EMMA KOPPLIN
I’M EMMA UX DESIGNER + ANTHROPOLOGIST
I live in the process of projects. I am passionate about conducting research, asking questions about projects and finding ways to push digital and multimedia design into new exciting places. I enjoy wireframing, sketching, user empathy exercises, focus groups and basically anything that involves a group of humans getting together to discuss design.
E.K.
L AT E S T CLIENTS
STRENGTHS
The Reller Prairie Museum Start-Up
Focus groups, user and background research
Community Crops, Ya z i d i F a r m e r s Outreach Quaranzine Magazine Boulder B-Cycle, E-Bike Program The Daily Nebraskan
R E S E A R C H + S T R AT E G Y
Cer tified CITI human researcher P R O C E S S + I T E R AT I O N Wireframe creation, sketching, prototyping Documentation of all processes C O M M U N I C AT I O N
Currently on track to graduate from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln May of 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts
Te a m w o r k , p u n c t u a l i t y, remote reachability
Double Major in Graphic Design and Cultural Anthropology
An i m a t i o n s , i n t e r v i e w s , embeds, presentations
G . P. A = 3 . 6
Worked on teams of 4 to 40 M U LT I M E D I A
Experience with front end coding
M A D E P O S S I B L E BY H I X S O N - L I E D E N D O W M E N T Quaranzine was born out of isolation. By creating this mag— Quaranzine—we hoped to create a dynamic and
interconnected both digital and physical community project, weaving together our voices and e x p e r i e n c e s o v e r t h e p a s t y e a r.
THE PROCESS AT T H E B E G I N N I N G
The first step to making this idea come to life, was to research and find a way to fund the project. It was through this research we found the Hixson Lied Endowment Fund, which we applied to and received a scholarly/creative grant. After that, we began our search for stories. We spoke with everyone we could find. We sent out mass emails to depar tment heads, started our own social media campaign and found people on social media using Lincoln geo-tags, and even just approached people we found in the h a l l w a y s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y. E v e n t u a l l y, i t b e c a m e k n o w n that we wanted to hear and share stories surrounding the pandemic. It was at this point we also set up a “hiring” process, and formed a team of editors, web and print designers, writers and more. Once we had our team, mission and funding, it became time to more fully think about our audience. We wanted the content of this m a g a z i n e t o b e r a w, r e a l , a n d resonate with others in the UNL community who may be feeling similar things.
We value storytelling and life experiences.
Our mission was to bring together a diverse community of student thinkers and creators in order to produce a publication from and of our culture, an ar tifact of our times, and a forum for our voices; memorializing and preserving the human experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not just any one person created Quaranzine. It was born out of a bad situation, and brought to life by the passion and work of over 20 individuals. While the p u b l i c a t i o n s t a r t e d a s m y b a b y, it grew into something that was so much more than I could’ve h o p e d f o r. I t b e c a m e a n a r t i f a c t of the darkness before a hopeful renaissance.
We value personal introspection and analysis. We value science and the information it contributes. We value community; be it virtual, physical, or ideological. We value ar tistic expression and creation. We value critique from multiple perspectives. We value teamwork, a c c o u n t a b i l i t y, and respect.
UX DESIGN INTERN
DELIVERABLES: Signage, prototyping, wireframes, website, p h o t o g r a p h y, e x h i b i t i o n d e s i g n , community event planning, social media planning, building design, mural plans and more.
I am currently a UX Design Intern for the Reller Prairie Museum star tup in Lincoln, Nebraska. I conduct focus groups, design signage and am working on several web projects—including their website. I find ways to best communicate the information this retro research station has to share.
BRAND GUIDE P R E S E N TAT I O N The first step to making this idea come to life, was to research and find a way to fund the project. It was through this research we found the Hixson Lied Endowment Fund, which we applied to and received a scholarly/creative grant.
W E LC O M E S I G N P R E S E N TAT I O N The first step to making this idea come to life, was to research and find a way to fund the project. It was through this research we found the Hixson Lied Endowment Fund, which we applied to and received a scholarly/creative grant.
THE PROCESS AT T H E B E G I N N I N G
The first step to making this idea come to life, was to research and find a way to fund the project. It was through this research we found the Hixson Lied Endowment Fund, which we applied to and received a scholarly/creative grant. After that, we began our search for stories. We spoke with everyone we could find. We sent out mass emails to depar tment heads, started our own social media campaign and found people on social media using Lincoln geo-tags, and even just approached people we found in the h a l l w a y s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y. E v e n t u a l l y, i t b e c a m e k n o w n that we wanted to hear and share stories surrounding the pandemic. It was at this point we also set up a “hiring” process, and formed a team of editors, web and print designers, writers and more. Once we had our team, mission and funding, it became time to more fully think about our audience. We wanted the content of this m a g a z i n e t o b e r a w, r e a l , a n d resonate with others in the UNL community who may be feeling similar things.
Curating all of the ar ticles I wrote for the Daily Nebraskan i n a v i s u a l , i n t e r e s t i n g w a y.
After two years of working a s a r e p o r t e r, d e s i g n e r and Assistant Ar t Director at the Daily Nebraskan, I wanted to create something that defined and displayed m y t i m e t h e r e . Te l l S t o r i e s is a magazine I made to showcase the writing and design skills I learned while working at the DN.
Because I already had all of the content for the magazine, most of my research was centered around visuals. I looked at dozens of other magazines, made lots of collages and studied how this type of print design attracted readership.
The next par t of my process involved lots and lots of sketching. I wanted to experiment with stunning, interesting and complex layouts without making the magazine feel cluttered o r b u s y. I w a n t e d t o illustrate my design style, as well as my research and writing abilities. In the end, I decided on a simple aesthetic that focused on typography and cohesion throughout the publication. From there I began sharing my rough drafts with my
peers and getting their opinions on how the overall magazine was flowing. Making sure that the colors, interest and typographic choices followed a smooth, rhythmic pattern was by far the hardest par t of this magazine and required a ton of drafts. It took weeks of work and hours of critique. But, I finally had the layouts working in a way that I felt truly represented my style, a n d s h a r e d t h e s t o r i e s I ’d found and written.
THE FINAL L AY O U T S
FREELANCE DESIGN
CHALLENGE: Create a symbol that encompasses the partnership o f t h e Ya z i d i F a r m e r s O u t r e a c h program and Community Crops in Lincoln, NE.
I began this process by interviewing several members of this collaborative project, and getting an idea of some key themes the group wanted to be represented. From there I did a small deep dive into traditional Ya z i d i s y m b o l s a n d t r a d i t i o n , a n d b e g a n t o think about ways I could combine that with an object that is easily recognizable as a Nebraska representative.
YA Z I D I FA R M E R S I L LU S T R AT I O N
Once I had decided that I w a n t e d t o u s e t h e Ya z i d i Star in combination with corn—to represent Nebraska, as well as farming—I began sketching. I played with lots of different possible forms of differing complexities and held a meeting over the options. From there,
I selected favorites to digitally render using I l l u s t r a t o r. W h e n t h i s p r o j e c t was finished, it was screen printed and handed out to the farmers and several UNL students. I am so grateful to have had the oppor tunity to work with such a passionate, exciting group.