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I like to consider myself an obtuse combination of titles and descriptors

such as graphic artist, typographer, designer, curator, writer, and

observer. As a graphic artist and designer I have lofty goals to

challenge the medium and the perceived rules of design. I continually

ask questions and attempt to visually express my impressions and

experiences. As a curator I am intrigued by the notion of collections; whether

they are personal, commercial, institutional, or private, I believe everyone collects

something. For me writing is a necessary way to decipher, interpret, process, and

organize many of the thoughts and images that repeatedly flicker in my head. Lastly,

as an observer I feel the need to pause, bare witness to my surroundings, and

document a singular moment which I might find poetic, odd, or quietly important.

“BITS AND PIECES PUT TOGETHER TO CREATE A SEMBLANCE OF THE WHOLE”

by Lawrence Weiner

For inspiration and influence I often ponder the statement and artwork by Lawrence

Weiner, “bits and pieces put together to create a semblance of the whole.” Using

association as a base point in my design I often combine elements with uncanny

exaggeration. My independent work involves visually complex collages of

ephemeral and appropriated imagery (of questionable origin) and I often reuse

my own images. Commonly, my work is an illustrative blend of layered imagery,

typographic patterning, commercial printing references, word play, and geometric

abstraction. While I can create clean and orderly designs and I actively appreciate

fussing over minute details, much of my personal work depicts an element just

beyond control. In contrast, I enjoy leaving certain elements to chance and structured

order decisively askew.

My current design work comes from an increased interest in publishing self-authored

works. For many years I have created and maintained visual journals. Now I want to

revisit my past work through a cohesive and intentional process, examining what

was of interest, however briefly, in the past fifteen years. It is a challenging endeavor

to blend poetry, documented observances, and visual ephemera that I have

created. This is not an attempt to publish my portfolio of past works, but a process

of examination that translates and transcends captured and collected time. I hope to

construct a unique narrative arc, in contrast with typical memoirs or autobiographies.

Ultimately I hope to form my poetry, short stories, photographs, illustrations, obscure

notations, and sketches into an innovative publication.

John Page Corrigan

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GRAPHIC DESIGN

QUARTER ACRE LIFESTYLE

(Size from left to right)

12” x 16” x 2”, 10.5” x 15” x 2”

8” x 12” x 5”, 12” x 17” x 2.5”

2007

Three color screen printing on stone monuments

ROSALUX art ist promotions

Neography

18” x 24”, 6” x 4.25”

2004

Neither Here Nor Then

11” x 17”, 6” x 4.25”

2005

Exhibition announcement posters and postcards

CRAIG BEDDOW

2004

Stationary System

Letterhead, Business card, envelope

Dale Tremain

2004

Logo Design

Color palette, typography options,

logo ideation + refinement

Stationary System

Letterhead, Business card, envelope

Shroeder

Design Office: Bamboo, Minneapolis

2001

Milk Carton Packaging

SimplyRight, branding, gallon jug and

carton package design

DESIGN LANGUAGE STUDIO

20” x 30” Poster Design(s)

2006

Digital photography, collage, non-digital film

collage, photography, illustration

LEE ANNE SWANSON

Artist Promotions

6” x 4.25” Landscape

1996-2002 (assorted)

Promotional and exhibition announcement postcards

NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY

18” x 24”

2007

Unused poster designs for MICA

BROADSIDES

12” x 17”

2007

Letterpress, screen print

CENTRAL AIR // NOMADIC ART SPACE CURATOR

The Mayor of Uptown

2007

Curation, Art Direction: postcards, press release,

exhibition design

RADIATOR :: ART EXHIBITION COMPANY CURATOR

6” x 14.25”

1999-2002

Exhibition postcards

IVY LOUNGE CURATOR

4.25” x 6”; 8.5” x 11”

2006

Curated artist exhibitions, postcards, press release

Marketing and Sale announcement cards

NEW VIEWS POSTER SUBMISSIONS

20” x 30”

2008

MS. MATCHED

19” x 13.9”

2005

Self generated photographic/text prints

Type Design

WRITING, LETTERING, TYPE EXPERIMENTAL TYPOGRAPHY

Writing, lettering, and type treatments to compare and contrast

multiple masthead designs for fashion magazine

ANXIETY

11”x 17”

Fall 2006

Constructed lettering

Adobe Illustrator

UBER MAGAZINE MASTHEAD

8.5” x 11”

Fall 2006

Brush, pen and ink, Turner ƒ.

