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Poster archive / 01—06

One format.
Six different problems.

A collection of real and self-directed poster projects exploring event promotion, emerging technology, advocacy and place.

01 / Exhibition

Night Owl Designers

Used publicly

Created in 2024 for St. Lawrence College’s second-year Graphic Design Exhibition, this poster began with a naming challenge. “Night Owl Designers” reflected the graduating class’s many late evenings refining projects and meeting deadlines.

The owl began in Procreate using a textured, hair-like brush. Adobe Illustrator elements, including the checkered artboard, magnifying-glass pupil, cursor and coordinate readout, connected the image to graphic design. A diagonal typographic axis added movement while maintaining a clear hierarchy for students, designers, families, faculty, recruiters and Kingston’s creative community.

Night Owl Designers exhibition poster

02 / Conference

Tech Trail Blazers

Self-directed project

Created in 2024, Tech Trail Blazers explored how several designers would interpret the same assigned conference topic. The double-sided poster folds to letter size and functions as a self-mailer. Its front promotes the event and works as a keepsake, while the reverse organizes speaker information and the full schedule.

The project tested information design, typography and space management across a large amount of supplied copy. The upper reverse panel is intentionally upside down so recipients see the correct orientation when opening the folded mailer. The visual direction targeted Queen’s University students and staff, event stakeholders, technology professionals and out-of-town attendees.

Front of the Tech Trail Blazers conference poster

03 / Advocacy

Say “No” to Shark Finning

Self-directed project

Created in 2023, Say “No” to Shark Finning was an academic advocacy poster produced entirely in Adobe Illustrator. The subject was chosen because shark finning and its environmental consequences are often overlooked. The direct message makes the issue recognizable and communicates urgency in a public setting.

The concept was developed as a self-directed campaign for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society because of its work opposing illegal fishing and protecting marine wildlife. It was not commissioned by or affiliated with Sea Shepherd. The intended audience included environmental advocates, scientists, policymakers, animal lovers and people interested in marine conservation.

Say No to Shark Finning advocacy poster

04 / Exhibition

Third-Year Graphic Design Exhibition

Unused proposal

Created in 2025, The Future Is a Blank Canvas was proposed for the St. Lawrence College third-year Graphic Design Exhibition. The brief required a play on words expressed through physical media, photography and digital editing. The title represents the opportunity graduates have to define their direction after school.

Painting and photography were combined from two separate images into one continuous composition. A bold pink focal colour gives the primarily black-and-white design greater visibility. The audience included students, designers, artists, families, faculty, college stakeholders, recruiters, potential clients and Kingston’s wider creative community.

St. Lawrence College third-year Graphic Design Exhibition poster

05 / Travel

Santorini, Greece

Self-directed project

Created in 2023, Santorini, Greece was an academic travel poster for a fictional agency, produced entirely in Adobe Illustrator. The direction focuses on the destination’s whitewashed buildings, rounded architecture, blue accents and relationship with the Aegean Sea.

Simplified forms communicate the location quickly while capturing its coastal atmosphere. The poster targets travellers interested in architecture, culture and scenery. The project also considered the needs of tourism organizations, government, accommodations, restaurants and local businesses, framing the work as destination marketing rather than a decorative illustration.

Santorini, Greece travel poster

06 / Music and culture

International Jazz Day

Self-Directed Project

Created in 2024, this expressive-typography project translated the energy, rhythm and improvisation of jazz into a type-led composition. Oversized letterforms, dramatic cropping and shifts in scale move the eye between the title, date, quotation and supporting information.

A limited navy-and-cream palette keeps the poster unified while contrasting type sizes establish hierarchy. The design balances expression with clear event communication for jazz listeners, musicians, students, performers and broader arts-and-culture audiences.

International Jazz Day poster