oh, brenna!

This video shows the process I went through to design posters...

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:59:51 -0500

This video shows the process I went through to design posters for Coterie Theatre’s upcoming production of Spring Awakening.

Click here to see the finished product!

check out these business cards a made!click here to see the...

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:48:00 -0500

check out these business cards a made!
click here to see the story behind them.

and if you want me to make YOU business cards, send me a message!

A book cover series I designed that consists of (1) an Italy...

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:49:00 -0500

A book cover series I designed that consists of (1) an Italy Travel Guide, (2) an Italian-English dictionary, and (3) a journal/sketchbook.

“I am an explorer, I’m creating my own adventures, I want to meet new people, I want to hear your story, I want to learn as much as I can, and I want to document all of it.”

Typography Workbook I created for Type 02 at the University of...

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:27:27 -0500

Typography Workbook I created for Type 02 at the University of Kansas, Spring 2012. Click the image to view the entire book!

What Happens When You Live Abroad

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:04:32 -0500

What Happens When You Live Abroad:

This could not be more true.

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:01:53 -0500

I. COULD. NOT. BE. MORE. EXCITED. FOR. ANY. MOVIE. EVER. If you...

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:51:00 -0500

I. COULD. NOT. BE. MORE. EXCITED. FOR. ANY. MOVIE. EVER. If you think you know someone that is obsessed with the 1920s, F Scott Fitzgerald, or The Great Gatsby, they aren’t. I AM. And I have been for so, so long. And I can already tell that this remake is going to be incredible.

End rant.

Okay, I just have to say that I’m pretty pumped about...

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:22:06 -0500

Okay, I just have to say that I’m pretty pumped about this.

The Spring Awakening posters I designed are officially on Coterie Theatre's website!!

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:03:00 -0500

The Spring Awakening posters I designed are officially on Coterie Theatre's website!!:

And check out the posters for the rest of Coterie’s upcoming productions to see the work of my lovely classmates!

my friend Claire and me at HAMMERPRESS studio in kansas city for...

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:52:00 -0500

my friend Claire and me at HAMMERPRESS studio in kansas city for first friday :)

photo taken by the lovely Shannon.

Hola,sos argentina?. Me gustó la foto de la bici con la playa atrás. Sos una especie de viajera..o me parece?. Acá Agustín,cambio y fuera.-

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:41:03 -0500

Holaa! No soy argentina… pero me gustaría ser argentina! Viví en Catamarca por un año, un intercambio cultural. Así q mi corazón es de ahí! Realmente soy de los EEUU. Y viajo lo más q puedo!!
:)

"Dear Brenna, I am pleased to inform you that you have been awarded an Undergraduate Research Award of $2625."

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:29:00 -0500

AAAAAHHH!!! Now my Color & Culture project can happen this summer. I couldn’t be more thrilled :)

"Art should be literally made of the ordinary world; its space should be our space; its time our..."

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:03:44 -0500

“Art should be literally made of the ordinary world; its space should be our space; its time our time; its objects our ordinary objects; the reality of art will replace reality.”

- Clae Oldenburg

"A Happening, unlike a stage play, may occur at a supermarket, driving along a highway, under a pile..."

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:27:26 -0500

“A Happening, unlike a stage play, may occur at a supermarket, driving along a highway, under a pile of rags, and in a friend’s kitchen, either at once or sequentially. If sequentially, time may extend to more than a year. The Happening is performed according to plan but without rehearsal, audience, or repetition. It is art but seems closer to life.”

- Allan Kaprow

Claire took a cute picture of Allie, Shannon, and me at Birdies...

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:00:00 -0500

Claire took a cute picture of Allie, Shannon, and me at Birdies Panties in KC. Seriously one of the most beautiful and ethereal shops I’ve been to! Love it!

hahahah we’re silly :) it think this is just adorable.

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:05:00 -0500

hahahah we’re silly :) it think this is just adorable.

i love these girls!

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:03:00 -0500

i love these girls!

my wonderful roommates this year :)

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:02:00 -0500

my wonderful roommates this year :)

the design building at 4am

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:24:47 -0500

I haven’t had a night like this in a while.

Which, really, is a good thing. These nights can be pretty miserable.

But as I was sitting in the corner of a fluorescent-lit, grey room in the basement of the design building, taking a break, eating a slice of pizza, and just watching one of my best friends Natalie cut black mat board, I said “I think… when we are older, we will look back on these days with fond memories.”

Natalie literally laughed in my face. “No we won’t! I HATE cutting mat board!”

“But the singing-to-Alicia-Keys-so-loudly-the-whole-empty-building-can-hear-us part. And the living-off-of-Pizza-Shuttle-and-Poptarts part. And the making-videos-of-us-dancing-on-tables-instead-of-working part. We’ll miss those parts.”

And honestly, I will.

Design is so bizarre. Or really, “The Design Life” is so bizarre. I never expected that by studying graphic design at KU, I would be challenged more than I ever have in my life. Especially after I went to Argentina… I thought I was on top of the world and everything had to be easier than that year. Well, I was wrong. And let me tell you: even though Argentina was difficult in ways of its own, I am really quite convinced that The Design Life stage I am in right now is that hardest it is going to get for at least the next 10 years (I can already hear my 31 year old self laughing hysterically at how absolutely wrong I probably am about this right now).

I could try and explain what I mean by all of this “design life is so hard” whining, but really, I can’t explain it. I can’t explain it because you can’t separate the Design part from the Life part. Design has transformed my eyes, my brain, my heart. Design has consumed my thoughts, and leaked into my dreams and nightmares. Design has fought against my body and won (for a while). It has infiltrated every aspect of my life, and thus The Design Life was created.

Not many people can understand this. And that is why the other design kids have become some of my best friends. If one of them asks me how I am doing, I only have to shrug my shoulders and barely smile for them to COMPLETELY understand what I am thinking:
“well, I only got 30 minutes of sleep last night, so it is practically impossible for me to be creative, but I keep working because I know that my designs will be judged as a reflection of myself and my soul, not just my skills as a designer. so I am going to keep working through this, even though if I open my mouth to say any of this out loud, I will start crying, which will send me into a mental breakdown that won’t allow me to get out of bed for a few days. but that would mean that I would get even MORE behind in my design classes, and the cycle will continue on forever until I have to drop out or switch majors.”

So instead of saying any of that out loud, we complain together, procrastinate together, and take time to have fun together. My design friends help keep me alive, and I like to think that I do the same for them.

Rotary Youth Exchange Student?

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:00:25 -0500

I recently started making and selling Rotex shirts and Rotary business cards… if you are about to be an Outbound, I’ll custom make bilingual business cards for you!

Message me if you find me on tumblr, and I’ll give you 10% off!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/97906047/custom-business-cards-rotary-youth?listing_id=97906047&listing_slug=custom-business-cards-rotary-youth