Repeating circles on the cover of The Vortex, a newsletter I designed.
As stimulating as designing for the web can be, there's still a particular thrill involved with holding something I've created in my hands. I came of design age using PageMaker on a Mac in high school and eventually switched to PC-based design. Most of my print work now comes to life in Quark, although it's occasionally fun to push both Microsoft Word and myself to our breaking points, attempting to design using its alleged tools.
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The Bennington Review
Bennington’s graduate literary journal comes out twice a year; it includes writing from all graduates and is produced by volunteers in the graduating class. I designed my class’ edition, working alongside a fantastic editor. The bright orange on the cover was shocking but well-received. Of the content, which really illustrates the talent present in our class, page 115 remains my favorite.
The Vortex
Alumni of Bennington’s Writing Seminars stay connected in different ways, from reunions to a newsletter that’s published twice a year. Upon taking over as designer of that newsletter, The Far Side of the Vortex, in early 2004, I redesigned the publication to make it more like a newsmagazine and less like a traditional newsletter. The content is still dominated by updates from every alum who has news to share, but a new cover and layout made that content more accessible.
Posters
I helped to bring New Yorker writer William Finnegan to Stetson University in the spring of 2004. For his visit, I created these posters. The larger 11x17 poster was more formal, advertising his lecture topic and emphasizing his connection to the magazine. The smaller poster highlighted some of the more dramatic parts of Finnegan’s nonfiction work Cold New World, illustrating the nature of his writing and reporting.