Portfolio 2015 by Monica Alisse

MONICA ALISSE 20 Pell Terrace, Garden City, NY 11530 monicaalisse@gmail.com /monicaalisse.com

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SEE AMERICA POSTER Creative Action Network 2014 Poster design and illustration for the See America campaign, celebrating and reviving the original designs of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most iconic landscapes. Poster exhibited at U.S. Department of Interior in Washington DC, Summer 2014. Skills: Watercolor painting, Adobe Photoshop, prepress, print, typography

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LA MUJER DEL ANARQUISTA POSTER BARFUTURA 2008 Poster design for the Spanish motion picture, La Mujer del Anarquista. Skills: Adobe Photoshop, photo retouching, Adobe Indesign, prepress, print, typography

DEGREE PROJECT: WAY DOWN EAST POSTER SERIES Rhode Island School of Design 2009 Graduation project, exploring the history and movements of poster design using one film. Skills: Research, Watercolor painting, drawing, pastel, linoleum carving, letterpress, photography, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, photo retouching, prepress, print, typography

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NOISES OFF POSTER American School of Madrid 2011 Poster design and illustration for the Noises Off High School drama Fall production. Skills: Collage, Adobe Photoshop, prepress, print, typography

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ANIMAL FARM BOOK COVER Rhode Island School of Design 2007 Book cover design and interpretation of George Orwell’s classic, Animal Farm. Skills: Linoleum carving, collage Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, color theory, prepress, print, typography

INFERNO BOOK COVER Rhode Island School of Design 2007 Book cover design and interpretation of Dante’s Inferno. Skills: Watercolor painting, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, color theory, prepress, print, calligraphy, typography

TAPAS COOKBOOK Rhode Island School of Design 2007 A collection of famous Spanish recipes compiled into a beautifully designed book with watercolor illustrations. Skills: Book design, watercolor painting, drawing, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, prepress, print, typography

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PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF AMSTERDAM GUIDEBOOK Design Academy of Eindhoven 2011 Data visualization of all the available schools in Amsterdam. Data includes the schools’ districts, ratings, and religions. Skills: Book design, drawing, data visualization, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, prepress, print, typography

HOOTENANNY CD PACKAGE DESIGN Rhode Island School of Design 2008 CD package design celebrating the great Hootenanny musical artists. Skills: Photography, drawing, letterpress, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, photo retouching, prepress, print, typography, packaging

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SPORK ECO PACKAGE DESIGN Rhode Island School of Design 2008 Package design for Spork product made of bamboo. Package had to to be made of eco material and ready for both shipment and display. Skills: Letterpress, branding strategy, Adobe Indesign, prepress, print, typography, packaging

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BRANDING STRATEGY FOR WEDDING 2015 Commissioned project to design a logo of the married couple and print wedding invitations, RSVP postcards, and table menu.

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ENTRÉES Saumon Fumé Fait Maison et Ses Toasts Tièdes avec Crevettes de Guyane Entrée Végétaliens et Végétariens: Avocat et Asperges Vinaigrette, Pois Chiches á la Tomate LE PLAT PRINCIPAL Pavé d’Agneau au Parfum de Romarin Sauce Crème d’Ail Douce Plat Végétariens: Quiche de Légumes Plat Végétaliens: Riz Bazmati Complet Safrané aux Oignons et Poivrons, servi avec Pain au Sarrazin sans Gluten Pour accompagner: Panier de Ratatouille et Sauté de Champignons dans Panier de Bambou LE FROMAGE Plateau de Fromages Affinés de Maître Bordier et Salade de Saison Pause Danse LE DESSERT Gâteaux Divers (Royal, Eté Indien, Concorde, Douceur des Bois, Délice du Verger, Bambou, Coeur Caramel) Vin Blanc Vin Rouge Champagne

Domaine Dhommé (Anjou 2014) Mas La Borde (Fitou 2013) Blanche Lepage

LOGO DESIGNS Skills: Research, Watercolor painting, drawing, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, prepress, print, typography

