Graphic Design

Logo Design:

Logos are icons that carry subtle meanings which reflects on the company using the imagery. Here students create logos either for their own creative work or for a company they have an affiliation with:

Educational Resources for Children logo design by Aaliyah Ellison

Student designed logos for their own creative work

Business Card Design:

Business card for client by Ryan Lafrance

Isotypes:

How do we communicate an idea without words? Using only black and white, positive and negative space, students had to communicate the idea of a particular noun, in these cases a person or animal. The students drew these out on paper, and then brought them into Adobe Illustrator to create a vector representations, or icons.

Rugby Player by Tommy Clark

Urban Gentrification by Ryan LaFrance

VDA Major Ryan explains what he learned about professional designers: "Graphic Designers are thinkers. A large portion of what designers do is to think and understand how visuals are communicated, how images make sense.  If a designer can express what they are trying to give to the audience then the art is successful. Designing is secondary to thinking.  The most important thing a graphic designer does is understanding how to communicate what their meaning is beforehand."

Poster Design:

Public service announcement by Kelly Shea

AIC art show flyer