TRAVEL JOURNALS

These are expedition journals I created for non-profit, Insulindependence, whose vision is to revolutionize diabetes management . The goal for the journals is to initiate discussions surrounding the many topics of a diabetic lifestyle, from eating, to exercise to dating, as well as to teach participants to see correlations between blood glucose control and a variety of factors. Each journal includes graph pages, where participants can track and graph their blood glucose as well as insulin, medication and other factors. Some pages are simply designed to allow the participants room to vent their frustrations about diabetes, and reflect on what may make it difficult.

Due to their popularity with participants, I have created four versions of the journal for various trips (although only 2 are represented here).

POSTER

I made this poster to promote a show at the local cafe. Both photographs and design are my material.

TRIFOLD

I created this trifold to promote the Denver Marathon to diabetic athletes and help them easily see what the event would require of them, how they could sign up, and get a glimpse of how much fun they would have.

MAGAZINE SPREAD

So, over my Christmas break, I decided to give myself a little assignment, and I created a Vogue magazine spread about my sister. I figured, hey, she wants to be a rockstar, I think it would be awesome to work at Vogue, why don't we both live out our dreams right now? Finding my brother's old motorcycle clothes proved to be all the inspiration we needed to get started. We had a photo shoot and a full-on interview, the whole shabang.

PHOTOGRAPHY

This is a combination of photos from a recent photo job with twins. I wanted to show the progression by using a series to show how they interacted and never stopped moving! :)

BAND PROMOTIONAL POSTER

This is the promotional poster I created for my sister's first public show in Seattle. I went to a coffee shop and observed a wall of posters. I realized that the ones that stood out the best were the ones that had plenty of white space, minimal information, and faces (I learned back in design class that the first thing our brains recognize is a human face, followed by type). 

I matched the design to her cd covers, which are very simple, but bright. The lettering mimics the cd cases, which are hand stenciled. The bottom photo shows the poster in action, with Avena playing her music in the background! I was quite pleased with how they printed, even from Staples. 

CD DESIGN

I've been working with my sister to design and create her first cd's. Her goal was for the design to be simple and striking, and evoke a bit of a Native American feel. After trying several methods, I ended up creating a stencil and applying acrylic with a sponge brush to cardboard "re-sleeves" that are made of 100% recycled materials. It has been an extremely fun process. :) I submitted the design for the cd itself online to a short-run printing place.