USG - Dick Morris

Dick Morris is coming to Kent State on October 20th 2008.  He originally was an aid to Bill Clinton in the 1990’s and now is a political analysts for FOX News and now a Republican.  He’s made a living writing books about his time with the Clintons, as well as other books, six of them New York Times bestsellers.  Working at the design studio for the Undergraduate Student Government put me in the position to make the advertisement that will be appearing in the Daily Kent Stater (Kent State’s independent student run newspaper) as well as the poster that will be around campus closer to his arrival.

I actually had a great time making this today.  Working at USG has freedoms I do not get in class projects, giving me the possibility to do whatever I wanted.  I chose to give it a fresh, yet retro look to give it enough punch that it will stand out. I kept in mind that it had to visually stand out to the student body through the poster, and be identifiable in the paper against the other ads running. I’m pleased with how it turned out, so I wanted to share.

Full color, full size poster:

B+W ad for the Daily Kent Stater:

In other news, I am planning on doing my best to take a brand new photograph everyday for as long as my Flickr account is active (near Christmas). Chelsea convinced me to do this as she is also just starting the project (and is a few days ahead of me).  Today’s image is of my studio space I am sharing with three other designers at USG.  Brian Buirge is our Senior Designer on the staff. He hired me on this fall to take his place when both he and Alan Groudle graduate in December. So since I will be spending my time there, I figured I’d make that my first post.  So keep checking back, or bookmark it, there should be new stuff everyday on Flickr:

UPDATE: I talked with the guy in charge of USG today.  He said that he really liked my poster and wants a color version for the Daily Kent Stater ad as well.  Which is really fantastic and a huge compliment considering how much it costs to run a quarter page color ad per day.