Year: May 2012
Client: Concordia University
Software: Adobe InDesign CS4, Text Wrangler
À la carte is published three times a year by Concordia University. I was responsible of designing a web page that would reflect the print brochure. The web page also displays the images that are found on the print brochure. The challenge of this page was to make sure the images and text flowed nicely. View webpage.
Project information:
This was a photo styling project for an inspirational blog, which is still under construction. The owner of the blog wanted an inspirational header. I had come across this set of stones with and thought that they would make a perfect picture. After experimenting with the lighting and settings I ended up with a shot I really liked. Using Adobe Lightroom I edited the photo to give it a sepia look and have the writing pop of the stones. The client was very happy with the results.
A task I had received that I had a lot of fun creating was a RSS button for Concordia’s NOW newsletter. My first mockup was using the greys that the Concordia website uses but I found that the button didn’t pop. I tried something different and went with the blue and that is what got approved. I also created the RSS icon from scratch using both Photoshop and Illustrator.
View an online version of the NOW newsletter to see the button.
This is one of my major accomplishments at Concordia – Concordia’s Human Resources pages. This project involved a huge redesign of their website and then fully integrating those pages into the concordia.ca.
I was mentioned in the Concordia’s NOW News & Events for the work I had done on the Human Resource pages. I was the sole web designer working on these pages along with the Information Architect. It was a challenging project!
Most people preferred the first one and I have to admit it does look better as a watermark on photos. The second logo works too but as a watermark it seems to be less effective. The second logo seems to work better as a logo instead of a watermark and would look better on a business card.
I have been trying to come up with a simple logo to put on my “Project 365” photographs. I really didn’t want a simple signature logo, since sometimes they tend to get lost in the photograph. I finally came up with this simple logo – it is still a work in progress so any feedback would be appreciated.
One of the very first projects that I worked on at Concordia was to migrate several websites from the old template into the newly redesigned look of concordia.ca, which was launched March 2, 2011. One of my favourites pages that I worked on were the Public Art pages. I created a landing page that featured all the public art works at the university. When you hover over each image you get the name of the artist and a description about the artwork.
Another part of this project was to create a google map mashup – that was really fun! Check out the next page to see my mashup.
This flash-based website was created for a budding Montreal graphic designer, Jenny Gambino, to showcase her works. She had chosen a template which I then modified to her liking. Creating this website gave me a chance to put into use some of my flash skills. View website.
Year: April 2011
Client: Jenny Gambino
Software: Adobe Flash CS4, Text Wrangler
Terry Rybak 