Fontographer, Adobe Illustrator

CONSTRUCTED LETTERING EXPERIMENTAL TYPOGRAPHY

An examination of the relationship of constructed type

and image

FLAT CATALOG PAGE SAMPLES

8” x 10”

Fall 1998

Type design—lettering

Magazine design; interior page spreads

Adobe InDesign, Photoshop

BORROWED TYPE EXPERIMENTAL TYPOGRAPHY

An examination of the relationship of constructed type

and image rendered to a 3-D package

ZHE_BIRCH SODA LOGOTYPE AND PACKAGE DESIGN

Fall 2006

Digital photography, collage, non-digital film collage,

Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

NUMERALS

20”x 30”

Fall 2006

Typeface (Sovada ƒ) Poster design and typeface

(numerals only 0-9)

Font Lab, Adobe InDesign

MODULAR TYPOGRAPHY

11” x 17”

Fall 2006

Typeface (Glen Burnie ƒ) and poster design

Font Lab, Adobe Illustrator

TURNER ƒ

Full character set; regular, oblique

Circa 1996, 2002

Fontographer, Font Lab

TURNER ƒ

Extended character set, paragraph sample, side

bearing, and kerning pairs.

2002

Fontographer, Font Lab, Adobe Illustrator

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HIGH CONTRAST HIERARCHY STUDIES

8” x 8” (1-3)

Fall 2006

A series of typographic sketches used as educational

examples in the manipulation of typographic hierarchy.

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

HIGH CONTRAST HIERARCHY STUDIES

8” x 8” (4, 5)

Fall 2006

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Maryland Institute College of Art MFA studio book

project GRAPHIC DESIGN: THE NEW BASICS, edited by

Ellen Lupton.

TYPE SPECIMEN :: A

11” x 17”

2009

LEFT: SOLINN

RIGHT: PEPA STICK (digitized ink)

Fontographer

TYPE SPECIMEN :: B

11” x 17”

2009

LEFT: SWANNY

RIGHT: ETCHING CAPS

Fontographer

TYPE SPECIMEN :: C

11” x 17”

2009

LEFT: TRACTION OVERHEAD-REG

RIGHT: TRACTION OVERHEAD-LIGHT

Fontographer

TYPE SPECIMEN :: D

11” x 17”

2009

LEFT: GLEN BURNIE

RIGHT: BANK BULBS, FAST BANK

Font Lab, Fontographer

TYPE SPECIMEN :: E

11” x 17”

2014

LEFT: BODEGA ƒ.

RIGHT: BRUNTSFIELD LINKS ƒ.

iFontMaker iPad app

TYPE SPECIMEN :: F

11” x 17”

2014

LEFT: BARRIO ƒ.

RIGHT: STOCKBRIDGE ƒ.

iFontMaker iPad app

TYPOGRAPHIC SPECIMEN SHEET

1994-2006

Fontographer, Font Lab, Adobe Illustrator

Digital typeface and font design

Pepa Stick

Swanny

Vinyl

Sólinn

Bank Bulbs, Fast Bank

Etching CAPS

Traction Overhead_Light

Traction Overhead_Normal

Glen Burnie

Sovada (numerals Only)

SUBTLE CONTRAST HIERARCHY STUDIES

12” x 12”

Fall 2006

Illustrator, InDesign

A series of typographic sketches used as educational

examples in the manipulation of typographic hierarchy

adding elements of layering and grid.

SUBTLE CONTRAST HIERARCHY STUDIES

12” x 12”

Fall 2006

Illustrator, InDesign

Maryland Institute College of Art MFA studio book

project GRAPHIC DESIGN: THE NEW BASICS, edited by

Ellen Lupton.

RETAIL SIGNAGE + MARKETING COLLATERAL

BOB’S JAVA HUT | Signage

2004

Applied logo and exterior building graphics;

redesigned interior to allow a cleaner

and tighter space.

Incorporated building tenants identities into exterior

signage, to apply a cohesive building system.

Designed advertising and marketing material for City

Pages, and the Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly

BEYOND THE COMPASS BEYOND THE SQUARE

Event Graphics

Banner

14’ x 19’

2008

BYERLY’S | Signage

LUND FOOD HOLDINGS

Design Office: Bamboo, Minneapolis

Pin style lettering

2001

Designed Byerly’s Minnesota Grille logo, Applied logo

as restaurant signage

BYERLY’S | Menu Design

Design Office: Bamboo, Minneapolis

2001

Designed breakfast and dinner menu for Byerly’s

Minnesota Grille.

Menu design was intended to reference a city

newspaper, with captions and headlines to historically

document each store, and when it opened.

Menu page spreads. Front and back cover, pages 2-7

HISTORIC LEITHAUSER LOFTS CONDOMINIUMS

Signage

Michlitsch Builders, Inc.

