Category Archives: Projects-Print

Printing & Design Award

Posted on April 23, 2007 by

Today I received some very pleasant news about a project that my class did last semester: a poster that we designed won first place in its category in a national competition. To quote the email I received from our printer: … Continue reading →

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Conference Planning & Design

Posted on March 5, 2007 by

In addition to Amy and I doing much of the events planning for this year’s Communicators Forum annual conference, we also designed the print collateral and web pages for the conference. Our team decided to develop two versions of the … Continue reading →

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Redesigning the Dollar Bill

Posted on December 20, 2006 by

My favorite project to assign to my graphic design students is an assignment that I came up with in fall 2003: redesign the United States dollar bill, but using another theme or genre. The creative ideas that the students come … Continue reading →

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Split Rock Design Artist Exhibition

Posted on June 1, 2004 by

I designed the announcement brochure for this June 29-September 12, 2004, exhibit at the University’s Goldstein Museum of Design. The graphic identity for the piece is shown above. Download the PDF.

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Twin Cities Knowledge Maps

Posted on July 30, 2003 by

This spring and summer I had the pleasure of working with an interdisciplinary design team on a citywide mapping project. Sponsored by the U’s Design Institute, our knowledge map is titled Divining the Twin Cities: Physical Journeys, Spiritual Places, a … Continue reading →

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Hiawatha Line Poster Project

Posted on May 8, 2003 by

I took an interest in the design of London Underground posters and applied it to a design research project, with results that could be applied to Metro Transit posters for the new Hiawatha light rail line. View poster presentation (PDF)

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“Paivakirja” Exhibited in AIGA MN Design Show

Posted on April 16, 2003 by

Paivakirja (diary—or “day-book”—in Finnish) is what I have considered to be a major “pre-thesis” project for my MFA degree. Built around the idea of a journal, it contains text, photo, and map content compiled during a research trip to Finland … Continue reading →

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State Fair Architecture

Posted on April 12, 2003 by

My interests in architecture, the State Fair, and retro design came together in this project for Digital Illustration during the second year of my MFA program. Note: This is about as good as my illustration gets! As long as it’s … Continue reading →

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Goldstein Annual Report

Posted on February 26, 2003 by

One of my freelance communications projects this year was designing and editing the Goldstein Museum of Design’s annual report. Click on the image to enlarge:

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