Design for a new product line. Services include business logo, labels, two types of packaging, insert and business cards, bookmark and stationary. We’re currently working on an informational mailing/order packet, with plans to consult on web design in the near future. I’ve been silently asking for clients that I enjoy working with, and the owner [...]
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indiana state fair posters
Posted in design, education, psu, tagged graphic design, indiana state fair, poster, PSU on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The left poster was my first design solution for an Indiana State Fair poster. I wanted to incorporate hues of green and rectangular shapes to represent Indiana farmland. The circular bursts signify a time of celebration and fireworks. Unfortunately, this poster did not meet criteria given by my professor. (Oops! Must have had a mind [...]
pick a state, any state
Posted in design, education, green, psu, tagged graphic design, green, indiana, PSU on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know that Indiana is a huge producer of bio-fuel? Fall 2009, students chose states, or maybe they chose us, and from there we did a lot of research in order to create a state logo, variable license plates with a theme and a poster for our state’s State Fair. Green, or ecology minded [...]
creating image with typography
Posted in design, education, psu, typography, tagged graphic design, john lennon, PSU, typography on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Students were asked to create a typographical portrait. I immediately knew I wanted to choose John Lennon. There was a tight timeline on this project and it’s one that I’d like to revisit and expand upon. [ project : psu ]
resume : pdf download here
Posted in design, portfolio stuff, tagged graphic design, resume on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Download vandomelen_annie_resume (file size 84 KB)
portfolio pdf download here
Posted in design, portfolio stuff, tagged graphic design, portfolio on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Download vandomelen_annie_portfolio (file size 4.5 MB) Or link to ISSUU at http://issuu.com/annievan/docs/onscreen_portfolio
speaking of birthday cake
Posted in design, Uncategorized, tagged dessert, papa haydn on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure most of you are familiar with Portland’s own Papa Haydn (no, I’m not misspelling it). For those who are not, you should check it out sometime for dessert. It’s been a main birthday stop for me and my friends for over a decade. I still love going there for an afternoon dessert while [...]
salvador dali
Posted in Artists, design, tagged artist, painting, Salvador Dali on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Surrealism To bring up images from his subconscious mind, Dalí began to induce hallucinatory states in himself by a process he described as “paranoiac critical.” Once Dalí hit on this method, his painting style matured with extraordinary rapidity, and from 1929 to 1937 he produced the paintings that made him the world’s best-known Surrealist [...]
ecological guide to paper and more
Posted in design, education, green, tagged Celery Design Collaborative, ecological paper guide, Green Graphic Design on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
They’ve done all the research and leg work for us. Celery Design Collaborative has been around for over 10 years. As they put it, they are a firm merging aesthetics, ethics and a dogged obsession with effectiveness. If you are looking for ecological papers for your next print job, please follow this link to the [...]
happiness found in letterpress cards
Posted in cards, design, green, tagged cards, design, Eggpress, Lark Press, letterpress, Oblation, paper on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past several years, whenever I’ve needed a special card, I’ve shopped around for letterpress cards. I love them! The feel and look of textured paper and embossing, the ragged edges, the designs and the simplistic messages that usually accompany such cards. They make me feel happy. So today I decided to take a [...]
