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Quinnipiac University 2005-2006 Annual Report
Quinnipiac University’s 2005-2006 Annual Report featured a series of spreads with running text on one page and alternating conventional photographs and photo composites on facing pages. The theme of the report was highlighted in its opening paragraph: “In its continuing pursuit of academic excellence and national prominence, Quinnipiac enlisted the leadership of faculty and administrators in developing a strategic plan this year to achieve those goals over a 10-year time period. The plan … [Read more...]
Regional Water Authority 2004 Annual Report
Following the success of their 2003 annual report, the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and Granite Bay Design stuck with an over-sized, vertical format on an uncoated sheet to highlight the completion of the Authority’s new state-of-the-art water treatment plant. Featuring a series of traditional and more abstract images of the plant during construction and following completion taken by photographer Harold Shapiro, the report, titled “Shared Needs / Regional Solutions” … [Read more...]
TypeTrax Workflow Software Logo and Packaging
Consultant and software developer Vince DiPaola of Moksa, Inc. asked Granite Bay Design to design a logo and packaging for the company’s new workflow management software, TypeTrax™, that works in conjunction with Insider Software’s FontAgent Pro® and Canto Cumulus®. Once I had the go-ahead on the logo, I designed this software box and CD label. … [Read more...]
EDGE Training Course “The More You Know…” Ad
This ad was developed with Core Advertising for the EDGE (Education & Disclosure Generate Excellence) financial services training course. Granite Bay Design provided graphic design and art direction. Copywriting is by Chris Gregor. The photograph is a stock image. … [Read more...]
Quinnipiac Polling Institute 2004 Annual Report
Quinnipiac University’s 2004 Polling Institute Annual Report makes extensive use of photo montage created by Granite Bay Design. Focused primarily on states where major polling took place, each page or spread features images and references to those states as well as icons of the 2004 presidential race. … [Read more...]
Quinnipiac School of Law CSI Effect Magazine Cover
The Quinnipiac University School of Law ran a feature article titled “Is There a CSI Effect on Juries?” and asked Granite Bay Design to come up with a cover and opening spread montage. … [Read more...]
EDR Infrastructure Brochure
This brochure was produced for Environmental Data Resources, Inc. on behalf of Core Advertising and is focused on EDR’s offering a variety of reports covering a single site or an entire geographic area. While the front and back cover are rectangular, the three middle panels were die cut with a bold green dotted line that echoes an element of a particular type of map that EDR offered its clients. The cover features a photo montage in which various EDR maps were “wrapped” around a stack of … [Read more...]
Quinnipiac University Wayfinding Project
Quinnipiac University asked Granite Bay Design to develop a standards manual for campus signage. Originally, we had envisioned this as a small booklet with some basic information on fonts, color and sizes. At that point in time, the University had begun expanding their campus, adding two new locations to an already bustling Mount Carmel location. As a result, as work commenced on the wayfinding standards manual, it quickly became clear that Quinnipiac wanted to do this project right. So, what … [Read more...]
Quinnipiac University 2000-2001 Annual Report
For Quinnipiac University’s 2000-2001 Annual Report, I scoured hundreds of client-supplied images to build organic photo montages used on 12 spreads in the report. Some of the montages were built using a concentric circles grid, while others are more horizontally or vertically structured (see all the spreads by downloading the PDF below). To further enhance the photo compositions, I created separate gloss and a matte varnish plates with subtle areas knocked out of both. Download the Full … [Read more...]
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