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booklet
A booklet created for the University of Dayton's Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. The department had several miscellaneous papers and pamphlets to advertise and explain the different majors and minors to students. This project was to consolidate every individual paper into one, comprehensive booklet. The booklet was also designed to adhere to the new University brand guidelines.
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fieldhammer
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awards
bronze
Indigo Design Awards
Let's be Frank About it
honorable mention
Indigo Design Awards
The Importance of Stormwater
best in design
Horvath Student Exhibition
Dayton View Triangle
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hi,
i'm sarah.
Hi, I'm Sarah Fieldhammer.
I'm a multidisciplinary graphic designer with a special interest in all things print design. I graduated from the University of Dayton in December 2018 with a BFA in Graphic Design and minors in Marketing and Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment.
I currently work as a freelance graphic designer based in the greater Pittsburgh Area.
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the importance
of stormwater
An educational triptych that addresses the negative effects of stormwater and stormwater runoff. This print series was created for the University of Dayton's senior gallery show, Apex. Through a visual display of ink wash processes, the viewer gains a powerful understanding of why humanity must take the lead on properly handling stormwater runoffs. The series uses quotes and arguments from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife of the Committee on Environment and Public Works in the United States Senate: "Solving the Problem of Polluted Transportation Infrastructure Stormwater Runoff."
The series is designed to tell the audience what stormwater is and why we should care about its runoff and the management of said stormwater runoff. The ink wash visual is intended to represent the flowing stormwaters and bring the audience seamlessly from the beginning to the end of this piece. Included with the triptych are buttons and postcards which become an ancillary take away that extend the information outside of the gallery to reach additional audiences.
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dayton view
triangle
Part of the "Facing Dayton: Visualizing Neighborhood Narratives" project. This project tells the tales of different citizens from the neighborhoods that make up Dayton, Ohio in visually effective ways.
"Dayton View Triangle" is a two-sided digitally printed poster that visualizes the voice of Mama Nozipo Glenn, a native of the Dayton View Triangle neighborhood. The use of ink wash techniques conveys the overall mood of the storyteller who watched neighborhood houses get continually torn down and the ebb and flow of people moving into the neighborhood, and moving out again. Mama Nozipo is looking at the green spaces that are cropping up in her neighborhood and thinking about the houses that used to be in those spaces - and the people who used to live in them. She's worrying about those past residents and wondering where they are now. The visual mood of dark nostalgia and being in a dream-like state with the empathetic use of the typography gives this poster a powerful presence in visual culture.
The back of the piece includes an ancillary text from Charlotte Reeve Conover's "Dayton Ohio: An Intimate History." In direct contrast with the front of the poster, the back is void of any ink wash or unique typographical elements. The ancillary text itself is almost a complete contrast to Mama Nozipo's words; talking about the bright future of Dayton, Ohio and honoring what those who are now gone would like to see in the future of the city. The second side of the poster is representative of a changing future in Dayton and how we can move on and heal from a tumultuous past in order to create a bright future. This is not only true for the city itself, but all the residents of each neighborhood - past, present, and future.
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Let's be frank
about it
A book proposal focusing on the life and architectural feats of Frank Gehry. The book includes the text The Organon of Frank Gehry by Frederic Migayrou.
As Jason Miller says in The Architecture of Chaos, Gehry's signature style of architecture includes "surprising materials and forms, challenging the viewer to figure out exactly how the building 'works.' But Gehry practices a regulated chaos, creating a realm in which buildings do unexpected things...but still function sensibly as habitable spaces."
Keeping this quote in mind, the inspiration for the book, both physical form and inside design, came from Gehry's architectural forms themselves. The structure of the book, and its vertical composition are created to reflect Gehry's traditional style in architecture and create the same feeling his works achieve. In doing this, the physical form is a visual representation and extension to the actual content and subject of the book. The end result is an immersive architectural experience from the inside out.
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three rivers
embroidery
Rebrand of a Pittsburgh based embroidery company. The client wanted a modern logo and a refreshment to their website. The new logo pays homage to the three rivers in Pittsburgh with the three line motifs under the company name. It also is reminiscent of an embroidery patch, and has multiple color variations that can be used.