Alyssa Terry

Where is Sioux Falls? I’ll tell you, I didn’t know until this 826 branding project. This project consisted of designing a complete brand system based upon a random city. This project brought an array of different platforms to work with, from stationary to storefronts. The mission of 826 Sioux Falls Soul Control is to educate the city on the masking of native mistreatment & allow their souls to rest in serenity. It was important for me to respect Native American culture, rather than try and appropriate it. I made sure to speak beside them, rather than for those apart of native American culture.

I created a lyric video for the 80s hit, Puttin’ On The Ritz by Taco. My goal was to create. a classy & old broadway style lyric video, with light pops of color. I also used a grain texture and footage from the 1920s. With the 1920s being a time of prejudice to anyone who was not a white man, I made sure to obtain footage of a variety of genders & races. An important part of my design process is the inclusion of all different types of individuals.

A Mindful Manifesto To Design is a card deck consisting of the 10 principles I follow as a designer when creating. These 10 principles are focused on incorporating mindfulness into the design world. Designing mindfully teaches us humans that the quality and nature of our attention has an immediate impact on our wellbeing. Within the present day, there is a lot of attention devoted to technology, therefore our wellbeing is being affected by these attention-based products. This manifesto gives you the opportunity to unplug from your devices, and reflect on your thoughts in a private space.

This poster series was created around the Bringin’ Back The 80’s Festival that takes place annually in Frakenmuth, MI. After numerous collaging sessions, I landed on a concept and theme for my event posters which is the personification of electronics. Throughout the final series, I wanted to pay ode to hand collaging and the texture that comes with it.

Vans. Designed for the creative pursuit of you. For this project, we were to pick a brand and create a motion piece based on their already established branding values. I chose Vans considering I own quite a few pairs of them and I enjoy the feel of their brand creates. Within this project my typography was rendered and created in Cinema 4D, with the rest of my 2D assets being created in After Effects. Within this piece, I wanted to bring the spirit of Vans to the forefront using their font, in bright bold colors, showcasing the different color varieties they offer.

What is the difference between a crystal and just an ordinary rock? This project is a fully designed collection app named “Pocket Crystal” (with a desktop version) that has 24 featured crystals with various levels of information on different properties that the crystals contain. There is also an extension that matches a crystal to your zodiac sign and why you’re compatible with it. This project was created when I was just becoming interested in crystal collecting. My collection now, is more than I can count!