Art and Design: Lauren Migaki

Logos

2010-03-04T19:29:00.000-08:00

These were some potential logos for a project my multimedia projects class (ICC 300/600) class is working on throughout the semester.

Jack Gernsheimer Poster

2010-02-21T21:55:00.000-08:00

A poster created for upcoming speaker at Newhouse, Jack Gernsheimer, author of the book "Designing Logos: The Process of Creating Symbols That Endure"

Alexia Weekend Poster

2010-02-21T21:51:00.000-08:00

A poster created for an annual photo competition hosted by the Newhouse School and the Alexia Foundation. Photographs are taken from the archives of past winners.

Milton Glaser Quote

2010-02-21T21:48:00.000-08:00

A quote by Milton Glaser, the graphic recalls Glaser's Dylan poster

Just for Fun

2010-01-28T11:47:00.000-08:00

A work in progress-- playing with a book cover--for a made-up book.

The text emulates the writing style of e.e. cummings.

Packaging Design

2010-01-27T22:19:00.001-08:00

Assignment: use typography as the sole element in packaging design of either soap, shampoo, coffee or tea. I chose to create a line of upscale, seasonal shampoo. In an effort to make the product seem more authentic, natural and, well expensive, I added ingredients to the bottles.

For summer, I put lemon and lime rinds into the bottle. For spring, baby's breath and strawberry juice. For fall, apple skins and apple cider. For winter, a creamy conditioner and spinach (meant to resemble mint).

International Typographic Style

2010-01-27T22:07:00.000-08:00

For this project, also a part of my typography class, we were assigned design movements and instructed to create a poster for an exhibit in that style.

The design had to be 80% typography and had to include a paragraph about the movement.

Eventually, I'd like to rework the text to make it smaller and less bulky, but this is the poster as of now.

I came up with the exhibit title "Deus Ex Machina" or "God From the Machine" which is a term used in Greek theater. I found it fitting for the precision of the Swiss style, as it seemed to me that symmetry and perfect execution is holy for these designers.

Kinetic Typography

2010-01-27T22:00:00.000-08:00

My first endeavor in Adobe After Effects and Kinetic Type

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours - kinetic type from Lauren Migaki on Vimeo.

Typography

2010-01-27T21:56:00.000-08:00

This was a project for a typography class. We had to create a calendar solely of typographic elements and had to trace and then scan individual letters. Finally, we had to label the (body)parts of each letter.

I'm not 100% happy with this piece, but I do like the grid at the bottom.

Personal Website

2009-05-13T12:22:00.000-07:00

This personal portfolio website was created for a class called "Designing Interactivity" which provided an introduction to Dreamweaver (CS3), Flash and search engine optimization.
The site is not live (hence, the need for this blog) but will be once the kinks are worked out...for now, check out the design!

News Design

2009-05-13T11:44:00.000-07:00

Created for my News Design class.
Requirements: Create a news publication for the small town of Cazenovia, New York. Decide how often your publication will go to print. Must include a cover page, table of contents, a local news page with briefs, a page using one image as the focal point and a sports section front and jump page for a sports article.
**Gray denotes ad space

Publication name: Cazenovian Weekend
Format: News Magazine
Frequency: Weekly

Cover:

Contents:

News Briefs & Local Interest:

"Poster Page" / Image as main focal point spread:

Sports Section Front:

Sports jump page:

Logo Design: Toy Company

2009-05-12T21:51:00.000-07:00

This logo was created for a fictional toy company for a "Type and Image" class.

Requirements: create a logo and stationary set for a fictional toy or game company.
My particular toy was a small, fuzzy, neon-colored worm. (For photographs, see the annual report)

Annual Report: Fictional Toy Company

2009-05-12T17:04:00.000-07:00

Requirements: using the same fictional toy company created for the logo project, create an annual report with a visual and verbal theme.

All design elements, graphs, text and photographs are original.
The numbers have been borrowed from existing companies.

Cover:

Inside cover/Contents:

CEO Spread:

Year Summary Spread:

Letter to the Shareholders Spread:

Financial Summary Spread:

Inside Back Cover:

Back Cover:

Website Design/Graphic Standards Manual

2009-05-12T10:54:00.001-07:00

Requirements: Create a website for the fictional toy company created for the logo project that incorporates an online version of the annual report assignment as well as a graphic standards manual for use of the logo.
All text, photographs and graphic elements are original with the exception of the "Lego" trophy, the video control panel, taken from YouTube for the appearance of an embedded video and the maze, which has been edited for my purposes.

Index:

Annual Report Page:

Introduction to Graphic Standards (also known as graphic guidelines) Manual:

Autobiography book art

2009-03-09T21:19:00.000-07:00

Book jacket for my "autobiography," an assignment for my graphics type & image class.
Text, images and photographs all created by me.

Poster Design

2009-03-09T21:00:00.000-07:00

A poster created for my graphics/photography class focusing on type and image.

Created for the Fur Free Alliance poster contest.
All images/drawings are original.

Final:

Original Version:

Poster Design

2008-12-07T22:09:00.000-08:00

Poster design from a graphics course.

Magazine Design

2008-12-07T17:20:00.000-08:00

Created for a graphics project

Web Design Project

2008-12-07T17:17:00.000-08:00

Created for a graphics project.
The "Home" page is not missing, it is just intended to link back to the national chapter of "Light The Night"

Magazine Design

2008-12-06T11:18:00.000-08:00

Sample magazine spread created from a Real Detroit Weekly article that I wrote[Original text: August 2008].

Business card, envelope

2008-12-06T11:14:00.000-08:00

Created for part of an introductory graphic arts course

Spanish Brochure

2008-10-18T20:31:00.000-07:00

A Spanish brochure created for my beginning Spanish class. Accent marks and punctuation marks are not included.

Magazine Spread

2008-09-27T17:09:00.000-07:00