MICHAEL ROLLINS
GRAPHICS + PHOTOGRAPHY
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graphic design AIAS Promotional Material Typographic Portrait Social Justice Week 2012 Poster Typographic Journey Identity Final Review Calendar Lecture Series Promotionals
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aias promotionals This poster series, developed over the course of two semesters as the promotions officer for Texas A&M’s AIAS chapter. Originally started to explore vintage methods of advertising and design in the fall of 2011, the series evolved into the development of a template for the rapid reproduction of content through similar meeting graphics and a grid-based text layout.
Professional tips for the College of Architecture Career Fair [February 2nd, 3rd] at the First Spring AIAS Meeting Presentations by Professor Donna Hajash and the Career Center’s Assistant Director Brad Collet on portfolios and interviews January 26th @ 6.30p in C207, Food and drinks provided
Join AIAS this Spring and receive a 50% discount on 2012 dues! Join Today!
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Join AIAS this Spring and receive a 50% discount on 2012 dues! Join Today!
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In addition to the regular posters required for each meeting, desk drops and other promotional materials were designed to draw underclassmen and non-members to each of the meetings. These included the aforementioned promotional flyers for desks, conceptual business cards, and bookmarks for new officers and incoming freshmen.
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Career fair information 1.26.12 6.30p C207
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aias meeting
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typographic portrait Utilizing copy from Frederick’s 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School I constructed a self-portrait with typographic characters as the primary form of mark-making. Variations in light and shadow coupled with the distorted scale of letterforms create the illusion of three-dimensional space. The sentences, for the most part, are intentionally legible; a simpler method of stacked letterforms was avoided to preserve clarity for the observer.
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Social Justice Week is an annual event designed to raise A&M University students’ awareness of social justice in local, national, and global communities. This year, the university tasked students with the creation of promotional materials for the 2012 event. This particular design illustrates the magnitude of human trafficking by quantifying the total using marks and relating it to something the audience is familiar with: the average nine-to-five work day.
BEFORE THE NINE TO FIVE WORKDAY IS OVER
ILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
WILL BE SENT INTO SLAVERY BY
480 PEOPLE
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typographic journey To further experiment with the relationship of typographic elements as they exist simultaneously in a single composition, the journey to campus is illustrated utilizing hierarchical text, weights, and a radial grid. The radial form is representative of a clock face; the times serve as the inevitable frame against which the morning’s events must take place. The events themselves loosely follow the grid, reflecting their lack of conformity to the rigid structure of the time.
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identity From a professional point of view the logo or “mark� is the symbol by which a business is immediately identified. As part of a general re-branding for my public image, I experimented with the strict geometric nature of the Futura to form a mark that related to my preference for clean geometry in graphics and architecture. By exploiting the nature of letterform I created several prototypical marks exploring negative space and simplified graphic forms.
9a-10a matthew sanders chair: shepley culp vanzandt homeless shelter
10a-11a meredith butler chair: erminy wells saginor urban vinyard
11a-12p sean howard chair: hill wagner giusti affect learning
1p-2p ripsime hovsepian chair: s.rodiek hamilton j.warren agility adaptable residential health center
2p-3p clint floyd chair: o’brien erminy j.nichols scaling moments of presence
3p-4p salud sierra chair: s.rodiek o’brien dvorak living and library
4p-5p kuangyi tao chair: shepley yan rybkowski shanghai general hospital
5p-6p jiayin li chair: zhu mann varni women’s and children’s hospital beijing
9a-10a arnold ghil chair: o’brien a.nichols bright new bomber’s stadium
10a-11a laruen upchurch chair: lang beltran lafayette community art center
11a-12p chengcheng huang chair: shepley mann lee heart hospital beijing
1p-2p aaron higgins chair: erminy lang galanter creating symbiosis
2p-3p matt ostermier chair: deyong babe saginor reconnecting east austin
3p-4p maryam rajabali chair: zhu shepley viruru mueller elementary school
4p-5p miamiao xiao chair: he lang sweet art guild
11a-12p geoffrey kornegay chair: lang giusti saginor architectural infrastructure
9a-10a brad mcgarrol chair: deyong holliday saginor railway hotel
10a-11a domingo sanchez III chair: warden o’brien fernandez-solis 1025 frio st market
