Teaching Portfolio



Animated Movie Posters


These animated posters invite student to visualize storytelling from their favorite movies while learning motion software and grids in graphic design.

Project sheet: 
Design one animated poster for your chosen movie. This will help you to inform critical design thinking and handcraftsmanship skills. How do you use typography, composition and minimal graphic to tell the story of the movie? Use a InDesign grid to align type is recommended.

Class:
Introduction to Graphic Design
Solli Kim, Class of 2026

Cindy Kim, Class of 2026


Grace Birch, Class of 2026

Sage Freed, Class of 2026

Riso Workshop


This series of RISO prints encourages students to experiment the beauty and imperfection of RISO with the self-exploration topic by using symbol, index and icon.

Project sheet:
Who are you? Where are you from? Where is your heart at? How do you identify yourself? This self-exploration project invites you to choose and design three words that trigger strong associations with you.

Consider creative ways to visualize the words and stories related to you. Experiment with typography, illustration, collage, photography, pattern, texture, spatial depth, tension etc.

Class:
Introduction to Graphic Design
Sage Freed, Class of 2026Grace Birch, Class of 2026

Solli Kim, Class of 2026Cindy Kim, Class of 2026

Type Album Cover Design

How to layout composition and use typography beautifully? This project aims to introduce the concept of typeface, composition rules, and visualization to students who are new to the design field.

Project sheet:
Choose an album of your liking and redesign three new covers for it using typography. This project introduces you to the design thinking process behind a product in the graphic design industry. Think about the design composition basics you learned in Week1 (Hierachy, scale, negative space, etc...). Reflect on the typography basics in Week2 presentation to choose 1-2 great typefaces to start with.

Class:
Introduction to Graphic Design

Anjali Hewitt-Sloane, Class of 2026
Sage Freed, Class of 2026

Grace Birch, Class of 2026Cindy Kim, Class of 2026

Thursday Dec 1 2022