The logo design class I was in at university (late 2007) was called upon by the department’s Ceramics Club for an identity for fliers, ads, and other printed matter. We all contributed, and my concept was eventually chosen. The logo itself is rather straightforward, as they didn’t need anything complicated, deep, or overly artsy. Familiar pottery shapes are subtracted from Nicholls’ initials, clearly and simply presenting the intent of the design.

Each of us in our design class collaborated with 4-5 culinary majors at my university to conceptualize and brand a restaurant. My group’s idea was a barbecue joint featuring a nice sized arcade with its own identity (the Pixel Pit). The elements we created to complete a set of promotional materials were a logo for both the restaurant and the arcade, stationery, a full bi-fold menu, postcards, billboard ads, a website mockup, and a short television commercial, which can be viewed on YouTube.

This was a poster designed for, you guessed it, a Halloween masquerade to be held at Nicholls State University in October. There were a couple of other designers offering different ideas, as well. Originally designed in 2008, it wasn’t used until the next year. Though the process was entirely digital, the concept was to present the feel of a very unfortunate printmaking job. The characters were pieced together in Photoshop from several photograph sources and later traced in Illustrator.

This project was a collaborative effort between myself, Caleb Bourgeois, and Blaine Faucheux. We got into groups of 3 and created a typeface using only 2 small modules that we came up with ourselves. We were only required to create six letters, but my group ended up doing the whole alphabet (because we’re that awesome). We had another name in mind, but by the time all the letters were completed, everything felt very sci-fi/futuristic.