MFA PORTFOLIO_Linlin Song by Linlin Song

2018 2015

Selected Works of Linlin Song

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The graphic design process goes from ideology to a creative solution. After several years of study, my understanding of graphic design has been completely subverted. Graphic designers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just express information or make images beautiful, we communicate our thinking through design to achieve communication with others.

Adventure Painting Futurism Reusing Modernism MFA Thesis

In this portfolio, I conveyed my thoughts, experiences, memories, and feelings through the visual design work which I have created over the last few years. I selected nine projects which include branding, packaging, motion, book, application and website design. Each project distills a question, and I use graphics skills to solve the problem. I explore varied design styles which reflected the special group of audienceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aesthetic habits and also extended my personal design skills. Thanks to these projects, I know I can be an excellent graphic designer, and I will keep going on to explore new areas of design and extend my design skills. As we all know, the times are changing and the design trends and needs are changing, continual learning and exploring is the best way to make ourselves become qualified designers.

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I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population, and gave birth to the whole world. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jane Campion, Film Director

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Project Shall We Awake Audience Women Keywords Confident/Brave Typefaces Caslon/Whitney

01 Film Festival Deliverables Film Festival Branding Collateral Materials Instructor Christopher Morlan Semester Fall 2017

This film festival aims to encourage women to liberate themselves from the control of moral standards and become beautiful women with soul, will and strength. It is the first of film festival in Nga Taonga Sound&Vision. To celebrate the International Women’s Day, the festival will be free for all women. The festival will lead them to know what kind of dreams, love and work they need.

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FEMINISM I designed a series of works to introduce and promote this festival. The color palette is the most important key to keep all the materials consistent. According the color changing from dark to light, it shows the women’s thoughts starting to awaken. The color palette guides our audiences’ eyes which produces a vivid interaction. The catalog is the most important piece of materials to introduce information about the director and the event.

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Sweetie A n A n g e l a t M y Ta b l e The Piano The Portrait of A Lady Holy Smoke

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THE PIANO THE 1993 PORTRAIT OF A LADY THE PIANO 1996 1993

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At the ballet, you really feel like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Robert Caro, Author

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Project San Francisco Ballet Audience Art Lovers Keywords Elegant/Connected Typefaces Bodoni/Verlag

02 Nature of Interaction Deliverable Application Instructor Ravit Bennier Semester Spring 2018

San Francisco Ballet provides ballet performances for the public. Audiences can get performance information and book tickets from the website. Currently, there are some problems when the audiences come to watch the performance. Sometimes, the audiences donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand the performance story. They have to read the SFballet magazine to get more information about the show. The tickets are sold out too quickly, and the audiences always miss the best time to choose good seats. My app tries to solve these problems.

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I designed an app which helps people get performance information and buy tickets conveniently. The main target audiences were people over 35 who have high incomes and love classic art. Because of these peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aesthetic habits, I explored a visual system expressing elegant, connected and relaxed feelings to others. The main function provided performance information and ticket buying. The other function was to guide users to find their seats. All the functions allowed people to watch the show conveniently.

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In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bjarke Ingels, Architect

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Project Opera House Audience Font Designers Keywords Modern/Artistic Typeface Futura

03 Type Experiments Deliverable Poster

This project aimed to explore the three-dimensional structure of fonts. The concept was contemporary opera houses which included Guangzhou Opera House, Oslo Opera House and Sydney Opera House. I used typefaces to show the architectural aesthetics. According to each building’s features, I created a series of posters.

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BUILDING Instructor Kathrin Blatter Semester Spring 2017

For Guangzhou Opera House, which has folded lines in the landscape defining territories and zones, I designed the type with different lines crossing the type body to show the building edges and smooth transitions. The second type I designed for Oslo Opera House, which showed laying out a ‘carpet’ of horizontal and sloping surfaces on the top of the building. I showed the type with different layers piled together with different angles. The last type was for Sydney Opera House, which is made like sails. The final three posters stayed consistent with different angles.

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Great innovators create the future, manage the present and selectively forget the past. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Vijay Govindarajan, Professor at Dartmounth College

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Project Sega Audience Adults Keywords Innovation/Advancement Typefaces Blender/Franklin Gothic

04 Nature of Identity Deliverables Brand Identity Books Website Instructor Hunter Wimmer Semester Spring 2018

This project required us to design a new identity and reposition developing areas for dead brand. I chose the brand Sega which restructured to focus on providing software as a third-party developer after financial losses incurred from its Dreamcast console. The soul of Sega is to get to the next level. The new brand mission is created to encourage users to get to the next level, not only in games, but also in life.

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ADVENTURE Goes up is the core of this brand. The whole project includes branding design, books and website design. The identity design is around the keywords innovation, adventure and advancement. The new look which I designed for Sega showed the upward tendency and the power to get to the next level. The logo was composed of the symbol and the wordmark. The symbol came from the first letter S and a triangle. It showed the upward tendency which expressed the company soul. For future development, Sega aims to help users improve their physical condition and strengthen mental levels, and help them to enjoy their lives. I explored Segaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new development directions from Home, Work and Play, which helps people get to the next level. I used three books to record and show Segaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future exploration. The website shows an exhaustive review which includes branding, book design, and the new future explorations of Sega.

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Sega aims to help our users to improve their physical condition and strengthen mental levels, and help them to enjoy lives.

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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Salvador Dali, Artist

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Project Abstract Art Website Audience Art Lovers Keywords Inspiration/Exploration Typefaces Chronicle/Verlag

05 Type Experiments Deliverable Website

This project aims to explore website design. I intended to introduce abstract art works to art lovers. People are confused when they look the modern art. They don’t understand the meaning and background stories of abstract art. In this website, people will learn the background of the art works, find some new artists and buy some art work.

