An independent study and motion graphic used an announcement for a hypothetical lecture from Mae Jemison, who went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992 and became the first African American woman in space. This project is also used as an example for student projects in motion design at the University of the […]
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 […]
First-year and out-of-major students were asked to create photographic montages using architectural photography or other related elements. Students were also receiving their first foray into file management, selection techniques, layers, and layer masks while learning Adobe Photoshop. This assignment is based on the history of photographers experimenting with the medium’s physicality and creating a whole […]
Students from the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus, were asked to create an animated banner ad using After Effects for an exhibition or lecture about its subject. The choice of subjects were scientists or explorers that were well regarded in their respective fields of study. Students were learning the software program as well as information […]
Students developed the following poster designs as a visual interpretation using their own written content. This project was the culmination of a first-semester graphic design typographic class at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Students first chose a set of words of their own liking and then investigated how those words may fit into grammatical structures […]
What does it mean to put a single image on a page? A single word? A word with an image? How does the meaning of the word change when an image is introduced next to it? Does the context of the image change? First year graphic design students at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, were […]