11a-12p matt weigers chair: o’brien downing fernandez-solis moments and movements
1p-2p maggie bryan chair: wells o’brien volkman fashion and architecture
2p-3p lu gan chair: shepley hamilton lee shanghai medical center
3p-4p ingrid van beljon chair: erminy lang van zandt the underlying culture
4p-5p luis martinez chair: s.rodiek lavy gamm the health home
5p-6p amy kircher chair: hamilton j.rodiek shepley urban model for outpatient care and wellness
9a-10a yan lu chair: s.rodiek shepley lee senior housing design
10a-11a dale fenton chair: deyong hill galanter hyper-dense urbanism
11a-12p cheng jin chair: lang he j.nichols las lomas public library
1p-2p peri arthur chair: o’brien holliday bright downtown winery resort
2p-3p jose terrazas chair: erminy warden fernandez-solis prospect station
3p-4p akshay sangolli chair: shepley hamilton dvorak heart care
4p-5p dayna finley chair: tabb holliday brody eco-tourism in everglades
5p-6p anahid sargsyan chair: shepley o’brien varni children’s rehab center
9a-10a richard bassett chair: mann lang rooker marine research center
10a-11a stephen dietert chair: o’brien warden fernandez-solis dietert mill restaurant
11a-12p suyong jin chair: mann shepley varni children hospital of richmond
1p-2p sukung lee chair: shepley varni zhu dallas children’s orthopaedic hospital
3p-4p christina shafer chair: tabb haberl saginor sustainable student living community
4p-5p maria luisa melendez chair: erminy wells bienko piling activities together
4p-5p kaiji zhou chair: zhu shepley huang senior community
9a-10a nnaemeka mozie chair: warden wells fernandez-solis axial retro-mend
10a-11a patrick hurst chair: shepley esquivel ditre celiac disease rehab center
11a-12p phillip cedeno chair: s.rodiek o’brien lee a mobility
1p-2p glenda fletcher chair: clayton lang kreuter we can do better
2p-3p yuquian chen chair: hamilton shelpey c.lee burn treatment, research, and rehabilitation center
3p-4p mark willingham chair: o’brien holliday larsen langford design
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9a-10a matthew sanders chair: shepley culp vanzandt homeless shelter
10a-11a meredith butler chair: erminy wells saginor urban vinyard
11a-12p sean howard chair: hill wagner giusti affect learning
1p-2p ripsime hovsepian chair: s.rodiek hamilton j.warren agility adaptable residential health center
2p-3p clint floyd chair: o’brien erminy j.nichols scaling moments of presence
3p-4p salud sierra chair: s.rodiek o’brien dvorak living and library
4p-5p kuangyi tao chair: shepley yan rybkowski shanghai general hospital
5p-6p jiayin li chair: zhu mann varni women’s and children’s hospital beijing
9a-10a arnold ghil chair: o’brien a.nichols bright new bomber’s stadium
10a-11a laruen upchurch chair: lang beltran lafayette community art center
11a-12p chengcheng huang chair: shepley mann lee heart hospital beijing
1p-2p aaron higgins chair: erminy lang galanter creating symbiosis
2p-3p matt ostermier chair: deyong babe saginor reconnecting east austin
3p-4p maryam rajabali chair: zhu shepley viruru mueller elementary school
4p-5p miamiao xiao chair: he lang sweet art guild
11a-12p geoffrey kornegay chair: lang giusti saginor architectural infrastructure
9a-10a brad mcgarrol
10a-11a domingo
11a-12p matt weigers
1p-2p maggie bryan chair: wells o’brien volkman fashion and architecture
2p-3p lu gan chair: shepley hamilton lee shanghai medical center
3p-4p ingrid van beljon chair: erminy lang van zandt the underlying culture
4p-5p luis martinez chair: s.rodiek lavy gamm the health home
5p-6p amy kircher chair: hamilton j.rodiek shepley urban model for outpatient care and wellness
shepley lee senior housing design
hill galanter hyper-dense urbanism
he j.nichols las lomas public library
1p-2p peri arthur chair: o’brien holliday bright downtown winery resort
2p-3p jose terrazas chair: erminy warden fernandez-solis prospect station
3p-4p akshay sangolli chair: shepley hamilton dvorak heart care
4p-5p dayna finley chair: tabb holliday brody eco-tourism in everglades
5p-6p anahid sargsyan chair: shepley o’brien varni children’s rehab center
final review calendar
o’brien sanchez III chair: deyong downing chair: warden holliday As a member of A&M’s Agencychair: program fernandez-solis o’brien saginor moments and fernandez-solis railway hotel I developed promotional materials for 1025 frio st market movements lectures, faculty events, award ceremonies, and events within the college. This project, a poster series that served as a schedule for graduate final studies presentations was a collaboration between myself and graduate program head Marcel Erminy. Both midterm and final presentations required a calendar and a schedule for each review 11a-12p 10a-11a 9a-10a cheng jin dale fenton yan lu location. chair: lang chair: deyong chair: s.rodiek
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lecture series promotionals During the spring of 2012 our team at the Agency developed several proposals to increase the number of students attending the lecture series. This proposal was targeted to the students dining in the architecture building’s cafe. Using bright colors and the latest in pop-up technology (the signs would be folded in the center; the hand is suspended vertically above the sign) we created a series of signs to encourage participation in the college’s lecture program.
