A senior project aimed at helping emerging designers strengthen their research and critical thinking skills. The book contains relevant information and methods which can be applied throughout the different phases of the design process. The visual style and language were chosen to communicate to design students and recent graduates. A website was also created to present the methods of the book in a more interactive and straight-forward way.
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A publication designed to share the beauty and growth of one of the biggest countries in the world, while contrasting it with the sad reality of the favelas slums. The cover plays off the idea of Brazil as being trypically associated with the Amazon forest, and how in fact, it is now composed of huge ‘urban jungles’. The text was taken from the book Brazil on the Rise, by Larry Rohter. The typographic and layout choice supports the portrayal of Brazil as a modern country, while allowing the...
In 2009, I participated in the making of the inaugural issue of Current Design Research Journal, published by Emily Carr University. Current is the first design journal in Canada completely produced by students. The publication was designed by a team of seven students, coming from different backgrounds. I designed some spreads (see example above), an extensive design brief as well as the journal’s blog on Wordpress (...
BC Children’s Hospital has hired Emily Carr University for a series of design projects, which students are asked to propose solutions for. In this project we had to develop a new look for the hospital’s website. My concept was to portray BC Children’s as a friend who is there to help you through the tough times. Aside from language, I also used calming colours, user interactivity and animated characters to strengthen my concept. I also proposed the creation of a kids area to help...
Emily Carr students were asked by the Canadian Association of Fine Arts Deans to come up with ideas for a new identity for the organization. The identity I created was based on the golden mean as well as on the Canadian colours and arts. It gave the organization a fresh, modern look, while maintaining the authority an association of deans deserves.
The project also included designing website skins and a mock-up blog for the organization. I created a website which highly uses...
As an in-class exercise, we were asked to design a typographic poster for the Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design, hosted by Emily Carr University in October 2010. Inspired by the look and feel of traditional fabric book covers, I created a poster which reinforces the importance of the awards in a simple, yet elegant way.
