BROOKE BAUDLER
KELLEY BOGNER
AARON BUNGE
PAULA CHAMPAGNE
ALISON CLARK
ALLISON CONNELL
JUSTIN CRAIGEN
MELISSA DILLING
CAROLYN EGAN
KACIE EHRECKE
ERIKA GARCES
JEREMIAH GRINVALDS
LEAH HANUS
KATE HARVEY
ORIANA HASHEMI-TOROGHI
HANNA HENSON
CRYSTAL HEUBERGER
JON HILL
BETSY JACKELEN
ASHTON JACOBSON
PATRICK KUNVATANAGARN
MING-YEE LI
YING YING LIU
KAREN MECHLER
KATIE MEYER
BECKY MURPHY
RYAN MUSSELMAN
MEGHANN NEY
ASHLEY OELMANN
JUSTIN OLDENHUIS
JAMIE QUARNSTROM
JON ROHLF
KENYON SHAFER
We started out as tadpoles struggling to swim through 102 and 131, and were lucky enough to make it out alive and call ourselves true graphic design majors. After a grueling first year application process, followed by three years of back-breaking hard work, we’ve finally made it to the end. As a class, we’ve been through cube projects, type plates, and Pantone lectures...just to name a few. We’ve pulled all-nighters, made the COD our second home, and sailed through adventures in Vendoland. Our four years of undergraduate study come to a conclusion in an Open Ending, with each of us going our own separate ways.
Go ahead. Check us out.
HOMETOWN // Fontanelle, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Grunge!
ADOBE PROGRAM // Photoshop
PANTONE SWATCH // Does pink count?
MUSIC // Some Justin Bieber of course
DRINK // Starbucks Mocha Doubleshot
HOMETOWN // Bolton, Connecticut
DESIGN INFLUENCE // www.fffound.com
DESIGN AREA // Identity
PANTONE SWATCH // 623U
MUSIC // Grizzly Bear
FOOD // Gnocchi
HOMETOWN // Forest City, Iowa then Williamsburg, Iowa
ADOBE PROGRAM // Illustrator
TYPEFACE // Helvetica Neue
MUSIC // Royksopp
PROCRASTINATION METHOD // Don't do anything till last minute, then work really hard
FOOD // Hawaiian pizza
HOMETOWN // Naperville, Illinois
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Nature
DESIGN AREA // Motion Graphics and Video Editing/Production
ADOBE PROGRAM // After Effects
MUSIC // BEN HARPER
DRINK // Blueberry Pomegranate Juice
HOMETOWN // Wheaton, Illinois
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Paul Rand
ADOBE PROGRAM // Illustrator
TYPEFACE // Helvetica
PROCRASTINATION METHOD // Internet surfing
FOOD // Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
HOMETOWN // Pine Springs, Minnesota
DESIGN AREA // Print, Packaging, Editorial
ADOBE PROGRAM // INDESIGN, INDESIGN, INDESIGN
TYPEFACE // Baskerville, for now
MUSIC // This American Life Podcast
DRINK // Love me some dry, red wine
HOMETOWN // Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Mid-century Swiss Modernism
DESIGN AREA // Publication/Editorial, typeface design
TYPEFACE // Sans: Trade Gothic; Serif: Arno Pro
MUSIC // Elliot Brood
PROCRASTINATION METHOD // Sleep
HOMETOWN // Roch-town, Minnesota
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Swiss design
ADOBE PROGRAM // ILLUSTRATOR
MUSIC // Country or oldies; anything I can sing along to
PROCRASTINATION METHOD // Reading a book or watching some random tv show that really means nothing to me and has absolutely no positive influence on my life
DRINK // Tea, hot or cold; or ice blue raspberry lemonade kool-aide
HOMETOWN // Dubuque, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Vintage posters
DESIGN AREA // Identity
TYPEFACE // Geosans Light
MUSIC // Imogen Heap
FOOD // Brownie Sundae!
HOMETOWN // Davenport, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // Editorial
DESIGN PROGRAM // Illustrator and Indesign
TYPEFACE // Baskerville
DRINK // Water
FOOD // Honey Nut Cheerios
HOMETOWN // Lima, Peru
ADOBE PROGRAM // Photoshop
TYPEFACE // Garamond
MUSIC // Rock in Spanish
DRINK // Strawberry banana smoothie
FOOD // Lasagna
HOMETOWN // West Des Moines, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // Identity systems, information graphics, motion
TYPEFACE WISHLIST // Wishes are for suckers
MUSIC // Relient K, Green Day
DRINK // Mountain Dew. As much as I want it to be regular, I think I like diet more.
FOOD // Prime Rib, medium. Side of mashed potatoes. Or I could eat a pile of garbage.
HOMETOWN // Cedar Falls, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // Working to scale/wayfinding systems & packaging
TYPEFACE // Univers?
