MICHAEL ROLLINSGRAPHICS + PHOTOGRAPHY

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GRAPHIC DESIGNTypographic PortraitSocial Justice Week 2012AIAS Promotionals Final Review CalendarsLecture Series PromotionalsModernism PosterTypographic JourneyIdentityKinetic Typography

PHOTOGRAPHYArchitecturePeople

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480 PEOPLEWILL BE SENT INTO SLAVERY BYILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKINGBEFORE THE NINE TO FIVE WORKDAY IS OVER

480 PEOPLEWILL BE SENT INTO SLAVERY BYILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKINGBEFORE THE NINE TO FIVE WORKDAY IS OVER

480 PEOPLEWILL BE SENT INTO SLAVERY BYILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKINGBEFORE THE NINE TO FIVE WORKDAY IS OVER

graphics and promotional materials

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Utilizing copy from Matthew Frederick’s 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School I constructed a self-portrait with typographic characters as the primary form of mark-making. Variations in light and shadow coupled with the fluctuating scale of letterforms create the illusion of three-dimensional space. The sentences, for the most part, are intentionally coherent; a method utilizing the mass and density of stacked type was avoided to preserve legibility for the reader.

TYPOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT

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SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEK

Social Justice Week is an annual event designed to raise A&M University students’ awareness of social issues in local, national, and global communities. In 2012 the university tasked students with the development of promotional materials for the event. This particular design illustrates the magnitude of human trafficking by quantifying the total using marks and relating it to something the audience is familiar with: the average nine-to-five work day.

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Professional tips for the College of Architecture Career Fair [February 2nd, 3rd] at the First Spring AIAS MeetingPresentations by Professor Donna Hajash and the Career Center’s Assistant Director Brad Collet on portfolios and interviews January 26th @ 6.30p in C207, Food and drinks provided

Join AIAS this Spring and receive a 50% discount on 2012 dues! Join Today!

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everything you ever wanted to know about

GRADUATE SCHOOL

4TH AIAS MEETING10.20.11 @ 7.00P in C207FREE FOOD AND VALUABLE INFO

presented by Michael O’Brien and Marcel Erminy

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INDESIGNillustrator+

sign up by 10.20name + email

aias members get in freenon-members: $5 (paid at door)season pass: $12 (3 workshops)

TAMUAIAS PRESENTS

THE WORKSHOP10.22.11@10A-12.30P

ROOM 102B IN THE SCC

gain the edge in your portfolio with sharpened graphic design skills and layout mastery [grids]impress friends and professors with vector wizardrylearn how to communicate your design

This poster series, developed over the course of two semesters as the promotions officer for Texas A&M’s AIAS chapter, promote meetings, lectures, and workshops involving a wide range of subjects. Originally based on vintage methods of advertising and design (beginning in Fall 2011), the series evolved into the development of a template for the rapid reproduction of content through similarly styled graphics and a grid-based text layout.

AIAS PROMOTIONALS

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Join AIAS this Spring and receive a 50% discount on 2012 dues! Join Today!

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sign up by 11.10name + email

aias members get in freenon-members: $5 (paid at door)season pass: $12 (3 workshops)

TAMUAIAS PRESENTS

THE WORKSHOP11.12.11@10A-12.30P

ROOM 102B IN THE SCC

learn to use the industry standard for designrender your projects in 3d + set up viewpointsmodel realistic materials and lighting understand real-world BIM modeling

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In addition to the standard posters required for each meeting and workshop, ‘desk drops’ and other promotional materials were designed to draw underclassmen and non-members to each of the events. These included the aforementioned promotional flyers for desks, conceptual business cards, and bookmarks for new officers and incoming freshmen.

