01 ZODIAC MAGAZINE
CHALLENGE I was asked to design a magazine with a theme that revolves around myself. The magazine had to include at least 8 spreads and 2 advertisements. SOLUTION I took this opportunity to design a magazine about my horoscope. The main concept for this project was to create content revolving around who Leo’s are. The content I wrote also helped me create the design elements in each spread.
PRINT PRODUCTION
02 STUDIO 420
CHALLENGE For this project I was challenged to create a brand focusing on the typography. I was then asked to design a business card layout using the brand’s elements. SOLUTION I created a beauty and leisure brand for women 21 or older. I used a pastel color scheme and paired a script font with a serif for the title in the logo. The cannabis symbol was utilized both on the back of the layout and as the dot of the “I”.
BRANDING
03 THE BLUE CAT MENU
CHALLENGE In this project write up I was asked to design a menu for the culinary student’s within the university. SOLUTION The university’s mascot and colors inspired me to come up with the name, “The Blue Cat”. I used a dark blue for all of the content on the menu to correlate the school’s colors while constructing a sleek fine dining look.
PRINT PRODUCTION
APPETIZER Potato Gnocci with Gorgonzola Tender russet potato pasta pillows sautéed in a gorgonzola cream sauce finished with parmesan cheese
SOUPS & SALADS Roman Style Artichoke Salad Artichokes marinated in white wine, lemon and garlic, and tossed with arugula, frisée, grape tomatoes, and a red wine vinaigrette, topped with fresh herbs and romano cheese
Tuscan Bean Soup Artichokes marinated in white wine, lemon and garlic, and tossed with arugula, frisée, grape tomatoes, and a red wine vinaigrette, topped with fresh herbs and romano cheese
Tortellini in Brodo Artichokes marinated in white wine, lemon and garlic, and tossed with arugula, frisée, grape tomatoes, and a red wine vinaigrette, topped with fresh herbs and romano cheese
ENTREES Osso Buco Milanese Veal shanks slowly braised in a rich white wine and tomato broth, served topped with a traditional gremolata topping
Chicken Cacciatore Braised chicken with sweet Italian sausage, cremini mushrooms, bell peppers and tomato
Spaggheti Puttanesca with Mussels A zesty tomato white wine sauce rich in garlic, anchovies, kalamata olives and capers, tossed with pan-steamed mussels, hand-made spaghetti, basil and parmesan
Spinach & Cheese Agnolotti in Sage Butter Spinach, ricotta and parmesan stuffed pasta dumpling, sautéed with butter, sage and cream
SIDES Risotto Milanese and Asparagus Tips Romanesco Parmesan Polenta
04
PAPER TOWNS BOOK COVER CHALLENGE This project tasked me with a cover redesign of any book of my choosing. I was asked to use symbols and colors to design a unique book cover. SOLUTION In this book one of the main characters climbs up her neighbors window to plan an escape from their paper town. I designed a basic graphic of the window and a ladder leading up to it to symbolize that scene.
PRINT PRODUCTION JOHN GREEN
is the New York Times best selling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, The Fault in Our Stars, and Paper Towns. He was the 2006 recepient of the Mivhael L. Print Award, a 2009 Edgar Award winner, and has twice beat a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Each of Green’s bookshave been publishes in more than a dozen languages. Greens book reviews have appeared in the New york Times Book Review and BookList, a wonderful book review journal where he worked as a
Looking for Alaska.
“Green is not only clever and wonderfully witty but also thoughtful and insightful. In addition, he’s a superb stylist, with a voice perfectly matched to his amusing, illuminating material.” -Booklist
“Green delivers once again with this satisfying, crowd-pleasing look at a complex, smart boy and the way he loves. Genuine and genuinely funny-diologue, a satisfyingly tangled but not unbelievable mystery and delightful secondary characters.” -Kirkus Reviews
Who Is The Real Margo? Quentin Jacobson has spent a lifetime loving the magnificent, adventurous, Margo Roth Spielgalman from a far. So when she opens his bedroom window late night and summons him to join
PAPER TOWNS
her on her ingenious campaign of revenge-he follows. After their all nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at a school to find that Margo has not. Always an engima she now becomes a mystery and Q soon learns that there are clues to be
John Green
duction editor while writing
- School Library Journal
JOHN GREEN
publishing assisstant and pro-
“Green’s prose is astounding-from hilarious, hyperintellectual trash talk and shtick, to complex philosophizing, to devastating observations and truths.”
P aper T Paper owns Towns
John Green
followed in his search for Margo. Urged
down
an
insightful,
disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew...
05 TYPE SPECIMEN POSTER
CHALLENGE This project challenged me to design a poster for any typeface while including specific requireed facts about the typeface. SOLUTION I designed posters for both serif and san serif typefaces and landed with this design. I decided to use red as the accent color to make the rest of the title of the font pop.
PRINT PRODUCTION
06 VOTE 2020 POSTER
CHALLENGE This project was assigned to me around the time of the 2020 presidential election. I was asked to design a poster that will inspire the audience to vote. SOLUTION I decided to create a layout that plays upon the year of the election. The poster uses an inspirational quote layed out like an eye exam to display 2020 vision. I utilized the colors of the USA to appeal to the audience.
PRINT PRODUCTION
07 FLYIN ENTERTAINMENT
CHALLENGE For this project I was asked to create a brand that sells three different categories of products and design a website to sell said products. I was required to include an index, about, contact, FAQ, shop, and cart page. SOLUTION The audience for this brand is mainly aimed at people in their 20’s but can apply to anyone that loves to go on adventures.
WEB DEVELOPMENT
08 MODERN MINIMALISM
CHALLENGE This project was not assigned to me but helped me work on my illustration skills within the Adobe softwares. I challenged myself to create graphics of my favorite Nike sneakers. SOLUTION I traced images of Nike sneakers to create a vector based design that could be turned into posters, stickers, or just posted on instagram.
WEB & PRINT
sophielaurencedesign.com sophielaurencedesign sophielaurence02@gmail.com