'Where To' Signs for UAB Print Shop building

I am currently employed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Print Shop and was asked to create signs that would aid in directing our customers around our building (which is a bit of a labrynth and includes many different departments.) I jumped on the chance to do it and enjoyed designing them - and am glad that we don't have as many lost people wandering about! I created the icons for each department in Illustrator and finished the rest in InDesign.

Happy March Madness!

So I unfortunately missed the ESPN bracket deadline by three minutes this morning so decided to create my own to follow the games and see how I do! I don't know much about what's been going on in Basketball but I have always wanted to fill out a bracket but never have - this year I made sure I did (even if ESPN said I was too late.) Also, I'd like to wish everyone a happy St. Patrick's Day - go have a Guinness for me!

Med School Trivia Night Poster

I was asked to design a poster/flyer for the Birmingham School of Medicine's Tropical Disease Trivia night, which required a bit of brainstorming. I wanted something catchy, young, and whimsical that was at the same time appropriate and sophisticated design wise. All this considered I wanted to make sure that it related to Tropical Disease as well - without using cheesy imagery such as a mosquito or tropical/medicinal elements. Gin and tonic (with lime, naturally) happens to be my favorite cocktail and I know that the origin of the drink was when brits in India were encouraged to drink tonic water (which contains quinine) to fight off Malaria. Drawing on this knowledge I created the 'marketing idea' behind the poster. Although this fact about quinine (which fights malaria) in tonic water might be too obscure for a general audience it fit right into the audience this poster was intended for - medical students. The event was such a success that the national chapter of UAEM has decided to mention it in their next newsletter!

Vacay!

I am going to LA to visit my mom and one of my best friends on Wednesday for a week and have been really looking forward to it! I decided to do a bit of research and create a 'guidebook' of places I'd like to visit. Although I've never visited Los Angeles before the feel I currently have of the city is what I tried to evoke in the color choices and design itself. The first page shown is the cover, then the informal table of contents, proceeded by an example of each type of page I included, finally followed by the back cover.

Birthday Time!

My good friend Mellanie just had her 24th birthday - always a good reason to celebrate! She is a super fun girl with high-end taste so I felt this card evoked her personality a bit. I don't usually have a reason to use colors as bold as these so that made this very fun to design!

Happy 2011!

I realize we are a good bit into the new year but I had designed this as a New Year's greeting and had wanted to post it on here. I hope everyone's 2011 has thus far been excellent and will continue to be!

Christmas Card and Invitation Insert

I absolutely love Christmas time and have been looking forward to it since October. When my dear friend's mother asked me to design a Christmas card for her to send out as well as an invitation for a Christmas party they are having I was ecstatic. What a fun project to do, especially since I have already been in the spirit of the season! I decided to make the invitation an insert so it would be easy for her to invite all the people she needed to without sending them two different cards. Their family, although entirely American, is very european in many ways so I tried to convey an almost British feel to the card. The aesthetic is of a 40s or 50s Christmas card - which keeps the Christmas feel classic rather than a mess of consumerism and overspending. The photo on the front is actually their house during a rare snow we had in Birmingham last year which gives extra meaning to the phrase 'there's no place like home for the holidays' - which I whole-heartedly agree with. Cheers and Happy Holidays!