. of Minnesota
The following are first-year undergraduate student poster designs using lines and basic forms and shapes. They are part of a two dimensional digital design course. Not all of the participating students are design majors. Many of the students have their majors in post-secondary and elementary education, business, biology, accounting, and plain studio arts. This course […]
Progressive Series Using Dots and Lines, Student Work, Univ. of Minnesota
The following is research investigating the use of CSS animation for digital clock designs. During my recent graduate studies, I had been thinking back to my first experience as an undergraduate graphic design student in Philadelphia. My first-year design class began with black and white compositions composed of simple dot arrangements. I eventually learned that these […]
Sample spread from thesis pages 66-67, "The Steel"
Pages 94-95
The following essay is from my graduate thesis at the Vermont College of Fine Art. The entire following narrative does not appear in the front portion of the thesis where images and text together tell a slightly different story about the Bethlehem Steel. The following would appear further back in the publication. I grew up […]
Peter Kery
The following essay is from my graduate thesis at the Vermont College of Fine Art. Most, but not all, of the following text is found within the publication, On Lost. The narrative, which is about how I lost my way on a hike off the shores of Lake Superior, does not exactly follow the same […]
All 14 Posters in 14 Days with Some Variations Included
While exploring ideas and themes for a thesis, I entertained the idea of designing a poster per day over a period of time. I designed fourteen posters in fourteen days. The content of the posters were based on some of my writings or based on personal experiences throughout the day. The intention was to not […]
About 17 million more people voted in the 2020 Presidential election than in the 2016 election. In the 2020 election, just under 2 out of 5 citizens over the age of 18 did not vote, that is about 103.7 million potential voters. In 2016, over 2 out of 5 did not vote, that is about […]