MUSIC // Tegan & Sara
DRINK // PBR
FOOD // Thai
HOMETOWN // Morning Sun, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // Wayfinding, print, would like to explore web
ADOBE PROGRAM // Photoshop
TYPEFACE // Univers
PROCRASTINATION METHOD // Facebook
DRINK // Diet Coke
HOMETOWN // Ames, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // David Carson, Mika, nature
ADOBE PROGRAM // ILLUSTRATOR AND INDESIGN
MUSIC // Techno
DRINK // STARBUCKS DOUBLE SHOT ESPRESSO - COLD;
pissed off Japanese minnow farmer
TYPEFACE // Candy and hummus (though generally not together)
HOMETOWN // Des Moines, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Paul Rand
TYPEFACE // Bodoni
MUSIC // Donavon Frankenreiter
DRINK // Arizona sweet tea
FOOD // Ice cream
HOMETOWN // Hampton, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // Web, identities
TYPEFACE // Univers
MUSIC // Owl City or Journey
DRINK // Sprite
FOOD // Enchiladas!
HOMETOWN // Lohrville, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Pop Art, Art Neuvo
DESIGN AREA // Illustration, Motion Graphics
TYPEFACE // Century Gothic
MUSIC // Daft Punk, Family Force 5, Beastie Boys
DRINK // Chocolate milk
HOMETOWN // Burnsville, Minnesota
DESIGN AREA // Short term identity design
TYPEFACE // Baskerville
MUSIC // Tegan & Sara
DRINK // Kool Aid
FOOD // Cheesy potatoes
HOMETOWN // Webster City, Iowa
ADOBE PROGRAM // Illustrator
TYPEFACE // Neutraface
TYPEFACE WISHLIST // Eloquent
MUSIC // 80's Classic Rock
DRINK // Diet Mountain Dew
HOMETOWN // Bangkok, Thailand
DESIGN AREA // Motion graphics, Flash, web
ADOBE PROGRAM // Illustrator and After Effects
MUSIC // Upbeat modern instrumental music
DRINK // Diet Brisk Lemon Iced Tea
FOOD // Thai food
HOMETOWN // Stillwater, Minnesota
DESIGN AREA // Web, identity, print
TYPEFACE // Century Gothic
TYPEFACE WISHLIST // Didot
MUSIC // Moenia
DRINK // Water
HOMETOWN // Ames, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Music posters, vintage typography, illustrations
TYPEFACE // Gotham
MUSIC // Rodrigo y Gabriela
DRINK // Orangina, Lemon-lime Gatorade
FOOD // Curry!
HOMETOWN // Spencer, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // from traveling and gaining new perspectives
TYPEFACE // I'm a sucker for a classic Bodoni or something a little edgy like Advent
MUSIC // Tycho
DRINK // V8 Fusion Tropical Orange
FOOD // Fresh pineapple
HOMETOWN // Spencer, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // from traveling and gaining new perspectives
TYPEFACE // I'm a sucker for a classic Bodoni or something a little edgy like Advent
MUSIC // Tycho
DRINK // V8 Fusion Tropical Orange
FOOD // Fresh pineapple
HOMETOWN // Central City, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // Editorial, identities, illustrative anything
TYPEFACE // Today: Bulmer
TYPEFACE WISHLIST // JUST got Simple, I would not mind obtaining Giorgio SANS
DRINK // Chai tea or iceless water
FOOD // Cottage cheese with anything
HOMETOWN // Cedar Rapids, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // Motion graphics
TYPEFACE // Helvetica Neue
MUSIC // Glass Candy
DRINK // Sunkist
FOOD // Mayhouse: broccoli chicken
HOMETOWN // Coralville, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // print, book binding, screenprinting
TYPEFACE // Baskerville
MUSIC // Forget music -- 'This American Life' all the way
PROCRASTINATION METHOD // Cooking and then eating and then doing dishes
DRINK // Hot tea in winter; horchata in summer
HOMETOWN // Gilbert, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Betsy Jackelen
MUSIC // TSwift
PROCRASTINATION METHOD // Cleaning (rearranging my room, organize the fridge, etc.)
DRINK // Milk
FOOD // Mac and cheese
HOMETOWN // Omaha, Nebraska
DESIGN AREA // ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Louis Kahn & Peter Zumthor
MUSIC // Right now...Neon Indian
DRINK // Non-alcohol: pulpy orange juice; alcohol: mojito; coffee: strong
FOOD // Mangoes & avocadoes
HOMETOWN // Gilbert, Iowa
DESIGN AREA // Motion, exhibition, information. I like to geek out with numbers
TYPEFACE // Currently Rockwell, it has a great 'Q'
MUSIC // Danny Elfman
DRINK // Cherry Kool-aid
FOOD // Um, potatoes?
HOMETOWN // Ames, Iowa
DESIGN INFLUENCE // Mid-century modern
TYPEFACE // Archer Pro
MUSIC // The Weakerthans
DRINK // XXX Vitamin Water
FOOD // Pad Kra Prow from Thai Kitchen
