Food Loved
Food Loved is a food mood cookbook that both teaches and inspires the viewer to learn to love the food they eat. No longer does food have to be something we fear. By combining healthy and delicious ingredients “Food Loved’ has created recipes that will leave you with a smile on your face that lasts all day. The artful spreads detailing the powers behind these mood foods entice and intrigue and will...
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Redheads
The Redhead book explores stereotypes, myths, legends, media representations and the cultural transformation redheads have gone through over the years. The overall design of the book evokes a contemporary, elegant and chic atmosphere. Delicate typography with swirling swashes mirrors red strands of hair falling down upon the book. Linking symbols of abstracted DNA float throughout each chapter and act as...
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Farm Flavours
Farm Flavours is a catering company in rural Ontario. The client was looking for a modern twist on rural catering design. I combined French 1920’s parlor design with a rustic, farm friendly texture. The colours were inspired by the colours of the farm but were chosen for their modern and palatable...
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The Creative Adventurer
The Creative Adventurer is a magazine and online Travel resource that was designed for young adults who enjoy traveling all over the world but whose focus lies in the artistic and cultural domain. They are forward thinking and imaginative individuals and the design of the magazine and web site was focused towards these values. Sharp, modern and fashionable typography was used throughout along with open...
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How Was Your Week
This projects was inspired by the podcast “How Was Your Week?“ and the comedian/writer Julie Klausner. Julie’s iconic hairdo is incorporated into the design and shaping of the piece. The whole piece is made of paper to convey the unique nature of her craft. The elegant & whimsical typography reflects the humours and lighthearted content of the podcast and Julie herself. This pieces was featured...
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Vintage Redheads
Currently, I run, design and write for the blog “Vintage Redheads”. Vintage Redheads is a blog featuring a redhaired girl on the hunt for vintage fashion, thrift store finds and quirky little gems. Blogging her way through life as a geeky, redhaired designer with a love for all things vintage and creatively inspired. Featured monthly on Chictopia.com, the largest online fashion community for...
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Save the Mothers
This flash animation was designed for the Save the Mother’s web site to get across to the viewer right away the statistic that are so important to be informed of for the Save the Mother’s foundation. The strong typography and the motion of the numbers appearing and enlarging on screen expresses the enormous and growing nature of this problem. The video starts with a blurred image of the woman and child...
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Consumption Infograph
This project compromised the compilation and cohesive design of a large amount of collected data. The data represented in this poster is the total household spending of a new condo owner over the first month of their occupancy. The overall design is based off blueprint style architectural drawings to reflects the theme of the piece being about a building and moving into something newly created. This ties...
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The Best Show
Last night my design project was based on The Best Show. I sketched, scanned, illustrated and coloured it all during the course of this radio show (3 hours). It’s pretty simple but I enjoy it. There is a...
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Featured on Julie Klausner.com
This week, I completed my craft paper design based on Julie Klausner’s podcast, “How was Your Week?”. After I posted it on the blog and put it out there in internetland, Julie herself saw the...
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