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First Spring AIAS MeetingCareer fair information1.26.12 6.30p C207

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question, answer

Q&Awith Ward Wells

2.16.12

7.00PC207

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9a-10amatthew sanderschair: shepleyculpvanzandthomeless shelter

10a-11ameredith butlerchair: erminywellssaginorurban vinyard

11a-12pgeoffrey kornegaychair: langgiustisaginorarchitectural infrastructure

1p-2pripsime hovsepianchair: s.rodiekhamiltonj.warrenagility adaptable residential health center

2p-3pclint floydchair: o’brienerminyj.nicholsscaling moments of presence

3p-4psalud sierrachair: s.rodieko’briendvorakliving and library

4p-5pkuangyi taochair: shepleyyanrybkowskishanghai general hospital

5p-6pjiayin lichair: zhumannvarniwomen’s and children’s hospital beijing

9a-10ayan luchair: s.rodiekshepleyleesenior housing design

10a-11adale fentonchair: deyonghillgalanterhyper-dense urbanism

11a-12pcheng jinchair: langhej.nicholslas lomas public library

1p-2pperi arthurchair: o’brienhollidaybrightdowntown winery resort

2p-3pjose terrazaschair: erminywardenfernandez-solisprospect station

3p-4pakshay sangollichair: shepleyhamiltondvorakheart care

4p-5pdayna finleychair: tabbhollidaybrodyeco-tourism in everglades

9a-10aarnold ghilchair: o’briena.nicholsbrightnew bomber’s stadium

10a-11alaruen upchurchchair: langbeltranlafayettecommunity art center

11a-12pchengcheng huangchair: shepleymannleeheart hospital beijing

1p-2paaron higginschair: erminylanggalantercreating symbiosis

2p-3pmatt ostermierchair: deyongbabesaginorreconnecting east austin

3p-4pmaryam rajabalichair: zhushepleyvirurumueller elementary school

4p-5pmiamiao xiaochair: helangsweetart guild

9a-10abrad mcgarrolchair: deyonghollidaysaginorrailway hotel

10a-11adomingo sanchez IIIchair: wardeno’brienfernandez-solis1025 frio st market

11a-12pmatt weigerschair: o’briendowningfernandez-solismoments and movements

1p-2pmaggie bryanchair: wellso’brienvolkmanfashion and architecture

2p-3plu ganchair: shepleyhamiltonleeshanghai medical center

3p-4pingrid van beljonchair: erminylangvan zandtthe underlying culture

4p-5pluis martinezchair: s.rodieklavygammthe health home

5p-6pamy kircherchair: hamiltonj.rodiekshepleyurban model for outpatient care and wellness

9a-10arichard bassettchair: mannlangrookermarine research center

10a-11astephen dietertchair: o’brienwardenfernandez-solisdietert mill restaurant

11a-12psuyong jinchair: mannshepleyvarnichildren hospital of richmond

1p-2psukung leechair: shepleyvarnizhudallas children’s orthopaedic hospital

11a-12psean howardchair: hillwagnergiustiaffect learning

3p-4pchristina shaferchair: tabbhaberlsaginorsustainable student living community

4p-5pmaria luisa melendezchair: erminywellsbienkopiling activities together

5p-6panahid sargsyanchair: shepleyo’brienvarnichildren’s rehab center

9a-10annaemeka moziechair: wardenwellsfernandez-solisaxial retro-mend

10a-11apatrick hurstchair: shepleyesquivelditreceliac disease rehab center

11a-12pphillip cedenochair: s.rodieko’brienleea mobility

1p-2pglenda fletcherchair: claytonlangkreuterwe can do better

2p-3pyuquian chenchair: hamiltonshelpeyc.leeburn treatment, research, and rehabilitation center

3p-4pmark willinghamchair: o’brienhollidaylarsenlangford design

4p-5pkaiji zhouchair: zhushepleyhuangsenior community

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As a member of A&M’s Agency program I developed promotional materials for lectures, faculty events, award ceremonies, and events within the college. This project, a poster series that served as a schedule for graduate final studies presentations was a collaboration between myself and graduate program head Marcel Erminy. Both midterm and final presentations required a calendar and a schedule for each review location. Graduate and undergraduate reviews had separate schedules.

