DESIGN PORTFOLIO felizia_smit
HELLO ! I’m Felizia Smit, recently undecided about my future care er path. Though I am a passionate artist I am not so sure about my passions for design. Maybe you’ll se e more of my design work in the future - maybe not. One thing is for sure: I will make my way. And the route is the goal, isn’t it?
MORE ABOUT ME Turn the page
STRAIGHT TO MY WORKS Turn to page 8
ABOUT ME “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.� - Jack Kerouac
EDUCATION
LANGUAGES
A-Levels 2010 St.George’s International Scho ol Cologne 2012 - 2015 Kölner Design Akademie
English near native / fluent German mother tongue
WHAT I’VE DONE
WHAT I WANT TO DO
1 year work&travel in Australia & Indonesia 3 years acting classes Learning guitar since 2011 Certified Jillaro o (Cowgirl)
Travel the world Learn to play the drums / percussions and piano Find a care er i like Experience life to it’s fullest
THINGS I ENJOY
THINGS I DON’T ENJOY
Mad people All forms of art & expression The written word (Reading / Writing) Travel, Nature&Mother Earth
Money&all that comes with it Trash / Rubbish The human race thinking it’s bigger than nature Ingrain Wallpaper
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EXPERIENCED NOT (YET) EXPERIENCED
STILL TOO MANY WHITE SPACES if you ask me . . .
ALL TIME BIGGEST GOAL:
Experience all the Earth has to offer & never stop learning!
MY WORKS
GRAPHIC PROJECTS Brandbo ok Placard Campaign Lifestyle Bo oklet Packaging Record Cover
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ILLUSTRATION Cover Design Political Caricatures Hipster Project Private Drawings
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PHOTOGRAPHY Various Projects Travel Photos
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GRAPHIC PROJECTS Turn the page
BRANDBOOK 2013
Fictional relaunch of an existing Brand (here the arboretum “Mohr�). New Logo (compared to the old, here se en at the top left), colour scheme and slogans. Size: 240mm x 280mm -
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PLACARD CAMPAIGN 2014
Fictional launch of a placard campaign under the theme “Nothing is better!� Instigation to buy less plastic and instead use fabric bags. -
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LIFESTYLE BOOKLET 2014 Research on the Hippie- and 68’-Movement packed into a selfbound bo oklet with focus on the textual content. Was shown in the exhibition “Swinging Sixties, Artists-Bo oks & Design-Bo oklets”, 13.Aug. - 21.Sep. 2014, in the Art- and MuseumLibrary of Cologne (Museum Ludwig). Se en here: Cover (u.l.), inside cover (u.r.) and example pages. Size: 21x21cm plus 1,5cm gutter/ margin -
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PACKAGING 2014
Packaging design of a fictional Perfume. Outside package and glass design. Here the idea of a psychedelic (or psychAdelic) perfume, one for males and one for females. -
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SPIRRAL beyond the subconcious
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for external use only, flammable, keep away from heat or flame, avoid spraying in eyes. nur zur äußerlichen anwendung. entzündlich, von zündquellen fernhalten, nicht in augen sprühen. á usage exclusivement externe, inflammable, ne pas utiliser près d’une flamme, ne pas vaporiser dans les yeux. INGREDIENTS: ALCOHOL DENAT., AQUA (WATER), PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), ALPHA-ISOMETHYL, IONONE, BUTYLPHENYL, METHYLPROPIONAL, CITRONELLOL, GERANIOL, HEXYL, CINNAMAL, HYDROXYCINNAMATE, BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE, ETHYLHEXYL, SAUCYLATE, CI 17200 (RED33). spirrel - paris (france), cologne (germany) www.spirrel.eu made in france 80% VOL
1,69 fl.oz / 50 ml
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Spirral beyond the subconcious
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for external use only, flammable, keep away from heat or flame, avoid spraying in eyes. nur zur äußerlichen anwendung. entzündlich, von zündquellen fernhalten, nicht in augen sprühen. á usage exclusivement externe, inflammable, ne pas utiliser près d’une flamme, ne pas vaporiser dans les yeux.
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INGREDIENTS: ALCOHOL DENAT., AQUA (WATER), PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), ALPHA-ISOMETHYL, IONONE, BUTYLPHENYL, METHYLPROPIONAL, CITRONELLOL, GERANIOL, HEXYL, CINNAMAL, HYDROXYCINNAMATE, BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE, ETHYLHEXYL, SAUCYLATE, CI 17200 (RED33).
Psychadelic Parfum
spirrel - paris (france), cologne (germany) www.spirrel.eu made in france 80% VOL
1,69 fl.oz / 50 ml
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Spirral beyond the subconcious
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RECORD COVER A cover for a vinyl record. The DJ Daniel Gabler wanted something very different to what we usually se e on covers. The title “Schwimmbutzeria” describes a place full of weird people/failures. To create these i used a technique invented by the Surrealists called “Exquisite Corpse” (french; cadavre exquis - rotating corpse) by which each collaborator draws in turn on a she et of paper, folds it to conceal part of the drawing, and then passes it to the next collaborator for a further contribution. -
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2015
Fabrizio Mefisto / Gabler
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ILLUSTRATION Turn the page
COVER DESIGN 2013
Illustrative cover design of a self-chosen CD/Musician and a predefined short story bo ok. -
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POLITICAL CARICATURES 2014 Self chosen theme: Overpopulation. Since 1800 with the discovery of penicillin the human population size has literally exploded. For millions of years the human count had always be en round about 1 billion. Then suddenly in the past 2000 years it has vastly risen to over 7 billion and is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050. With our current way of consumerism, gre ed and idiocracy, we can hardly all survive this. -
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HIPSTER PROJECT 2013
Designs for hipstery fabric bags. Planned to get people to buy less plastic bags. One duck for every day of the we ek (here some examples) “Rubber ducks without plastic” -
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PRIVATE DRAWINGS 2010-2013
These are a few of drawings that i enjoyed the most, as i do them just for myself (or for friends like the one se en to the right). The first one se en is acrylic on wo od. All the following are pencil and charcoal on paper. -
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VARIOUS PROJECTS 2013-2014
A selection of various photography projects, from idealised portraits to psychological portraits to the portrayal of the quote: “don’t cry over spilt milk” -
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TRAVEL PHOTOS 2011-2013
Though they mightn’t be technically adept, these photographs and places have inspired and refreshed me more than any studio photography could ever do. Only out in the world you can find little boys ste ering their self made wo oden boats, laid-back monkey families, broken emergency phones in the middle of nowhere and cowboys with skateboards at the beach... -
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“...it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I fe el like I’m se eing it all at once, and it’s to o much, my heart fills up like a ballo on that’s about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t fe el anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry... you will someday. - Lester Burnham in the Movie “American Beauty”
THANK YOU