During my 3rd year at Emily Carr I completed a co-op with Contemporary International, the firm hired by VANOC at the 2010 Games for Event Services and Securtiy. Working as the sole designer with the art director, we created a brand identity and visual set including: environmental graphics, extensive printed materials, advertising campaigns and way-finding systems.
Project Director: Todd Severson Art Director: Peter Winnett
As my thesis for my first semester Grad Project, I wanted to look at the adoption community and see if there were ways through design, improvements could be made.
With and original focus on alleviating anxieties in prospective adoptive parents, I came to the conclusion that the community construct needed to be re-thought, and approached with new eyes.
As part of a class in typographic systems, we were challenged to create a concept commemorative stamp system for Canada Post. Choosing Marian Bantjes was a reflection of my interest in her work. We were instructed to reference both the process and work of the artist/designer we were commemorating. With Bantjes, it became clear that it would be too superficial to work from her calligraphic works. I looked deeper into her book, and attending her talk at Emily Carr University. In the end I...
