Teaching : Student Work
Selected student work from courses taught as an adjunct instructor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Redesigning for a New Consumer
Course: Advanced Packaging Design
Objective: Students were challenged to identify a brand, research its targeted consumer, and then flip the branding on its head to appeal to an unexpected consumer. Deliverables included new branding, packaging, and documentation of their research, process, and packaging prototypes.
7UP for Kids! / Torreya Moniz
Ritz for Kids! / Jared Christiansen
McDonalds / Melissa Hacunda
A New Brand
Course: Advanced Packaging Design
Objective: Students design an original consumer brand and develop a cohesive packaging system for three related products. The project focuses on research, brand identity development, and the application of visual assets across multiple packaging formats. Final work is presented with process documentation and a short presentation.
Belly's Bites / Kerry Magoon
Brilliant Tooth Care / Olivia Buckley
Florish / Elizabeth Dullea
Wildflour / Kaleigh King
Creating a New Brand
Course: Introduction to Graphic Design
Objective: Students design an original consumer brand and develop a cohesive packaging system for three related products. The project focuses on research, brand identity development, and the application of visual assets across multiple packaging formats. Final work is presented with process documentation and a short presentation.
Bee’s Knees / Destiny Matos
Silky Clean / Marisa Borges
Neighborhood Studies
Course: 2D Form & Surface
Objective: Students explore Gestalt theory through a series of compositions that examine visual relationships and the contrast between natural and manmade forms. The project focuses on using positive and negative space to develop clear and simplified visual solutions, beginning in black and white and expanding selected designs into color.
Gestalt Compositions / Cape Cod / Amanda Avery
Gestalt Compositions / Campus / Apeksha Prasai
Gestalt compositions / Providence / Katelyn Pereria
Gestalt compositions / Osterville / Fionna Quinn