Graphic Design Portfolio Jan. 2015

Allison Baker GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO

contents Résumé 04 The Chocolate Sanctuary: BRAND IDENTITY 06 Restaurant Concept Logo Designs Business Cards Interior Concept Image Residential College at West Ambler Johnston: HOUSE IDENTITIES 08 About the Residential College Hawthorn House Hickory House Honey Locust House Holly House 10 Holly-Days Campaign 12 Industrial Design Minor Studio: CURRENCY REDESIGN 14 Project Prompt and Images Switzerland Study Abroad Studio: EXHIBITION MATERIALS 16 Invitations Welcome Poster

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E X P E R I E N C E

EDUCATION

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VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY Blacksburg, VA, 2011-present Bachelor of Architecture in progress Expected graduation May 2016 -Minor in Industrial Design -Current GPA: 3.72/4.0 -University Honors member -Dean’s List (7 semesters of 7) -Gould Turner Scholarship 2014

WARREN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL Gurnee, IL, 2007-2011 -GPA 4.5/4.0 -Summa cum laude -Top 2% of graduating class -National Honor Society -Girls’ soccer captain

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Residential College at West Ambler Johnston Blacksburg, VA, summer 2014 -Worked to develop graphic identities of four “houses” of students within the Residential College through various printed materials

STORE MANAGER 2d2c, Inc. Gurnee, IL, summer 2012 -Manager of 2d2c, Inc.’s first SafePlug retail location -Designed all signage and displays -Sold and demonstrated products to customers

GRAPHIC DESIGNER The Chocolate Sanctuary, Inc. Gurnee, IL, November 2013-present -Member of restaurant concept and development team -Designed logos and other print materials to establish a design identity -Created interior renderings/layouts to aid in design development

ORGANIZATIONS VOLUNTEER

ALPHA RHO CHI Fraternity for Architecture and the Allied Arts Metagenes Chapter -Brother since November 2011 -Historian, 2013 -Worthy Clerk (Secretary), 2014 -Worth Associate Architect (Vice President), 2015

HOLLY HOUSE COUNCIL Residential College at West Ambler Johnston Blacksburg, VA, 2012-2014 -Served on student-run council to plan academic, service, and social events for the 250 residents -President & Public Relations (2012-2013) -VP & Public Relations (2013-2014)

HEAD START PROGRAM Service Learning Project Fall 2013

RELAY FOR LIFE

-worked with an interdisciplinary group of Honors students to design a new playground for three-year-olds in the Head Start preschool development program of Floyd, VA -playground to be built by local volunteers

Annually each April; Blacksburg, VA -Participate in fundraising teams to raise money for the American Cancer Society THE BIG EVENT Annually each April; Blacksburg, VA -Participate in volunteer teams to complete community service projects

SOFTWARE Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop AutoCAD 2D Rhinoceros 4.0 3D Studio Max Adobe InDesign Revit SketchUp expert

proficient

basic

DESIGN SKILLS & DESIGN INTERESTS Drafting Graphic Design Model Making Laser Cutting Logo Design Photoshop Rendering

Phenomenology Transparency vs. Opacity Screen Systems Interaction of Materials User Experience Branded Environments

The Chocolate Sanctuary:

Restaurant Brand Development

concept The Chocolate Sanctuary, located in Gurnee, IL, is currently in development. The restaurant, lounge, and boutique will feature mid-range casual American cuisine inspired by the flavors of the cacao bean.

The owners envision TCS as an inviting space; exciting, intriguing, and sophisticated, yet comfortable and welcoming to all.

The color palette was chosen to reflect the desired atmosphere as well as the tones of a cacao bean.

images

Left: Initial design concept based on tones of chocolate and wine paired with vintage inspired shapes.

Right: Final design concept based on tones of chocolate and cacao beans, paired with more modern fonts and iconography.

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Headings Text Text Accent

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fax: (847) 336-9525 allison@thechocolatesanctuary.com

Chocolate Sanctuary

Allison Baker

Graphic Designer (630) 217-0722

Escape to Our World

Escape to Our World

LOCATION 5101 Washington St. Gurnee, IL 60031

MAILING ADDRESS 16240 W. Thoroughbred Dr. Wadsworth, IL 60083 07

Residential College at West Ambler Johnston H o u s e I d e nt i t y D eve l opment

The Residential College at West Ambler Johnston is a residence hall on the Virginia Tech campus in which students extend learning beyond the classroom through academic, service, and social events.

The College is divided into four Houses, each student-run and with its own personality, traditions, and design elements. The following pages detail the design identities that resulted from working closely with students from each house.

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HAWTH Hawthorn House Mascot: wolf

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Hickory House

Mascot: Hodor the black bear Motto: Unitas est virtus noster, “Unity is our strength�

Honey Locust

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Mascot: honey badger

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MISCELLANEOUS Holly House DESIGNS

Various applications of the Holly House crest.

