In 2021, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities began crafting a new, collaborative, strategic plan. Including both faculty and staff, this ambitious new vision for the College required a bold, sleek design to pair nicely with the recent new viewbook. Since its inception in 2007, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities […]
Viewbook for the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities In 2022, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) embarked on a second, more ambitious rebranding project. An updated viewbook was at the forefront of the design needs, as the viewbook or lookbook represents the primary promotional material for the College. As the […]
Project: Resume Redux I’ve always liked the idea of a visual resume, one that would showcase what I did and what I could do while standing out from the standard templates. I created this template in Adobe Illustrator after researching some other resume layouts. The colors I chose have a united cool palette, with orange […]
Project: Icons Minimalist icons are a new experiment for me, and one I wanted to incorporate into a website for work. I needed three icons for the front page, one to use for the history section, one for the bird research, and one for the mission. The three needed to match in style and simplicity […]
Business Card Design For a possible business card design, I tinkered with a variety of ideas. I wanted the card to be a mix of traditional and digital media that featured my octopus mascot (see portfolio piece “Darcy”) with an original font. I created this lettering using a brush pen for my name and a […]
Project: Fantasy Graphic Design For school and work, I’d created a variety of pieces in Adobe Illustrator. Creating one of my own for personal experimentation was a project long overdue. I love the work of John Howe and other classical illustrators, but I also have found a recent inspiration in the minimalistic work of present-day […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kristin Phillips: Portfolio 