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A large-scale poster (17" x 50") partially inspired by vintage woodcut posters. The poster contains an eclectic mix of typefaces, spelling out a famous excerpt from Cosmos by Carl Sagan, an astromoner and writer, and a personal hero of mine. The poster itself is dark blue, like the night sky, and the text is coloured in a gradient that goes from grey to blue to orange, like a sunset. The infamous "pale blue dot" is at the top of the poster, providing an early context for the viewer before they understand that the dot represents Earth. 

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Poster design for the Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. All typography on the poster was hand-drawn and digitally rendered by me for this project, and became a real test to my own skills as a letterer to learn where my strengths and weaknesses were. 

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Access is a prominent Canadian librarian conference. It is where librarians converge to talk about sharing information and data to the general public. Access 2011 was hosted in Vancouver. This project was a collaboration between Sarah Kozlowski and myself. 

Our concept for the identity looks to older traditions and how they have been updated with a contemporary twist, to compliment a similar trend currently occuring in libraries. Our main inspiration was the crafting movement, specifically cross stitching. These librarians are taking information from our past and making it contemporary, much like artisans. 

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A poster for the 29th annual Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design.

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War/Propaganda poster for Illustration class
Not entirely happy with my font choice, but that's okay and could be fixed.

It's based on the All Your Base Internet meme:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us 

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This is a series of posters created at the Willem de Kooning Academy for the film Rip: A Remix Manifesto. The film advocates a change in copyright law so more people can creatively manipulate media and share their creations.

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This was a series of four type specimen miniposters. 3 of the 4 miniposters use one font each. Included in each poster is the designers name, a short blurb about the font, each letter of the alphabet allong with some punctuation and is created in the original style and use (of the font) from its era of creation. The 4th poster (the blue one-"Vote") is a mix of all three fonts with contents and a style of our choosing.

Fonts used:
Berthold Akidenz Grotesque
Lynotype Aldus
Bauer Bodoni

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Printed poster of a personal collection. Project was to focus on detailed topography and layout.  I photographed this selection of musical instruments, labeled each instrument, and wrote a brief description for each one.

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How / Illustrator CS4

This typography poster was for the portrayal of our chosen song lyrics. I chose the song ‘Hurt’ by Nine Inch Nails, a song that reflected the pain and suffering from the aftereffects of cocaine addiction.

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The Alcuin Society is concerned with the appreciation of books and reading and works to support the excellence in book design and production. Every year the society grants an award for Canadian excellence in book design. This poster was made to advertise the event and was posted inside Emily Carr University.