Project Photobook This pdf is a book I designed as a capstone for my photography class in college. The goal of the class was not only to learn photography methods and techniques, but also to practice experimental photography. I took all of the photos and per class instructions, completed the layout in Lightroom. My focus […]
Category: Design
Rusty Blackbird Blitz Infographic
The Rusty Blackbird Blitz Infographic was another piece created for my current job at Michigan Audubon. This piece fit into a broader conservation project that I developed with a coworker. She spearheaded the organization as part of a national project to help count elusive Rusty Blackbirds, a species believed to be in a dangerous decline. […]
Kirtland’s Warbler Infographic
After having created an infographic for use on social media, I was tasked with creating a large format infographic for use on a vinyl 3 x 7 foot banner. This project had a broad audience, as the banners would be displayed at public libraries, so the language and art needed to be accessible to various […]
Tawas Point Birding Festival Logo
This logo was my first real brush with a complicated project in a professional setting. The Tawas Point Birding takes place every year in East Tawas, Michigan, and is run by Michigan Audubon. Since there was no prior logo for the event, I researched other birding festivals and conservation logos. The goal for the festival is […]
SCI Social Media Icons
Project: Social Media Icons In my senior year, I assisted with the startup of a new student magazine on campus, SCI: Solve, Collaborate, Investigate. I created the brand standards, website design, logo, flyers, and social media icons. My partner, who was spearheading the project, had seen a selection of gradient logos and asked me to […]
SCI Logo
Project: STEAM Logo for SCI: Solve, Collaborate, Investigate In my senior year, I assisted with the startup of a new student magazine on campus, SCI: Solve, Collaborate, Investigate. I created the brand standards, website design, logo, flyers, and social media icons. Creating the logo involved a short concept stage, and then a longer stage of […]
Beach Vacation Photo-book
I interned with the Espresso Book Machine printing press at the Michigan State University Library, where I worked as a pre-press and printing assistant. During the course of my work, I handled everything from cover design to book layout. Initially, the Espresso Book Machine was used mainly to print dissertations and the occasional book for […]
Space Photo-Book
I interned with the Espresso Book Machine printing press at the Michigan State University Library, where I worked as a pre-press and printing assistant. During the course of my work, I handled everything from cover design to book layout. Initially, the Espresso Book Machine was used mainly to print dissertations and the occasional book for […]
Dramatic Poetry Book
This is one of the sample books I created for the Espresso Book Machine. I wanted to show the smallest book the machine can print, and I felt that a poetry book would suit the small-size format well. The cover was created in Adobe InDesign using a Public Domain picture from pixabay.com. After selecting poems, […]
Book Covers
During my internship with the Espresso Book Machine, I had the idea to create sample books to help explain the range of sizes the machine could print. I created seven demo books: three novels, two photo-books, one manual, and one poetry book. Each book features Public Domain images from pixabay.com and was designed in Adobe […]
