A few honorable mentions from the archives: smaller projects that still pack a visual punch. Experiments in type, layout, identity, and illustration - each one a mini lab where I tested ideas and found my footing as a designer.
Ligature Postcard: Design a personal ligature using your initials that embraces your own style. Create a save the date postcard announcement about an upcoming type conference. Your ligature must be the main feature; additionally, add the ligature to a secondary product.
Pattern Project #1 -Experiment with pattern creation on Illustrator and create two patterns. These images were hand drawn and then digitally scanned to create my patterns.
Pattern Project #2 - Experiment with pattern creation on Illustrator and create two patterns. These images were hand drawn and then digitally scanned to create my patterns.
Tecovas Ad 2/2 - Select 2 decades between the years 1850 and 1970 and research the design and advertising styles of those periods. Select a modern-day company that was created in the past 10 years and develop 2 new logos for the company in the style of your chosen decades to show their hypothetical brand evolution. Build on these designs in a method of your choosing (2 advertisements).
Tecovas Ad 1/2 - Select 2 decades between the years 1850 and 1970 and research the design and advertising styles of those periods.Select a modern-day company that was created in the past 10 years and develop 2 new logos for the company in the style of your chosen decades to show their hypothetical brand evolution. Build on these designs in a method of your choosing (2 advertisements).
After using a letterpress to print on various paper samples, display the prints in a unique way.