GRAPHIC DESIGN
The curated projects below demonstrate my breadth of experience in visual identity, marketing and advertising, publication, exhibition, and illustration design. Designing everything from large-scale exhibition graphics to favicons challenges and continuously improves my design skills. I work closely with production and installation teams to ensure accuracy of digital and physical materials, and to learn how to design with their processes in mind.
I designed this logo collaboratively with the founding members of the national Digitization Coordination Network, a community of peers from natural history institutions sharing resources for digitization.
These are variations on the Digitization Coordination Network logo, as the group plans to use it across many different channels, digital and physical.
I have also designed logos and other visual identity materials outside of work, such as this logo for a local fitness group.
I designed this logo collaboratively with the founding members of the national Digitization Coordination Network, a community of peers from natural history institutions sharing resources for digitization.
Visual Identity Design
I am experienced in all aspects of visual identity design including logos, type choice, color palettes, and creating style guides. Logos I designed for a national collections group, galleries in a historic building, and a local fitness class are highlighted here.
Marketing + Advertising Design
I have created a wide range of digital and physical marketing and advertising materials for cultural and community organizations. I enjoy engaging with the entire process, from brainstorming and design to production and distribution.
I create and manage digital signage, primarily to promote exhibitions. These are examples of a digital sign for a horizontal screen and two scrollable social media panels for Instagram.
These are other examples of digital signs I have created both for exhibitions and events.
I have designed marketing and advertising materials of all sizes. The design on the left is a postcard-sized show card, and the design on the right is for four large banners intended for the building exterior to advertise the galleries inside.
I create and manage digital signage, primarily to promote exhibitions. These are examples of a digital sign for a horizontal screen and two scrollable social media panels for Instagram.
In order not to crowd an exhibition full of vivid artworks, I suggested creating an exhibition guide with numbers corresponding to displayed works. You can view the entire publication at the provided link.
I was commissioned to design two issues of a research journal called Law & Disorder, which featured student research as well as poetry from incarcerated teens. I redesigned the outdated cover for Issue 6. You can view the entire publication at the provided link.
I was commissioned to design two issues of a research journal called Law & Disorder, which featured student research as well as poetry from incarcerated teens. You can view the entire publication at the provided link.
In order not to crowd an exhibition full of vivid artworks, I suggested creating an exhibition guide with numbers corresponding to displayed works. You can view the entire publication at the provided link.
Publication Design
I have designed varied publications including exhibition guides and research journals, highlighted here. View the publications in their entirety by clicking the links in the image descriptions.
Exhibition Design
I find exhibition graphics particularly energizing and rewarding because I get to create coherent narratives and immersive environments for audiences. Explore the linked 3D tours of these highlighted exhibitions to experience them virtually.
"These 'Things' I Call Art: Artwork by Donald Gene Bell" is an exhibition featuring traditional visual art as well as innovative sculptural canvases. My designs were based on the canvases and their curves, as well as the artist's handwritten notes. You can experience the exhibit in 3D at the provided link.
"Amped at IU: The Jim Irsay Guitar Collection" is an upcoming exhibition featuring world-famous guitars. This style guide was inspired by the collections themselves, especially a 1968 Fender catalog. This exhibition's graphics are still in progress.
"Celebrating 25 Years of Straight No Chaser" was an exhibition celebrating an internationally-touring acapella group that originated at Indiana University. The members of the group attended the exhibition opening the same night as one of their performances at IU and drew large crowds of fans. You can experience the exhibit in 3D at the provided link.
"These 'Things' I Call Art: Artwork by Donald Gene Bell" is an exhibition featuring traditional visual art as well as innovative sculptural canvases. My designs were based on the canvases and their curves, as well as the artist's handwritten notes. You can experience the exhibit in 3D at the provided link.
I designed this vector illustration for an email campaign and social media around the holidays. This campaign thanked donors and other stakeholders for their investment in University Collections.
I designed this vector illustration of a king protea flower (the national flower of South Africa) for the "Divine Resilience" exhibition. It was based on the artist Caroline Cullinan's tapestry, but was more flexible for use across channels and mediums, from a large intro graphic to stickers.
In general, I create my own vector illustrations as assets for other design work, rather than using stock illustrations. This avoids copyright issues, and is frankly more fun!
I designed this vector illustration for an email campaign and social media around the holidays. This campaign thanked donors and other stakeholders for their investment in University Collections.
Illustration Design
Illustration complements all the other types of design I do, as illustrations add to the attractiveness and visual cohesion of designs across various mediums. Vector illustrations are particularly flexible for this purpose.