Student Spotlight: Criterion and Barnes & Noble

Tim Lapetino — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:53:18 +0000

At Hexanine, we believe it’s important to help nurture the next generation of designers, and that’s why we’re involved in mentorship and teaching. Also, we benefit from brushing up against the passion and growth of young designers, and find we get almost as much out of the experience as our students. To that end, we also like to occasionally showcase the standout work of our students here at our blog.

So, as part of Tim’s Brand Standards and Identity class at Chicago Portfolio School, here are identity redesign projects from two students, Diane Johns and Megan King.

Megan has redesigned the logo for the DVD/Blu-Ray publishers, Criterion. She’s done a great job customizing and streamlining an existing typeface for wordmark use, and subtly works in the traditional “widescreen” proportions as part of her mark.

And Diane has reimagined Barnes & Noble with her own redesign. This clever mark is cobbled together from typographic punctuation, with an approachable, offbeat style for 21st century reading.

Great work all the way around, ladies!

Student Spotlight: Criterion Redesign

Tim Lapetino — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:40:49 +0000

At Hexanine, we believe it’s important to give back to the profession that has given us so much, whether it’s volunteering as part of AIGA, or teaching the next generation of designers. We are committed to engaging with future creative professionals, and are excited to showcase some of their work on our site.

This time, we’re featuring the work of Matt Whiting, with his redesign of the Criterion identity. Matt attends Chicago Portfolio School, and one of Tim’s students in Brand Standards Manuals. His clever, conceptually-sharp Criterion logo and brand book demand a second look. Nice job, Matt.

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Student Spotlight: Criterion and Barnes & Noble

Student Spotlight: Criterion Redesign