Michele Lange

history of graphic design exhibition poster - The task was to design an Exhibition poster for the Albright Knox Art Gallery, located in Buffalo, NY. The poster had to be done in a specific graphic design style and had to follow the visual parameters of said style. I chose the Vienna Secession epoch, and accordingly, my poster utilizes two-dimensional flat shapes, an elongated format, borders, justified text, highly illustrative font, female figures, patterns, and the use of a minimal color pallette.
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fun. album redesign a - I decided I wanted to incorporate an additional challenge into this project, and so I sought to change the meaning of the use of the shotgun. In the original album cover, the gun seeks to kill. In my version, the gun seeks to actually ignite fun, which is played upon by the use of flowers and greens exploding from the trigger, opposed to a bullet.

fun. album redesign b - The 'fun' in this redesign comes from a visual play with the old phrase 'hide and seek.' The peacock hides, nestled discreetly between blue flowers, cleverly camouflaged. The viewer can clearly view the bird, however the hunter is playfully fooled.

fun. album redesign c - In redesign 'c' I wanted to exaggerate the peacocks in mocking of the gunman. There position and placement taunt and poke fun at a ludicrous sport. It is the gunman who aims, yet the birds who ignite fun.

fun. album redesign d

solution 'a' for word-it 'never-ending' - The task for 'word it project: never-ending' was to visually convey the word 'never-ending' with typography, yet without ever actually using the word 'never-ending'. I compiled a list of synonyms and constructed them graphically into a clock, promoting the idea that time is never-ending.
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solution 'b' for 'word it project: never-ending' - In the same fashion as solution 'a', I constructed the synonyms of 'never-ending' graphically in depiction of the universe, promoting the notion that the universe is of course, never-ending.
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typographic representation of self - Using strictly the letters of my name, Michele, I arranged the type to convey my face!
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typography project 1 | a - Using the type forms '3,' 'lowercase a' and with font choice 'century,' logos were created by merging the forms, exploring there relationships, and investigating ways that the type could form a dynamic visual composition. Afterwards, appropriate company profiles were applied.
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typography project 1 | b
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typography project 1 | c
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typography project 2- portfolio day postcard a - The task was to design the front of a postcard which would advertise the event of Villa Maria's 'portfolio day.' Strictly type was allowed as a design element. There were to be no shapes, lines, images or other forms. The postcards are to be sent to local high school students.
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typography project | portfolio day postcard b
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typography project | portfolio day postcard c
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Cover design for dvd 'Surface Matter' - The goal of this project was to use type as a medium to achieve texture, which would ultimatley behave as a visual collage, as 'Surface Matter' is a movie which details the lives of collage artists. I embraced the movement of constructivism in this designs reaching, architectural forms. Yet I softened up this sleek and industrial movement by adding vintage colors to the text.
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Movie Poster for documentary 'Helvetica' - The task for this movie poster was to embrace the Swiss Typographic Style. I did so, but with a surprising and creative twist to the circular form. Letters which comprise the word 'helvetica' are highlighted in red, thus showing how the components of helvetica are literally changing the world, one letter at a time.
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This article was written about famous designer and wayfinder, Lance Wyman. The design of the layout and spread reflects his most notorious and revolutionary campaign, which is the comprehensive design for the Mexico 68' Olympics.
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Magazine Spread | pages 1 & 2
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Magazine Spread | 3rd page
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Book Jacket Design | for novel 'Collapse' - This book jacket cover looks to play upon the word 'Collapse' by showing the word as a form collapsing upon itself.
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