Here's my banner project for my GDI class. We were told to research a designer and create a banner 24 x 60 inches that represented that artists work and contribution to the Design world. It had to incorporate pieces of that Designer's work as well as information about his or her life and contributions to the field.

I chose Cipe Pineles. I found her editorial designs much in line with the simplicity that I liked within my own work and as I researched her I discovered the little sketch she made of herself in that bottom corner as well as her obsession with using miniature guaches as her process work. Honestly, I didn't feel that I could do her work justice by trying to recreate it and ended up being the only one in the class that focused on her work alone rather than attempting to mimic her style. My teacher, who's mentor wrote a book on Cipe, absolutely loved the "dynamic and playful approach to representing her life's work." I focused mainly on her editorials with Charm, Seventeen, and Glamour as working on these woman focused magazines (the first of their kind) was a huge contribution to the design field.

Alright. Enough rambling. Hope you enjoy them.
Stephanie.