I talked to one of my classmates about the business card design and he said that it’s important to give the eye a break. I like to think of that approach as the reverse “mullet.” Party in the front, business in back. Update 4-15-13: I had great feedback in critique today. Tom said that he “got” the…

This is what I presented in critique today. We went over thumbnails. Tom didn’t say much about mine except that with a name like “Kat” why would I need more than three letters? I should consider myself lucky. I am not sure if I want to take his advice and go that route. I’ve done…

  On monday, Tom covered how important it is to design your identity as a designer. I was in a brainstorming group where they gave me some input on what my brand should say about me. It’s helpful thinking about the things that make me unique as a designer even though a lot of these qualities make…

Tom assigned the class teachers. The Assignment: a Wordmark for your assigned teacher. I was assigned Chris Sullivan. I was thinking about his skills. He’s got lots of skills in programs and design and production etc. like a modern-day renaissance man. I thought about a comparison to Leonardo DaVinci and make a mirror-hand wordmark. I…

Brighton school-brand-manual from Katarina Countiss I just completed the quarter-long project of creating Brighton School’s identity, compete with Brand Manual and client presentation (my teacher and classmates were excellent stand-ins for the Brighton School Staff). Here is planned structure of the presentation. Introduction Greet client by name. Introduce your name. Briefly describe the problem of…

My first iteration of the Brighton School Stationery suite. Update 2-6-13: Critique and Edits Tom “Frank-bombed” the class. Frank is this discerning older man from Alaska that has been around New York and the design scene in general and Tom invites him to critique to make us cry. I think it’s the opaqueness of Frank’s glasses’ clip-ons.…