Community Resource Center

This page will feature the work I did for my local Community Resource Center.

Logo Design

Carol's Circle deals with the problem of domestic violence. Purple is the color associated with that issue.

I was asked to design a selection of logos for this organization.

Here is the final choice. The group decided to eliminate the slogan.

Typography

This project was to redesign a routing slip. The purpose was to lay it out in a more organized fashion.

Here is the original design:

This is my redesign:

Graphic Design

My next project was to create small cards with a Gerbera Daisy motif. These cards were to be used by staff members to write messages to their retiring director. The cards were to accompany a farewell gift.

There were several versions done for this project due to indecision over whether or not to include lines and if so, how many.

And then to reduce the number of lines.

The final design included the smaller flower size, but no lines at all.

Typography

Next, I was asked to make signs for the food pantry. It was a matter of combining four separate signs into one.

Here are samples of the original signs:

 

This is how I redesigned them. So instead of having four 8.5 X 11 inch pages, all the info could now be displayed on one 11 x 17 inch page. 

Graphic Design

Our Community Resource Center operates a safehouse for victims of domestic violence. The program is called Carol's House.  My next project was to make an informational handout more attractive.

This is the original:

Here is my version:

Typography

The Carol's House program includes a Therapeutic Children's Center. The kids from the Center were asked to draw some Thank You cards. These cards came to me in the form of 3 x 5 index cards. They had to be converted to electronic format and re-sized. 

There were several different versions of these cards. 

One version included a background color.

Another had the background color plus some white space for the credit text

The final version had no background color, the credit text was made more prominent and the CRC logo was added.

These cards were to be sent to two different groups-one for Development and one for Social Services. For that reason, two different messages were needed for the backs of the cards.

The Development version required extra white space to allow for a hand-written message:

For Social Services:

The final request for this project was to change the file size from 5.5 x 4.25 to 5.5 x 3.875 so the cards would fit into a size #10 envelope.

Graphic Design/Typography

The next project was to create a flier for a Christmas in July Sale.

Original Graphics/Typography

A Blood Drive was organized to help out a long-time volunteer. This required a poster plus coupons. The original idea was to offer a 25% discount or Spot-On credits. However, for some reason, the Spot-On credits could not be offered, so the poster and coupons needed to be changed at the last minute.

First Design:

 Revised version:

Typography

Another typography project was to update the information in a Who We Are document. The task involved using a previously-made design and fitting updated text into it. The new text was of greater volume than the old.

Original:

 My version with the new text: 

Graphic Design/Typography

Another project is the Holiday Baskets Guide. This is a four-page pamphlet outlining the program and providing information about how to get involved.

My first task was to redesign the cover.

 This is the previous cover design

My feeling about the original cover was that it needed to be warmed up. 

So I did some Photoshop work with the Logo Basket and changed the color scheme.

 Here is my cover design:

The boss likes stroked type, so I was asked to add strokes.

Here are the spreads for printing.

Before the final decision was made on the inside spread, I was asked to try a more horizontal layout. Below is the result. I'm glad they chose the first one. : )