WHILE I WAS AWAY...
a collection of photographs from Fall 2010
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castiglion fiorentino An early flight out of Houston, an ocean, and twenty hours later I found myself in paradise. The ItalArt institute was nestled in the Tuscan hills and exuded an air of the traditional quiet Italian town. The organic nature of Castiglion’s organization created, as if of its own free will, an incredible layering effect that can be seen from coffee shops, cathedrals, and stalwart castle walls. This medieval fortressed town was my home for four months.
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arezzo While abroad I sought to capture something beyond the appearance of the destination: the atmosphere. I arrived in Italy during Arezzo’s annual Giostra del Saracino, the historic reenactment of military training exercises adapted into games of chivalry. Shoulder-to-shoulder with fervent Italian students, these photos document the passion of the cross-town rivalries between the various districts that comprise Arezzo.
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rome This is a city rife with monuments to old gods, old kings, and time itself. The architecture itself stands defiant to age, wear, and use, reminding us that once men were gods and blood was shed for ideologies and glory. The Vatican, the Colosseo, and the Spanish Steps draw both tourists and pilgrims to marvel at the beauty and monumentality of these feats of architectural brilliance. The spaces draw reverence from the lips of visitors, as all great architecture does.
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florence At the artistic heart of Italy is Florence, a city brimming with monuments to culture. The roof-top views of the city have a graphic quality to them, as if the city itself is rising from its foundations as it sees fit; roads create a tangled web that interconnects these organic city blocks. Artists can be found in alleys and outside shops, creating works in the shadow of great buildings and towering neighborhoods. Even so, moments of quiet may be found secluded in the city.
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cinque terre With a quick dose of spontaneity I found myself in Cinque Terre, the famous five towns along the western coast of Italy. Expanding on the organic town theme that has been so prevalent in Italy, these small villages formed cliffs of pastel civilization thrusting from forested coastlines. Despite isolation, the towns are home to practicing artists, one of whom was involving the local school children in creating crowd-sourced sand art from acrylic and local sands.
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venice Following the organic logic of Italian cities, Venice replaces streets with canals and cars with boats. The beauty can be deceptive, as rampant pollution and rising sea levels threaten the structural stability both famous architectural monuments and pedestrian residential housing. Despite these concerns, the 2009 Venice Biennale was held with famous architects and designers representing innovative thinking throughout individual nations’ pavilions.
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berlin October found me in Berlin. In a whirlwind of sight-seeing it became evident that the post-Cold War era had reshaped the city into something unrecognizable from before; East and West embraced history and culture through strong communities and vibrant art and architecture. Street art is celebrated, from the remnants of the Berlin Wall to various murals by local artists. Despite the inclination for publica art, there is a strong reverence for historic and symbolic sites.
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paris A city not known for its hospitable nature towards outsiders, its expansion was a far cry from the organic nature of the Italian metros that I had grown accustomed to. Despite the hectic urban fabric surrounding the usual tourist traps, moments of solitude were found within the monuments. A reverence similar to that observed in Berlin caused a silence to fall upon the Arc de Triomphe and Louvre; isolation led to selfreflection and environmental intimacy.
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home Austin is not globally renowned for its architecture or reverent, historical spaces. It is, however, home to a vibrant culture of artists and musicians. Two separate series have begun here: one focused on local street art with an emphasis on East 5th and 6th Street murals, and a second which examines the rise of local artists through their work as high school and university students.