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Lauren Simon https://laurensimondesign.com Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:49:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/laurensimondesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/logo-primary-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Lauren Simon https://laurensimondesign.com 32 32 225027587 El Gran YO SOY (The Great I AM) https://laurensimondesign.com/el-gran-yo-soy-the-great-i-am?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-gran-yo-soy-the-great-i-am Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:42:59 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=980 Branded, Print Design

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As a promotion to the new sermon series “El Gran Yo SOY” (The Great I AM) as of October of 2023 at Primera Iglesia Bautista, 7 pamphlets with each of the Biblical I AMs. Using Photoshop’s generative fill for the first time in order to speed up the design process and sporting a bilingual front, these pamphlets will be handed out by church members to Coatesville locals.

Design

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
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This Site/My Brand https://laurensimondesign.com/this-site-my-brand?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-site-my-brand Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:05:15 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=961 Branding, Web Design, Web Development

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Graphic design and web design and development are fun. But even more so when it’s for your own portfolio! Or at least I think so. I started coding my own portfolio sites pretty much as soon as I learned HTML and CSS three years ago, re-designed it when I learned PHP and SQL two years ago, and now that I have the skills in WordPress that I really needed to create a more professional site, here it is!

IN PROGRESS

Design

  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • XD
  • Figma

Development

  • WordPress
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • Javascript

Current Site and Brand

My logo reflects my design style that I have seen play out the past few years. I tend to use a lot of thick borders and curved corners, so I played that up in this design.

Sketches for my logo. I knew from the start I wanted a modern monogram logo.

Iconography stylized to match my logo.

As for this site, it is built in WordPress with a custom theme that I started from scratch. I created the portfolio project pages using posts, found a bunch of really helpful plug-ins, and learned a lot of WordPress techniques in the process. My client portal and my personal task management tool are created using PHP and SQL with databases. I’ll add a video of said pages once they are done.

Previous Designs

Here’s my first portfolio site I coded. This was started early spring semester of my sophomore year at Kutztown, shortly after my first coding class. It’s not great, but it’s impressive for my limited knowledge I had then! I learned how to get contact form submissions to insert into Google Sheets with this site, and it’s when I started hosting with Bluehost (still hosted by them because of how perfect their plans are for me!). I gotta say, I do still enjoy these colors very much.

I actually just found that I still have all the code backed up for this version, so I’ll add that soon and link it here for the nostalgia and so that you can see how far I’ve come. It was coded purely with HTML and CSS.

My second design did not last long since I was learning so much about design and coding at the time. This version was started a year after the first one and utilized PHP and SQL within my admin pages to manage my projects and the images for the projects. I am equally as impressed with myself for this site, though again, it’s sorely lacking. I don’t have a screenshot of the site live, but here’s the designs I had in Illustrator.

As for the logo, I had had it for a few years, right up until I created my current logo in January of 2023.

Business cards that went with these designs.

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zzapi https://laurensimondesign.com/zzapi?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zzapi Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:06:33 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=768 Branding, Typography, Restaurant Design

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Why is flat food so popular? Zzapi explores this question by serving planar plates from around the world, from Khachapuri in Georgia to pita bread in Egypt. Travel the world in your mouth by savoring each of the countries’ famed flat foods. The menu design that coordinates with the stationery set was designed to reflect the owner’s own voyage around the world to answer this same question. Receive a welcome invitation with introductory cards detailing the background of the Zzapi restaurant, and place an order online today!

Design

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign

Project Development

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Kutzopoly https://laurensimondesign.com/kutzopoly-project?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kutzopoly-project Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:00:24 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=766 Branding, Board Game Design, Illustration

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Remember spring of 2020? Yeah, I think we all do. Why not reminisce about the comical tragedy of Covid with a light game of Monopoly! Honoring the age of the virus at Kutztown University, Kutzopoly features a two-turn stay in quarantine, monopolies on the most popular buildings on campus, and special school and virus-related chance cards. Take a look at the illustration of the game, taking a lighthearted approach to a gloomy time on campus.

Design

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Procreate
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Quien Fue https://laurensimondesign.com/quien-fue?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quien-fue Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:08:22 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=763 Typography, Handlettering, Print Design

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Quien fue, quien es, quien será. Who was, who is, who is to come. Quien Fue is an album curated especially for Destino, who reaches the hispanic and latino community and is an offshoot of the Christian non-profit Cru. It features a total of fifteen modern spanish–language Christian worship music, each one picked to spread the good news that God is powerful and loving. El Rey soberano, el Padre del amor.

Design

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
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Gl•amor https://laurensimondesign.com/glamor?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glamor Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:02:42 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=761 Logo Design, Stationery, Graphic Design

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Brides from around the world dress up in the finest of the finest clothing on their special day. In the United States as well as a few other countries, brides traditionally wear white. However in countries such as China, Nigeria, and Korea, brides wear bold colors such as reds and blues. Here at Glamor we bring that out of the ordinary option to you, and provide unique bridal couture to all who wish for something more than just… white. This stationery set sets the mood for a truly colorful experience at Glamor.

Design

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator

Project Development

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Festejando Like You’re 15 https://laurensimondesign.com/festejando-like-youre-15?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=festejando-like-youre-15 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:52:58 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=759 Branding, Typography, Publication Design

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A quinceanera is a huge deal. Like una boda chiquita basically. And what better way to celebrate your fifteenth birthday than to spend the weekend feeling like a true princesa? Airbnb is marketing their best quinceanera-worthy locations in this magalog. Anywhere from a castle to a beach house, you can be sure to have un tiempo increible at any of these locations. Plus, whip up some fun with the featured recipes!

FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY

Design

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
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Blue Goat https://laurensimondesign.com/blue-goat?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blue-goat Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:45:07 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=757 Branding, Advertisement Design, Interactive Design

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Blank walls, blank doors, blank faces. Sounds like an empty apartment ready to be customized! Blue Goat is a smart apartment complex for IT students. It provides them with a space that is completely customizable, from a farewell, “You forgot your keys” to food expiration clocks, students living in a Blue Goat apartment get to take their computer programming skills outside of the classroom to make the function of the apartment’s technology unique to their needs. The ad campaign, touch-screen mockups, and cohesive branding of Blue Goat will attract students and investors to expand their knowledge of the IT world.

Design

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • AfterEffects
  • XD

Project Development

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Following Sphere https://laurensimondesign.com/following-sphere?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=following-sphere Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:58:17 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=752 Creative Coding, Projection Mapping

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It’s watching you… always watching. Come interact with a radiating sphere that eerily looks like an eyeball if you think about it. Watch as it follows your movements and radiates through all the colors of the rainbow. This coded program will leave you glancing over your shoulder as you walk away. Because it’s still watching you…

Design

  • 3D Construction

Development

  • Processing
  • Javascript

Project Development

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Imanturie https://laurensimondesign.com/imanturie-project?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imanturie-project Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:36:55 +0000 https://laurensimondesign.com/?p=737 Branding, Web Development and Design

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Women are not encouraged nearly enough to code, and when website coding is taught, it leaves the majority of the class lost and with a negative opinion of web development. That’s why Imanturie is offering the most intuitive solution to every student’s website woes. Subscribe to unlock website development lessons online every two weeks, with a room to a dollhouse sent to your doorstep as well to relate the otherwise mumbo jumbo to the real world. As an additional incentive to develop your developing skills, play the Imanturie game online!

Design

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • XD
  • Figma

Development

  • WordPress
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • SQL
  • Javascript

Project Development

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