Creative Tile: Artbook

10 spreads focusing on some of the text we come across everyday on campus and how through the use of close-ups and rearrangement, they can take on new forms and meanings.

Creative Tile: Liquid Typography

Poster Design

Poster advocating the separation of Church and State

creative tile(s)

Ashley McKevitt

ART 491

cd in progress

Hasna Product Design + Logo

poster for Hasna's concert
chapstick label until the actual product has been photographed

pattern

decorative album

logo spec

The designs for this artist, Hasna, are based on her native country of Morocco and their geometric use of the 8-pointed star.

Annika Jensen

ART 391

Sonu Nigam branding

I took inspiration from ancient Hindu culture to create a brand for the popular South Indian singer Sonu Nigam.

Ashley McKevitt

ART391

Whenua Branding

Kaminas Product Design (pamphlet, sticker, CD)

Kaminas is an Islamic Pop Band. I was inspired by the pointed arches, eight point stars, mosaics and stripes from ancient Islamic art and architecture. I wanted a design that was simplistic and bright with ties back to Islamic culture.

logo: (kaminas is primary, tree is secondary)

pattern:
concert pamphlet:
band sticker:
CD:
branding together:

Mayan "Ha-Uh!" branding.

The Maya civilization was without a doubt the most artistic Mesoamerican civilization. The Mayas were known because of their written language, their mathematical and astrological systems, art and architecture, and for being harmonious with other civilization. Saying this “Ha-uh!” is a compilation of all of these qualities. “Ha-uh!” Is a band that portrays the art, the music and the colors that the Maya culture once had, and that still has as being a culture that never disappeared, as the Mayan descendants have continued to maintain their traditions and beliefs. “Ha-uh!” is Mayan for “water moon”, as this civilization developed astrological systems and calendars by observing the Astros, and gave great importance to water not only for agriculture but for architecture too. The logo shows the Mayan symbol for water, the moon in which the god of the moon sits, and finally the symbol for the zero number in their mathematical system, the conch. The colors used in the logo and in the applications as well depict water, the sun and the sand in the region. “Ha-uh!” and their album “Pok-Ta-Rok”, taken from “Pok-Ta-Pok” (the Mayan ball game), demonstrate the mix between old Mayan culture and design, with the contemporary not only Mayan culture but with the modern world as well.