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Mascot: Sir Galahad the griffin Motto: Simul exortæ, “growing together” House crest pictured above

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Facebook group cover photo

HOLLY HOUSE

-2015

2014

House T-Shirt design

2013 Welcome Booklet cover

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Holly House

Annual Holly-Days Celebration Advertising Campaign

These selected advertising materials were created to inform residents of Holly House of the holiday-themed events planned during December 2013. Included are hallway signs, small informational fliers, and the image used for the cover photo of the Holly House residents’ Facebook group.

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Industrial Design Minor Studio Currency Design project

Project Objective: Create a set of currency for an organization (real or fictional), including features such as anti-counterfeit measures and serial numbers to add a sense of authenticity.

This currency set celebrates the first six Disney princesses and the films in which they appear.

Each bill features its own color scheme and patterning, but all maintain the same basic design and anti-counterfeit elements.

The bills are printed on two sheets of translucent material with a third layer in between the two. The middle layer is cut into an icon that represents the princess (for Snow White, an apple is shown). The icon is visible as a watermark when held up to the light.

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Snow White bills are pictured at actual size.

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Studio Exhibition

At the end of my semester in Switzerland, the class held an exhibition of our studio work. These invitiations were sent out across Europe to friends of the program and local people in town.

The graphics were inspired by Mario Botta’s Casa Bianchi, Riva San Vitale’s most famous piece of architecture. The projects on display were all winery proposals involving the Casa Bianchi in some way. The house serves as an icon for the town and became an icon for the group of sixteen projects as a whole.

Apertura venerdí 21 novembre 17:00-20:00 Esposizione Apertura 21-23 novembre 2014 venerdí 21 novembre 17:00-20:00 Esposizione 21-23 novembre 2014

Programma “Riva Residency” San Vitale Residency” Il ProgrammaIl “Riva San Vitale vi invita ad una della Virginia della Tech Virginia vi invitaTech ad una mostra di mostra di bozzetti, efotografie, e progetti bozzetti, fotografie, progetti frutto di frutto di questro di studio in Europa. questro semestre di semestre studio in Europa.

ESPOSIZIONE ESPOSIZIONE di DISEGNO di DISEGNO

Il nostro gruppo didi architettura, studenti di architettura, Il nostro gruppo di studenti interior design, e architettura del paesaggio interior design, e architettura del paesaggio ansioso di condividere con voi i progetti è ansioso diècondividere con voi i progetti perCasa il sitoBianchi della Casa per la cantinaper perlailcantina sito della di Bianchi di Rivanonchè San Vitale, nonchè le suee scoperte e Riva San Vitale, le sue scoperte osservazioniosservazioni di viaggio. di viaggio.

BENVENUTO BENVENUTO

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W E L C OW MEEL C O M E

Opening Friday November 21 17:00-20:00 Exhibition November Opening21-23, 2014 Friday November 21 17:00-20:00 Exhibition November 21-23, 2014

Virginia Tech’s Riva San Vitale Residency Virginia Tech’s Riva San Vitale Residency Program invites you to an exhibition of Program invites you to an exhibition sketches, photographs, and of design work sketches, photographs, and design produced throughout thiswork semester of produced throughout this semester of study in Europe. study in Europe.

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invitations

ARCHITECTURE Mitchell August Allison Baker Ellie Burns Shira Chu Brandon Holcombe Kellen McGinley Seema Samudre Greg Simonds Shannon Standish Carolyn Thoenen Mo Wang

ESPOSIZIONE di DISEGNO INTERIOR DESIGN Meagan Kelley YooCheol Seok Rebekah Strickler LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Sarah Wise Payton Villescas PROFESSOR Hilary Bryon

V I RG I N I A T E C H - R I VA SA N V I TA L E A RC H T E CT U R E R E S I D E N CY P RO G RA M - FA L L 2 0 1 4

Casa Bianchi, photographed 18 / 11 / 2014

Il nostro gruppo di studenti di architettura, interior design, e architettura del paesaggio è ansioso di condiviere con voi i progetti per la cantina per il sito della Casa Bianchi di Riva San Vitale, nonchè le sue scoperte e osservazioni di viaggio.

BENVENUTO

WELCOME Virginia Tech’s Riva San Vitale Residency Program invites you to an exhibition of sketches, phorographs, and design work produced throughout this semester of study in Europe.

welcome poster

Il Programa “Riva San Vitale Residency” della Virginia Tech vi invita ad una mostra di bozzetti, fotografie, e progetti frutto di questro semestre di studio in Europa.

Our group of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture students look forward to sharing the design of their wineries for Riva San Vitale’s Casa Bianchi site as well as their discoveries and observations from travel with you.

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thank you

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

ALLISO N BAKE R 630.217.0722

abaker13@vt.edu

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