Tuesday, April 26, 2011

I just about done with my internship for the semester and I will be graduating! I have had such a great experience working for the Union at my internship. I have taken on a lot of projects and responsibilities that will definitely help me in the future with jobs. I have been able to work with many different people and have learned a lot about digital signs, Facebook, and website designing. I have had a lot of fun with the people I work with and the projects I have done. I am really going to miss all the people I work with! It has given me valuable skills and knowledge for the future that I will use. It may sound cheesy but I loved my internship and will really miss it! It was a blast!
I made an Easter slide for the signs informing people the hours of the Union for Easter break. It's kind of cheesy with the flowers and eggs hidden but I figured it is getting close to finals and everyone is stressed so maybe they would like to see something bright and colorful. Hopefully it bought some good feeling to someone! Haha!
More stickers! They were really fun to make!
More stickers!
Another Earth Week project I had was to make stickers for the Campus Sustainability Committee to give out at the events during the week. Different committees were picking a topic to concentrate on, and the CSC choose water waste. So I made a bunch of different stickers that had saying about saving water or just Earth day in general. All the stickers were printed except the SAVE WATER, DRINK BEER sticker which I understand of coarse. :) It was so much fun to be really creative with the stickers and have fun with the sayings and illustrations! My boss Kim, told me everyone really enjoyed the stickers which was great to hear!
For Earth Week I posted all the events that were happening on a slide for the digital signs informing people of the free stuff and events that were provided. Of course I used green to match the green of the Earth. The background is just a picture of a beautiful landscape with the opacity down so the type was readable.
At the start of the semester in my Graphic Design III class we worked on a project to promote the Campus Sustainability Committee. As a class we came up with a brand for them to use so when students saw the ads and posters they would know it was the Campus Sustainability Committee. These colors were chosen as the brand colors for the committee. We presented our ideas and the brand to the committee which they later decided to use. One idea was to have people waste less coffee cups by bringing their own mug. That is BYO (coffee mug) came from. A week before Earth Day, I was asked to make stickers with the BYO (coffee mug) that looked like the ideas we had presented. So i used the same colors and design of BYO (coffee mug). People would get these stickers if they brought their coffee mug to Rolling Mill Cafe or The Gardens in the Union. It was pretty cool to see people with the stickers on their mug or water bottle!