Portfolio 2015

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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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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/


http://antoniosamaniego.com/


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


http://kimcostantino.altervista.org/



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.


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


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


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.


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.



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



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


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