University of Minnesota and George Mason University
This project asked students to distill the essence of a film into a single image and a single word or two words — the movie title. The challenge: create a visually compelling movie poster that captures the film’s emotional tone, narrative arc, or pivotal moment, using only the film’s title and one dominant visual element. […]
First year graphic design students at the University of Minnesota — Duluth, were asked to create branding for a local eatery of their choice. The logo would be used for a take-out app design and as inspiration for identifying icons used within the app. The visual language of the brand would also be used for […]
The following is a research and photo documentation project called, Textures. These photographs and layout experimentations are based on my daily walks through the woods of Massachusetts and Minnesota. They are photographs of places that I continually journey past but have decided to pause this one moment and take a closer look at the landscape […]
On Lost is a 300-plus page mosaic of short writings about growing up in Pennsylvania, about friends that I have known, and about getting a little lost in the woods in northern Minnesota. There are people and places lost throughout these stories, but also of things that are found, as well. A sense of […]
Univ. Minn. Duluth, Fall 2022
Univ. Minn. Duluth, Fall 2022
Typographic Joinery: Form, History, and Abstraction As an introductory exploration of typographic form, students were challenged to create original visual configurations by combining letterforms from the Latin alphabet. Through this typographic joinery, they investigated proportion, weight, counterform, and spatial relationships — gaining a deeper understanding of letterforms not just as carriers of content, but as […]
Students created book jacket designs for a publication of their choice. Sketching and the overall process included what imagery or visual language is appropriate for the story. Discussions also included the difference between stories told on printed pages and stories told on film. Filmography imagery was avoided on purpose. Students investigated imagery for their book […]
Alexei Lewis, Fall 2025, George Mason University, Cavendish. Prior to this assignment, students will work on an expressive word project. The nature of which is to express the meaning of a descriptive word - or communicate the name of a scientist and an aspect of their work through typography. Henry Cavendish was known for discovering hydrogen.
Expressing Visual Solutions Through Typography In this project, students designed exhibition posters using expressive typography as the central visual language. Each student selected an artist, scientist, or art movement to research and interpret — visually capturing its energy, mood, and conceptual essence through abstracted letterforms and original typographic composition. Importantly, students were not allowed to […]
Josalyn Dehncke, Graphic Design, UMD
Jack Peck, Graphic Design, UMD
Students designed a multi-format poster campaign promoting a documentary series, exhibition, organization, or media platform. Rather than centering a logo or singular image, the project focused on systems thinking—asking students to develop a flexible visual vocabulary capable of functioning consistently across multiple outputs. Through research, sketching, and iteration, students established relationships between form, color, typography, […]
Owl studies - Talia Bergeron, Fall 2022, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Bee studies - Zach Audette, Fall 2022, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Cheetah study, University of Minnesota, Duluth.
In this project, students were asked to create a graphic translation of an animal, bird, or insect — beginning with simplified, black-and-white visual forms. The objective was to explore how abstraction, reduction, and stylization could be used to communicate the essence of a subject without relying on photographic realism. The process began with observational drawing, […]
Cartel Auto Parts is an independent, family-owned and operated business. They have been established in Southwest Philadelphia since 1968. This assignment is a branding, website design and development. project for a set of junkyards! The objective of the project was to draw more attention and make the public aware of their multi-faceted facilities and operations. […]