portfolio 2015
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Graphic Design Portfolio - Branding and AdvertisingTRANSCRIPT
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MONICA ALISSE
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SEE AMERICA POSTERCreative Action Network2014Poster design and illustration for the See America campaign, celebrating and reviving the original designs of America’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 POSTERBARFUTURA 2008Poster design for the Spanish motion picture, La Mujer del Anarquista.
Skills: Adobe Photoshop, photo retouching, Adobe Indesign, prepress, print, typography
© BARFUTURA
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DEGREE PROJECT: WAY DOWN EAST POSTER SERIESRhode Island School of Design2009Graduation project, exploring the history and movements of poster design using one film.
Skills: Research, Watercolor painting, drawing, pastel, linoleum carving, letterpress, photogra-phy, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, photo retouching, prepress, print, typography
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NOISES OFF POSTERAmerican School of Madrid2011Poster 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 COVERRhode Island School of Design2007Book cover design and interpretation of George Orwell’s classic, Animal Farm.
Skills: Linoleum carving, collage Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, color theory, prepress, print, typography
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INFERNO BOOK COVERRhode Island School of Design2007Book cover design and interpretation of Dante’s Inferno.
Skills: Watercolor painting, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, color theory, prepress, print, calligraphy, typography
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TAPAS COOKBOOKRhode Island School of Design2007A 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 GUIDEBOOKDesign Academy of Eindhoven2011Data 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
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HOOTENANNY CD PACKAGE DESIGNRhode Island School of Design2008CD package design celebrating the great Hoote-nanny musical artists.
Skills: Photography, drawing, letterpress, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, photo retouching, prepress, print, typography, packaging
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SPORK ECO PACKAGE DESIGNRhode Island School of Design2008Package design for Spork product made of bam-boo. Package had to to be made of eco material and ready for both shipment and display.
Skills: Letterpress, branding strategy, Adobe In-design, prepress, print, typography, packaging
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BRANDING STRATEGY FOR WEDDING2015Commissioned project to design a logo of the married couple and print wedding invitations, RSVP postcards, and table menu.
Skills: Watercolor painting, logo design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, color theory, prepress, print, typography
Guest Name(s)
will be attending.
unfortunately will be unable to attend.
Will you require transportation to and from the church?
Yes/No
Would you like us to help you reserve a taxi from the venue?
Yes/No
Will you be attending the picnic on Sunday, 26th July?
Yes/No
Dietary Requirements:
Please respond by 1st June 2015.
PALOMA ALISSE
AND
ALEXANDER BARKER
88 Archer House
Vicarage Crescent
Battersea
SW11 3LG
LE MARIAGE DE PALOMA & ALEX
25th July 2015
MENU
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
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
Plateau de Fromages Affinés de Maître Bordier et Salade de Saison
Gâteaux Divers(Royal, Eté Indien, Concorde, Douceur des Bois, Délice du Verger,
Bambou, Coeur Caramel)
Vin Blanc Domaine Dhommé (Anjou 2014)Vin Rouge Mas La Borde (Fitou 2013)Champagne Blanche Lepage
LE PLAT PRINCIPAL
LE FROMAGE
LE DESSERT
Pause Danse
LE MARIAGE DE PALOMA & ALEX25 juillet 2015
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LOGO DESIGNS
Skills: Research, Watercolor painting, drawing, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, prepress, print, typography
Black Graduate Student AssociationBrown University2009
EonEON Benelux Energy Company2012
El Cine En El Cine CampaignBARFUTURA2008
Pure CurrentsRhode Island School of Design2007
Haitian Students Association Brown University2009
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ACCU LOGO FOR ENERGY DISTRICT CENTERVan Abbemuseum2012Collaboration with artist and museum of Eindhoven to design a logo for the new Woensel-West district center. The center informs energy usage and pro-vides activities for the neighborhood.
Skills: Research, drawing, painting, Adobe Inde-sign, Adobe Illustrator, typography
Logo designed with Antonio Samaniegohttp://antoniosamaniego.com/
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MACHETAZO DEPARTMENT STORE SIGNAGETPG Architecture LLP2013Full graphic design program for leading Panama-nian department store chain. Signage was im-plemented as branding standard for all its stores throughout Panama.
Skills: Branding research, drawing, Adobe Illus-trator, Adobe Photoshop, Color theory, signage, typography
LETREROS COLGANTES LETRAS
DESIGN & JOURNALISM EXHIBITION — DUTCH DESIGN WEEK ‘142014In collaboration with Gabriela Baka and Kim Constantino, this independent exhibition brought together seven long-term research projects at the intersection between journal-ism, design and storytelling.
Logo designed by Kim Constantinohttp://kimcostantino.altervista.org/
Branding and communication platforms were designed to advertise the exhibition.
Skills: Branding research, advertising, signage, print production, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Video editing, Social media
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DESIGN & JOURNALISM EXHIBITION — DUTCH DESIGN WEEK ‘142014
CLICK TO VIEW PROMOTIONAL VIDEO:https://youtu.be/OvUCqA8TH2Q
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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MASTERSTHESISPROJECT:MAPPINGMALALADesign Academy of Eindhoven2013Video documentary, exploring the way media portrayed inconsistently the story of recent Nobel Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai.
View more about project here: http://monicaa-lisse.com/index.php/interface/mapping-malala/
DutchDesignWeekDesign Academy of Eindhoven GraduationEindhoven,NL2013
DutchDesignWeekSelf-Unself ExhibitionVanAbbemuseum,Eindhoven,NL2013
CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAVs8gL9-88
Skills: Media research, storyboarding, stop-motion animation, Adobe Photoshop, drawing, Adobe After Effects, typography, video editing, video format exporting
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MASTERS THESIS BOOK: DESIGNING THE NEWSDesign Academy of Eindhoven2013Graduation 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
ONLINE TOOL: ANALYZING THE NEWSDesign Academy of Eindhoven2013Concept and user experience design that analyzes terms used on uploaded online articles. The data collected has users question the reliability of their sources.
This project is a conclusion to my thesis, Mapping Malala.
Skills: Media research, data visualization, data analysis, web design, user interface design, web usability, concept design, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
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CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO:https://youtu.be/haCFLOD67-Q
Online news articles are analysed on their reliability based on the categori-zation of terms used by the author or journalist.
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ONLINE TOOL: ANALYZING THE NEWSDesign Academy of Eindhoven2013
Users also have the option to view the categorized terms in a glossary and review the list.
A horizontal bar chart shows the rela-tionship between classified terms.
Classifications are used from Brooks Jackson’s book, Unspun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation.
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.
A word cloud shows the top twenty words used in the online article.
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DESIGN SKILLS — WEB DESIGN COURSEHogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences2014Sample works from my Designing Skills course, teaching students guidlines to producing a clear, navigable website for a selection of clients. Stu-dents had to understand the clients’ brief and come up with a branding system appearing consis-tently 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
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GUESSTHETYPEFACERhode Island School of Design2009Award 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
CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALVA0H2uBsQ