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It begins with a blank slate.
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MA GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO
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It begins with a blank slate.
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Blank of unlimited possibilities......
"Hi, I am a young designer graduated in San Francisco, working with branding, visual identity, editorial design and UI/UX design." —YUQI QIU
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( W H AT I S B L A N K T O M E )
For me, the blank screen at the beginning of any project is a new challenge and opportunity, so I can never know what will work best for design. In other words, blank means unlimited possibilities. Design work never stops. Although getting out of a comfort zone is never easy, I continually try to make changes and improvements in new work.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Table of contents DEDICATION—for Mom, Dad, and friends. We've come a long way. Thank you for everything.
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A book of natural patterns.
An app for reducing food waste.
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A poster series of three fonts.
A magazine about rainbows.
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A recipe book of French cuisine.
A branding for a chair yoga class.
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A BOOK BOOK OF OFNATURAL NATURALPATTERNS PATTERNS
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Patterns in nature— A Journey into the Patterns of Plants and Animals
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Stanley Zienka
Design a book that contains natural patterns. This book collects varieties of patterns of plants and animals. The reason I created this book is that when some designers want to find inspiration for patterns, they often look for patterns that have already been designed by other designers. However, they seem to have forgotten that nature is also a good designer.
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Type Experiments ( C AT E G O R Y )
Book design (TERM)
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Unlike patterns created by humans, patterns in the wild are naturally and spontaneously formed. Because these patterns have not been created by human hands, like snowflakes, they can have unique aesthetics. All of these examples are collected in a cohesive design through layout and photography. Let's go for walk in the world.
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Typography poster design
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John Nettleton
Two sets of posters to introduce three sans serif fonts. Six posters were designed for aesthetic and technical reasons. In this poster series, three sans serif typefaces are displayed in various contexts to appeal to graphic designers working now who may be looking for the right typeface for their next project or are looking for fun.
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Type Forms ( C AT E G O R Y )
Typography (TERM)
Spring 2017
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This is a professional introduction of typeface, showing different angles for each font, giving designers inspiration about their choices of fonts. The design here reflects this with a distinctive bright color palette and a flexible grid. Users see how each font is visually affected by different weights.
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A RECIPE BOOK OF FRENCH CUISINE.
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A recipe book of French cuisine.
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The plating school— a decorator's guide to modern French cuisine
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Ariel Grey
A practical guide to adding that professional flourish to any dish. This book provides professional cooking school instruction, tips, and recipes for more than 100 sweet and savory garnishing ideas. Using this comprehensive guide, any home chef can make professional-looking garnishes with delicious edible ingredients. Four comprehensive sections reveal the techniques, tools, ingredients, and designs used by chefs in fine French restaurants.
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Type Systems ( C AT E G O R I E S )
App design Branding (TERM)
Fall 2018
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Step-by-step illustrations show how to assemble the garnishes, and each is graded in difficulty from one to five. Handy checklists, tip boxes, and identifier directories explain the best ways to use the different garnishes. The design uses creamy and soft colors, and a selection of high-quality, beautiful pictures, as well as appropriate white space for the minimalist typography.
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AN APP APP FOR FORREDUCING REDUCING FOOD FOOD WASTE WASTE
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Do not waste food
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Jeremy Stout
Users manage their food items on the app as they put food in the fridge. The app arranges items by perishable dates and sends users notifications to their phone before foods go bad. They delete items when they eat or drink them, or throw them away. It considers the shelf life of different foods and suggests recipes based on what is available in the user’s fridge.
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Visual thinking ( C AT E G O R I E S )
App design Branding (TERM)
Spring 2018
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The design shows clear steps in a clean layout. To remind people to pay attention to expired foods and leftover foods, I used bold colors and elements to draw the eye's attention and alert the user. I also chose some bold typefaces to bring more attention to the information.
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A MAGAZINE MAGAZINEABOUT OF RAINBOW RAINBOWS. THEME
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A magazine about rainbows.
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Rainbow—science&art
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Sandra Isla
This is a rainbow-themed magazine. The purpose is to use artistic pictures and typography to explain a scientific topic. The whole book consists of three chapters:
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Making Ideas Visible ( C AT E G O R I E S )
Typography Book design (TERM)
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01. What is a rainbow. 02. Dispersion of light by prisms. 03. Rainbow art. (DESIGN)
According to The American Heritage Dictionary, a rainbow is "An arc of special colors... that appears in the sky opposite the sun as a result of the refractive dispersion of sunlight in drops of rain or mist." To represent the sky, the main color of the whole book is blue. I used heavy lines behind each title word to improve the hierarchy. The style of the whole book is in modern aesthetic to attract people to read the magazine.
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A BRANDING FOR A CHAIR YOGA CLASS.
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A branding for a chair yoga class.
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Sets of designs for YMCA's chair yoga course
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Hunter Wimmer
In this project, we were asked to find a sign or an advertisement, and transform it into a series of deliverables that should be well-design and engaging while staying true to the content presented. I designed several deliverables that visually work as a system to Promote YMCA's chair yoga course. My final deliverables were a booklet, a set of posters, and a website.
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Visual Literacy ( C AT E G O R I E S )
Typography Booklet Website
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Fall 2017
The entire visual style presented a feeling of health, relaxation, and calm. To convey this, the overall color tone to neutral yellow and brown. The lines have a sense of extension and stretching to represent the stretching in yoga. The balance of rectangular shapes resonates with the characteristics of yoga.
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THANK YOU
Thank you.
( M O M A N D D A D)
You will always be the most important people in my life. Thank you, as always, for your unflagging support, help, and encouragement. I am so very fortunate to be your daughter. (FRIENDS)
I am so happy to have met and gotten to know you. I learned a lot of useful things while studying with you. (INSTRUCTORS)
Thank you for your time,and helping me become the designer I am today.
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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About this book
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Yuqi Qiu 383615106@qq.com 415.867.9726 qiuyuqi.com
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Academy of Art University School of Graphic Design and digital Media Master of Arts
Unsplash Behance Mockupworld
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Proline Uncoated #100
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Mary Scott
Mercury Display Avenir
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415.867.9726
(OBJECTIVE)
For me, the blank screen at the beginning of any project is a new challenge and opportunity, so I can never know what will work best for design. In other words, blank means unlimited possibilities.
(APPROACH)
Design work never stops. Although getting out of a comfort zone is never easy, I continually try to make changes and improvements in new work.