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PAINTING Instructor Kathrin Blatter Semester Spring 2017

After researching and distilling people’s problems with abstract art, I built a sitemap which included an abstract art introduction, artist promotions, and event exploration. I solve the art lovers’ problems with this sitemap. All the functions provided enough information for visitors who could get inspiration from the artworks. To keep it consistent and abstracted, all the background images were redesigned from abstract artworks in this website.

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Solar power is going to be absolutely essential to meeting growing energy demand while staving off climate change. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ramez Naam, Writer

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Project Solar Tomorrow 2026 Audience Explorers Keyword Energy-Saving Typefaces Chronicle/Verlag

06 Type Systems Deliverable Book Instructor David Hake Semester Fall 2016

This project showed the development of future solar. From the project, I learned to make a plan and control the schedule explored to collect and filter the solar information and make all the elements in the same visual system. The main purpose is to experiment with type and form, text density, hierarchy, and grids.

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FUTURISM Before designing the book, I collected information about what solar energy is, solar buildings, communal facilities, future facilities and citations. To express the solar features, I chose a color of orange as the main color and used circles as the graphic elements. All the images were designed with abstract shapes which showed the future energy technology. Through this project, I learned all the elements had to work for the topic and they were reasonable to be part of the design. To build relationships between types, words content with graphic elements, and graphic elements with imagery. Each part had to work well with other parts.

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Reusing what you already have has always been green from clothes to boxes to glass jars from the supermarket. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ramez Naam, Producer

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Project Reuse Audience Home Makers Keywords Repurpose/Reassign Typefaces Chronicle/Verlag

07 Type Systems Deliverables Posters Brochure Packaging Instructor David Hake Semester Summer 2016

This project aims to encourage people reuse their unwanted clothes. I explored branding, brochure, packaging and website design make all the deliverables in the same visual system and controlled the whole design schedule. I designed all these works simultaneously.

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REUSING For the initial visual identity of this topic, I created many logos and chose one with rectangles which was like the fabric shape. There were three posters to promote the brand of REUSE. The website was the most important deliverable in my brand. Visitors could learn to make and buy redesigned clothes. A brochure was used to show methods what people could do with their unwanted clothes. There was one CD included of sewing videos where users could learn the making process.

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According to the EPA almost million tons of textile are thrown away every year. The abandoned clothes waste a huge amount of textiles. REUSE will teach people how to use their unwanted clothes.

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According to the EPA almost million tons of textiles are thrown away every year. The abandoned clothes waste a huge amount of textiles. REUSE will teach people how to use their unwanted textiles.

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Americans send million tons of clothing to landfills every year. Actually, there are many clothes which can still be used. People just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to wear them again and throw them away. REUSE aims to teach people to reuse their unwanted clothes.

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Americans send million tons of clothing to landfills every year. Actually, there are many clothes which can be used. People just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to wear them again and throw them away. REUSE aims to teach people to reuse their unwanted clothes.

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San Franciscans send pounds of textile to landfills every hour. If people save their unwanted clothes and reuse them, they will help protect the environment . REUSE will teach people how to sew their unwanted clothes.

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San Franciscans send pounds of textiles to landfills every hour. If people save their unwanted clothes and reuse them, they will help the environment. REUSE will teach people how to sew their own clothes.

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As an age-old artistic medium, paper remains a key player in contemporary art. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Kelly Richman-Abdou, Writer

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Project Paper Cutting Art Audience Paper Lovers Keywords Creative/Vivid Course Topics in Motion Graphics

08 Instructor Colin Sebestyen Semester Fall 2017

This animation design aimed to explore traditional paper cutting art with vivid motion graphics. The inspiration came from Eiko Ojala who is a renowned illustrator and a graphic designer. After finishing the work, I was able to use After Effects to tell the story.

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MODERNISM Before showing the cut paper with AE, I drew some story boards to decompose the process of animation which showed the weather changing in a forest. The whole green color tone was similar to Eikoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art work. For this project, I explored displaying traditional art with new media.

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Fake news can be as simple as spreading misinformation or as dangerous as smearing hateful propaganda. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Fabrizio Moreira, Politician

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Project Truth Window Audience College Students Keywords Truthful/Effective Typefaces Good Pro/Poynter

09 Thesis Proposal Deliverables Application Posters Newsletter Marketing Collateral Social Media Plug-in Instructors Carolina De Bartolo Phill Hamlett Semester Fall 2018

My thesis question is ‘How do we help people discern true news from fake news in the digital era?’ Fake news is a widespread problem on social media. You don’t know which information is efficient and believable the Digital Forum Accordin to the Diital Forum Shall we need to sork for Shall we need to sork for Shall we need to sork forShall we need to sork for Sh Fake news erodes people’s trust in the news. Believing fake news can have real-life consequences. Discerning the facts and fictions of a news story becomes a key cognitive ability for young people in today’s digital news world.

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As a fashion designer and graphic designer and college student, I intend to help students like me get news information from media with minimal partisan bias. Digital Forum Accordin to the Diital Forum According to the Digital Forum, According to the Digital Forum Accordin to the Diital Forum the Digital Forum Accordin to the Digital Forum Accordin to the Diital Forum Diital Forum According to the Digital Forum, students are consuming massive amounts of news stories from many different sources. Fake news is sowing confusion in social media and students do not know what to believe. To protect the digital news landscape, let’s work together to take on fake news.

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