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SEMIOTIC SCRAPBOOK The objective of this assignment was to explore the semiotic associations of a brainstormed set of objects. I used appropriated pages of vintage magazines to establish the tone of my set.

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SEMIOTIC SCRAPBOOK The objective of this assignment was to explore the semiotic associations of a brainstormed set of objects. I used appropriated pages of vintage magazines to establish the tone of my set.

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SEMIOTIC SCRAPBOOK The objective of this assignment was to explore the semiotic associations of a brainstormed set of objects. I used appropriated pages of vintage magazines to establish the tone of my set.

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ICON SET Using the connotations and denotations from the semiotic scrapbook, I developed this system of icons to represent these indicators of the evolution of techonology and pop culture.

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A Look Into the Life and Death of Popular Retrophilia

1976

1960

I was killed by keypad telephones in the late 60’s

I was killed by the Mac in 1985

1994

I was killed by the advent of digital photography in 2000

I was killed by the CD in the mid 1990s

1990

INFOGRAPHIC

Using research on each of my icons, I then created an infographic depicting the lifespans I was killed by the Nintendo Entertainment System in the mid 80s.

of these objects.

1982

1910

1880

height of

1850

1989

I was killed by the CD in the mid 1990s

2015

2000

1985

1970

YEAR INVENTED TO YEAR OBSOLETE

1955

popularity

1940

consumer

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B A N TJ E S P O S T E R The objective of this typographic assignment was to create a poster referencing the style of a f a m o u s d e s i g n e r, focusing on the integration on type and image.

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SELF PORTRAIT

A photography and image making project, the objective was to create a poster exhibiting indexes, icons, and symbols for yo u r s e l f. O r i g i n a l p h o to g raphy and illustration.

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EXHIBIT BRANDING Electric Rotation, a museum exhibit about the history of the desk fan. I developed a De sk of th e Hi st or y A

and color palette, and

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cohesive typographic

applied it across a range of collateral.

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Introducing

U n i v e r s ’ C h u n k y, S h o r t S i s t e r

INTRODUCING...

The cover to a foldable mailer meant to demon-

by Adrian Frutiger

strate the key aspects of a typeface.

1964

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INTRODUCING...

The inside of the m a i l e r, g o i n g i n t o historical detail, and illustrating the use of analphabetic symbols.

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RUSSEL WRIGHT

A typographic study in book form. Using midcentury modern designer Rusell Wright as content, I attempted to translate modernism i n a c o n t e m p o r a r y w a y.

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MODESTY GET OUT THE VOTE

MODESTY EVERYWHERE

EVERYWHERE

YOUR BALLOT. THEIR BLOOD.

A poster for an AIGA competition encouraging Arab Americans to vote in the upcoming election.

YOUR BALLOT. THEIR BLOOD. VOTE

This poster was designed by Ramzy Masri, Kansas City, Missouri.