FINAL REVIEW CALENDARS

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BABE/ERMINYARCH 606

O’BRIENARCH 606

BABEARCH 305HEARCH 206

ROGERSARCH 106

MANNARCH 406

ROGERSARCH 106

GEVAARCH 406

RODIEKARCH 207RODIEKARCH 406

CLAYTONARCH 207

ESQUIVELARCH 406

ESQUIVELARCH 207

BENYAMINARCH 305

WEDNESDAY4/25

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During the spring of 2012 our team at the Agency developed several proposals to encourage students to participate in the lecture series. This proposal was targeted to the students dining in the architecture building’s cafe. Using bright colors and the latest in pop-up technology (the signs would be folded in the center; the hand is extends vertically above the sign) we created a series of signs to encourage involvement in the college’s lecture program.

LECTURE SERIES

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This piece was designed for Professor Scott Gartner’s Modernism and Architecture in America seminar at Virginia Tech with the intention of bringing more students into the course. While the course places modernism in an international context, the focus for the lectures are on American designers, architects, and the philosophical movements that influenced their designs. Presented to the viewer are icons of the period in graphically elemental forms to hint at the material covered over the semester.

MODERNISM POSTER

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To explore the relationship of typographic elements as they exist simultaneously in a single composition, this journey to Texas A&M’s campus is illustrated utilizing hierarchical text, weights, and a radial grid. The radial form is representative of a clock face; the times serve as the inevitable frame against which the morning’s events must take place. The events themselves loosely follow the grid, reflecting their lack of conformity to the rigid structure of time.

TYPOGRAPHIC JOURNEY

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From a professional point of view the logo or “mark” is the symbol by which a business is immediately identified. As part of a general re-branding for this portfolio, I experimented with the strict geometric nature of the typeface Futura to form a mark that related to my preference for clean geometry in graphics and architecture. By exploiting the nature of letterform I created several prototypical marks exploring negative space and simplified graphic forms.

IDENTITY

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This kinetic piece was an exploration in typeography that conveyed emotion through text, animation, and audio cues. The source material was chosen as a narrative summation of my undergraduate studies at A&M: 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick. The aesthetics of the animation were based on the appearance of the book. Animation inspiration was drawn from Celebi’s Lemon Rant, EJP’s Reservoir Dogs, and JESS3’s State of the Internet, among others.

KINETIC TYPOGRAPHY

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During the storyboard process, it was decided that each “thing” pulled from the written work would require a distinctive identity, an entrance and exit that was unique to that phrase. As prospective animations were paired with the audio, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, it became evident that the number of “things” had to be reduced to a final seven. Without a dialogue track audio cues dictated the timing for each phrase, with impacts and tempo driving the animations.

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The final product was a one-minute-sixteen-second animation with seven “things” that illustrated my academic career as it stood at the summit of my undergraduate studies. The frames on this spread are from the video that was shown at the Viz-a-Gogo 2012 show, the showcase of the strongest graphic and animation projects coming out of Texas A&M. This project was chosen among the best graphics and animation-majors’ final projects for the exhibition. The video is available upon request.

THR OUGH GLASS

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Louis Kahn said: “A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured.” Architecture has the capacity to inspire through timeless beauty. Light, space, and form halt seconds, minutes, and hours in architecturally aware space. The following pages capture these moments where time itself gives way to the environment.

ARCHITECTURE

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Arezzo, Florence, Cinque Terre, Austin, Ft. Worth, Berlin; these are the places we inhabit. Architecture serves the place as much as it serves the occupant — buildings become threads of an interwoven urban fabric. Communities build, renovate, deconstruct, and rebuild as the living city grows with its surroundings. Hillsides become terraces and rivers become streets, challenging architecture to adapt to constantly novel environments.

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We do not build for ourselves. Architecture is a product of the needs and desires of a community of thinking, feeling inhabitants. It is through them that the meaning of architecture is revealed: people gather, perform, exhibit, converse, trade, play in and alter their environments as is their will. To make architecture is to connect with communities and individuals a level deeper than aesthetics alone can express.

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