Graphic Design by Alison Rowan

Lit Espresso Bar Rebranding

A proposed rebrand of an existing Toronto espresso bar.

Branding, Graphic Design, Typography

2013
Unit Variations Poster

Infographic poster design documenting 50 paper sculptures with vector illustrations of each.

Graphic Design, Icon Design, Print Design

2013
Typeface List Poster

Poster design featuring 5 typefaces selected as a go-to type library.

Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography

2013
Biographic Book Design

A book design created to introduce the reader to a classmate.

Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Print Design

2013
Schrödinger's Poster

A poster design created to promote a talk about The Copenhagen Interpretation, playing off of the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment.

Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography

2013
Toronto Bike Plan Brochure

A booklet designed to promote a fictionalized version of Toronto's 2013 Bike Plan to an adolescent audience.

Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Print Design

2013
DX Exhibition Booklet

A booklet designed to promote a fictional exhibit featuring the work of designer Jessica Hische.

Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Print Design

2013
Toronto Library Readathon Package

Interactive event invitation designed for a fictional readathon in support of the Toronto Public Library.

Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography

2013
Assembly Instruction Booklet

An instruction booklet designed to illustrate the assembly process of an abstract sculpture.

Graphic Design, Illustration, Print Design

2013
Daily Doodles: Lettering

A collection of my daily practice in hand-lettering, experimenting with different styles and working on building my skill set.

Calligraphy, Drawing, Typography

2012
Buy a Dictionary

A poster designed to challenge the use of the phrase, "That's so gay".

Graphic Design, Typography

2012
Create: Pen & Energy Icon Design

An icon design created through the combination of two objects, serving as a reminder and call to action (or pens) for creatives everywhere.

Graphic Design, Icon Design, Illustration

2012
Letter Transformation: Z

An experiment in letter manipulation, illustrating words starting with the letter Z in the shape of the letter itself.

Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography

2012
Just a Little Bit Self-Absorbed

8x10" Giclée Print

Graphic Design, Illustration

2012
Hello, Friend

8x10" Giclée Print

Graphic Design, Typography, Illustration

2012
Quotes Poster Series

A series of posters designed based on the favourite quotes of a handful of my closest friends

Graphic Design, Typography, Illustration

2012
The End Book Design

Complete book design based on one of my own novel rough drafts

Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography

2012
xeroReality Logo Design

xeroReality is a professional gaming team. All concepts were developed around the use of the infinity symbol, a specific request of the client's. This design employs slick, hard-edged typography and clean graphic lines to capture xeroReality's modern, competitive attitude.

Branding, Graphic Design

2011
OTSC 2011 Winning Promotional Design

My Gold Medal winning design in the 2011 Ontario Technological Skills Competition in Graphic Design. The task was to create a visual theme to promote the competition and apply that theme across a poster, brochure and t-shirt design.

Graphic Design, Illustration

2011
Chuting Stars

Today I confess a great tragedy: Never in my life have I seen a shooting star. You're shocked and appalled, I know. As am I, for the most part, but such an unknown affords a certain artistic license—That which lent itself to my Chuting Stars.

Graphic Design, Print Design, Illustration

2011