Featuring an essay on Martin Luther King’s final sermon, the spring issue of The College, St. John's College’s alumni magazine, shines a light on alumni who apply their “great books degree” to serving others, from advocating human rights to addressing women’s global health issues to transforming young students into powerful storytellers.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Mulberry Tree Magazine
Giving back is an important part of "The St. Mary's Way," the theme of the spring ’16 issue of The Mulberry Tree, the alumni magazine of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Jolene Schafer, photographed for the cover by Bill Wood, graduated in 2001 and recently came back to campus as artist-in-residence to teach students the art of mask-making.
Art Books: Special Exhibitions
Top art museums regularly host exhibitions of artists whose work either compliments or expands on the works in their permanent collections. These special exhibitions are intended to keep regular members engaged and to attract new visitors. As an extension of this strategy, the exhibition catalog must be designed not only to accurately represent the artist’s work, but also to stand on its own as a desirable keepsake and as a reminder of the visitor’s experience at the museum. We created three exhibition catalogs for The Phillips Collection that illustrate compelling, comprehensive book design.
Legible type is not neccessarily an end in itself. Big or small, words have more impact with typographic refinement. The goal is engaging the reader.
Changing Business
The Spring 2016 issue of Changing Business, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s research journal, features a Carey professor’s study of corporate collusion and price-fixing. Additional articles include supply-chain hampering of flu-shot delivery, and strategies for promoting healthy foods in poor communities. Illustrations in this issue are by Sébastien Thibault.
Details matter.
Every font, every color, every word used in an organization’s marketing materials should reinforce its brand. Guidelines or rules provided by designers are meant to ensure uniformity and reflect an organization’s unique character. Guidelines are often overlooked or compromised over time, eroding the integrity and distinctive qualities of the brand. Good design and good designers are an integral part of maintaining and carrying forward a strong visual identity.
McDaniel College: Yield Brochure
McDaniel College’s yield brochure is all about developing real-world experience and professional connections to gain an edge in the job market after graduation. Featuring recent alums in first jobs such as an assistant producer of PBS’s “Motorweek” and a personal assistant to the Mayor of Baltimore, the piece demonstrates how a liberal arts degree can translate to a myriad of career choices.
Jessica Kartalija Media
Jessica Kartalija, WJZ-TV reporter and news anchor, is starting her own strategic communications company. She sought us out to design and create the identity and business cards for Jessica Kartalija Media.
The goal is not to cram as much as possible onto a page. The goal is to communicate a message. It's not a sin to use white space.
York College of Pennsylvania
"Get Set," mailed to students admitted to York College, is another component of this year's admissions stream. The piece shows the many ways York can prepare undergraduates for a career while working toward a degree.