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Branding / Communications Design
Client: Southern California Grantmakers, Northern California Grantmakers & San Diego Grantmakers
The Challenge, Solution & Role: Designed a press kit using data visualization graphics to communicate the power, scope, and limits of California Philanthropy to Congress to raise their awareness. Branded the partnership of 3 California nonprofits presenting this work.
Visuals Presented: Press kit for Congress: Cover design.
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Branding / Data Visualization Graphics
The Solution & Role: Created data visualization graphics (using Dover illustrations) to tell the story of the differences between CA philanthropy versus government funding. The 8-panel press kit presented here highlights the strengths versus the limits of CA's philanthropy.
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Branding / Communications / Marketing Design
Client: Polish Cultural Institute New York (PCI)
The Challenge, Solution & Role: Created a modern voice and look to Polish arts and culture to better reach a U.S. audience by redesigning PCI's bilingual marketing materials (invites, publications, ads, etc.). The success of these designs is still being used as templates by PCI today. PCI is on a diplomatic mission for the government of Poland to promote Polish history and contemporary culture around the world.
Visuals Presented: Print publication design featuring artist Katarzyna Kozyra on the cover.
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Branding / Communications / Marketing Design
The Challenge, Solution & Role: Each publication spread was designed to provide stories about key Polish artists and their upcoming U.S. performances. This print/digital publication was designed to be both a seasonal announcement of events and a program guide to its users who were middle aged and older.
Visuals Presented: TOC & interior page designs of the publication.
02b
Branding / Communications / Marketing Design
The Challenge, Solution & Role: The modern redesign of the publication needed to feature both contemporary and classical Polish artists in the same space. And, also show important historical/cultural figures. Examples are shown in these interior page designs.
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Branding / Communications / Marketing Design
Client: Renaissance Journalism Center (RJC)
The Challenge, Solution & Role: How to brand a journalism program's very long mission statement to its audience of busy college students on the go? The solution is to brand the Renaissance Journalism Center’s mission statement in a series of posters with large graphic type with engaged students reading, pointing, etc., their mission statement as shown here.
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Branding / Communications / Marketing Design
The Solution: Branding Renaissance Journalism Center including logo and business card designs shown here.
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Communications Design
Client: Ford Foundation
The Challenge, Solution & Role: Redesigned the front section of the Ford Foundation's quarterly magazine, "The Ford Reports," to promote the successful work of their national and global grantees. Publication targeted the general public, Ford grantees and the philanthropic community.
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Communications Design
The Challenge, Solution & Role: Designed digital e-newsletters for the Ford Foundation targeting the general public, their grantees and the philanthropic community. One e-newsletter announces the latest issue of the Ford magazine and the other invites the audience to visit and explore their new website redesign.
04b
Communications Design
The Challenge, Solution & Role: A program designed for a large press event for the Ford Foundation's "Leadership for a Changing World." A global initiative to celebrate the recipients of their annual awards. Key audience members included the press, philanthropic community and awardees.
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Communications / Marketing Design
Client: Southern California Grantmakers
The Challenge, Solution & Role: Designed a publication communicating the "Philanthropy and Health Trends and Opportunities in the Region" to its member organizations including nonprofits and the California philanthropic community.
Visuals Presented: Front cover design of the print publication.
05a
Communications / Marketing Design
The Solution & Role: Designed a publication with various articles by experts in the California philanthropy sector. In addition, created data visualization tables and graphics to communicate the work. Examples are shown in these interior page designs
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Communications / Marketing Design
Client: Polish Cultural Institute New York (PCI)
The Challenge, Solution & Role: Created a modern voice and look to Polish arts and culture to better reach a U.S. audience by redesigning PCI's bilingual marketing materials (semi-annual publications, ads, etc.). This publication also advertised their joint exhibition with MoMA featuring artist Alina Szapoczkiknow's work shown here in the cover designed for the show.
06a
Communications / Marketing Design
The Solution & Role: Designed this feature story about artist Alina Szapoczkiknow's life and her best-known works currently being shown in the U.S. at the MoMA.
06b
Communications / Marketing Design
The Solution: Created alternate cover design options for this publication shown here.