Black Graduate Student Association Brown University 2009

Eon EON Benelux Energy Company 2012

El Cine En El Cine Campaign BARFUTURA 2008

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Pure Currents Rhode Island School of Design 2007

Haitian Students Association Brown University 2009

ACCU LOGO FOR ENERGY DISTRICT CENTER Van Abbemuseum 2012 Collaboration with artist and museum of Eindhoven to design a logo for the new Woensel-West district center. The center informs energy usage and provides activities for the neighborhood. Skills: Research, drawing, painting, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, typography

Logo designed with Antonio Samaniego http://antoniosamaniego.com/

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MACHETAZO DEPARTMENT STORE SIGNAGE TPG Architecture LLP 2013 Full graphic design program for leading Panamanian department store chain. Signage was implemented as branding standard for all its stores throughout Panama. Skills: Branding research, drawing, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Color theory, signage, typography

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DESIGN & JOURNALISM EXHIBITION — DUTCH DESIGN WEEK ‘14 2014 In collaboration with Gabriela Baka and Kim Constantino, this independent exhibition brought together seven long-term research projects at the intersection between journalism, design and storytelling.

Skills: Branding research, advertising, signage, print production, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Video editing, Social media

Branding and communication platforms were designed to advertise the exhibition. Logo designed by Kim Constantino http://kimcostantino.altervista.org/

DESIGN & JOURNALISM EXHIBITION — DUTCH DESIGN WEEK ‘14 2014

Signage and other curatorial responsibilities, such as the documentation of work, official opening announcements, press releases, and private tours were also managed throughout the week.

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MASTERS THESIS PROJECT: MAPPING MALALA Design Academy of Eindhoven 2013 Video documentary, exploring the way media portrayed inconsistently the story of recent Nobel Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai.

Skills: Media research, storyboarding, stopmotion animation, Adobe Photoshop, drawing, Adobe After Effects, typography, video editing, video format exporting

View more about project here: http://monicaalisse.com/index.php/interface/mapping-malala/

Dutch Design Week Design Academy of Eindhoven Graduation Eindhoven, NL 2013

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Dutch Design Week Self-Unself Exhibition Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL 2013

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MASTERS THESIS BOOK: DESIGNING THE NEWS Design Academy of Eindhoven 2013 Graduation project thesis book, exploring the way media portrayed inconsistently the story of recent Nobel Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai, using data visualization to support theories. Skills: Media research, book design, typography, Adobe Indesign, data visualization

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ONLINE TOOL: ANALYZING THE NEWS Design Academy of Eindhoven 2013 Concept and user experience design that analyzes terms used on uploaded online articles. The data collected has users question the reliability of their sources.

Skills: Media research, data visualization, data analysis, web design, user interface design, web usability, concept design, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop

This project is a conclusion to my thesis, Mapping Malala.

Online news articles are analysed on their reliability based on the categorization of terms used by the author or journalist.

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ONLINE TOOL: ANALYZING THE NEWS Design Academy of Eindhoven 2013

Users also have the option to view the categorized terms in a glossary and review the list.

A horizontal bar chart shows the relationship between classified terms. Classifications are used from Brooks Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, Unspun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation.

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A word cloud shows the top twenty words used in the online article.

Users may rate the reliability of the source, and an average rating is saved depending on the number of times the source is uploaded to the database.

DESIGN SKILLS — WEB DESIGN COURSE Hogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences 2014 Sample works from my Designing Skills course, teaching students guidlines to producing a clear, navigable website for a selection of clients. Students had to understand the clients’ brief and come up with a branding system appearing consistently within the moodboard, wireframe and final web design. Skills: Communication, web design, web usability, research, branding, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks

Left: Fie Bygohlm Risager Right: Vera van der Wal

GUESS THE TYPEFACE Rhode Island School of Design 2009 Award winning type designers, Cyrus Highsmith and Christian Schwartz play a game to try to identify the described typefaces. Guess the Typeface was screened for the Typo Film Festival at the Graphic Design Museum in Breda, Spring 2008. Skills: Storyboarding, paint-on-glass animation, video editing, video format exporting, Adobe After Effects

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