After Ad Astra’s success, new Prez Marcus Tetwiler and new Outreach Director Morgan Said requested a redesign of their current logo. The deadline: 48 hours, in order to make press time for new student orientation guide. We started at 4:30 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, and had a brief brainstorm and tour of the Union. [...]
Late last year, I was nominated for designer of the year by the UDK ad staff, and I submitted a portfolio of everything I’d designed/co-designed for the Kansan in 2012 to College Newspaper Business and Advertising Management, Inc. (CNBAM). At the national convention, I received the first place prize in the designer of the year [...]
After converting the site to WordPress, I was able to do a lot more with Kansan.com. Chief among them, adding custom post types. With a few CPTs, multimedia packages could be done intuitively, and without editing previous content – posts, images, videos could be added to a combined edition just by clicking a category (hierarchal taxonomy). [...]
In addition to branding, student senate coalition Ad Astra also needed a website to better promote their platform. AdAstraKU.org presents their three core values immediately and then folds into a professional appeal with a mission statement and then more personal touch with images of the candidates and other members of the coalition. The site needed [...]
Ad Astra, a KU Student Senate coalition, was formed earlier this year. They required extensive branding in their inaugural season, including logo, buttons and banners. My contract also included a website, set to launch in several weeks. Banner (hung on Greek houses, printed at 10′x4′) The final logo. Color variations below Final button design, alternatives [...]
High school pal Tara Raghueever was recently elected president of the Harvard Undergraduate Council. The website needed an uplift, and, after hashing out a few designs and borrowing a few icons from the Noun Project, a fresh face for a new UC was born.
The print rate card for the Kansan, originally designed by Caleb Newberg, was converted to a digital design scheme by Andres Rivás-Cruz. Andres’s design didn’t translate perfectly to a web-functional product, so substantial adjustments had to be incorporated to the final page.
My roommate and bestie is a healthaholic. Kid loves to workout and eat well. I detest it and would much rather spend a day with Oreos than protein shakes. However, my body desires nothing of the sort. I made a deal with him to build a blog in exchange for a diet and exercise plan. [...]
Designed for a good friend. Shares a few elements with this site
In the spirit of teaching about the web for free, the theme should be open-source too. Shortcodes listed in the ReadMe.