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Visual Design
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Publication Design

Role: Editor at Georgetown University

Duration: 2 yrs

Deliverables: Gnovis Spring 2022 Vol 22, Issue 1

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Gnovis 2022 Publication Design

After 1 month of colour strategy, brand strategy, and typographic experimentation, the old cover (left) was re-designed to the new cover (below).

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Converted print layout (left) to digital reader layout (below) using user centric principles to drastically improving readability of pdfs: Adobe Caslon pt 14 and Leading 18pt. Gutters removed.

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improved infographic quality, size, colour contrast, bleeding diagrams/photographs across pages.

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Poster Design

Brief: To design posters to recruit book review authors for 2022 publication cycle. 

1st iteration: B&W basic maintaining readability with addition of eye catching asymmetric shapes

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4th iteration: Extracting colours from contextual themes to create colour scheme consistent with brand

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The Final Iteration: 2 separate posters for social media and print.

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Do not hesitate to contact me to discuss a possible project or learn more about my work.

© 2022 by Rohan Somji

Contact
rs2080@georgetown.edu

Washington, DC

 
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