Site Sign: 4’X 6’ 2(x)

2005

Designed large format marketing and informational

signage and City of St. Paul development sign

EUROPINE IMPORTS

Exterior Signage

2004

Store signage, consisting of back-lit dimensional boxes,

as well as vinyl graphics of service categories

Marketing Collateral

2004–2006

Seasonal marketing postcards, distributed from mailing

list and customer inquiries 2006 Minneapolis St Paul

Magazine, March Home and Garden, 1/2 Vert. Ad Space

CR(EAT)E CATERS | Signage

2007

Established logo and identity system for Cr(eat)e

Catering and the Dining Studio for Chef Philip Dorwart

Signage sketch, Side by side banner graphics.

Cr(eat)e, The Dining Studio logo; Cr(eat)e caters logo

CR(EAT)E CATERS | Propaganda

6” x 8” (8” x 24” flat)

Panoramic — Triple Deluxe, gate fold (tri-panel)

capabilities brochure

2012

Created marketing propaganda for Cr(eat)e Catering

and the Dining Studio, Craft Cocktails and beverage

program, and Gemini Farm. Brochure includes catering

services, catering menus, and food and cocktail

recipes.

BALTIMORE URBAN FOREST | Banner

3’ x 17’

2007

Banner proposal, submission, sponsorship,

and installation

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WORLD BANK AWARDS CEREMONY

Banner Graphics and Book

Design Office: CKS—Washington D.C.

1997

Designed event graphics, banners and a catalogue

for WB International Awards Ceremony

DIMENSIONAL TYPOGRAPHY

Proposal / Study

2006

Dimensional type study examining quantitative

information graphic application to three-dimensional

structure reinforcing its content.

BOOK + PUBLICATION DESIGN

THE FLAMINGO’S SOCKS:

HORACIO QUIROGA’S FABLE

Publication Design

5.5” x 8.5”

2008

Work created for visiting artists Steven Farrell, project

involved grafting a fable with a non-related knowledge

domain, recreating a secondary narrative structure

where the narrative arch, and domain are both visible.

GRAPHIC EXPRESSION OF INTERNMENT

Book Design

13” x 11”

Spring 2008

MFA Thesis Publication incorporating photo albums

from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,

Washington D.C.

ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA

Book Design

8.5” x 11”

2007

RESEARCH PUBLICATION

TYPE + CODE: PROCESSING FOR DESIGNERS

Book Design

8.5” x 8.5”

© 2009

Managing editor, book design

ARTISTS SPACE BOOK

Book Design

8.5” x 11”

1998

Book design; interior page spreads

INDIE PUBLISHING: Exhibit ion Catalogs

Book Design

7” x 8.5”

Princeton Architectural Press, 2008

Instructional tutorial and case study

NO NEGATIVE

Book Design

9” x 7” Landscape

2007

Black and white Polaroid Land Camera

BOOKS LIE : THE NONSEQUENTIAL POWER:

THE DIS-ORDER OF PAGES

Book Design

9” x 6” Portrait

2008

This book is in continuous development — examining

the restructuring of personal sketchbook pages. The

book restructures sketches and pages combined over

several page spreads.

Working title:LETS ALL DRIVE REALLY FAST AND KILL EACH OTHER

Book Cover

9” x 6” Portrait

2010

Two proposed book cover options and future

publication of collected short storie(s) by Jerome

Page Tobias. The book remains in the initial stage of

development.

WORLD BANK

Publication Design

DESIGN OFFICE: CKS—Washington D.C.

1997

Call for submissions; Award ceremony event graphics

YOUTH FARM

Publication Design

14” x 8.5” Tri-fold legal size

2002-2003

Newsletter design direction

BEYOND THE COMPASS BEYOND THE SQUARE

Publication Design

Exhibition Catalog

5.5”x 8.5”

2008

SAFETY FIRST: EPHEMERA COLLECTION

Research + Publication Design

10” x 10”

2006

Ephemeral research and publishing project proposed

by MICA GD:MFA visiting artist Abbott Miller. The entire

collection of first aid and red cross imagery is from my

personal archives.

VIOLET JO: A DIVINE SPARK

Book + Publication Design

10” x 10”

2011

Featuring photographs by Daniel Peet; published for

the Blurb Photo Book Now book design competition.

I AM NOT FAMOUS: AND I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER YOU

Book + Publication Design

5.5” x 8.5” (closed); 11” x 17” (open)

16 Pages

Open Book Workshop

2012

I Am Not Famous examines an alternative to a sixteen

page book signature. Each eight-page signature,

printed front and verso, was stitched into two gutters of

the cover; with a significant interior tab. The work and

turn pages were left un-trimmed, generating essentially

four 11” x 17” interior posters. The page typography is

turned upside down, and pagination is left broken.

The book uses personal journal text and photography

originated at Gemini Farm.

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DESIGN EDUCATION

STUDENT PROJECT:

We Make Adventures With What’s Called Choice

Publication Design

Fall 2011

UW–Stout

Publication created by the Fall 2011 Publications Design class.

Students: Jennifer Hackett, Timothy Hirschey, Susan Lepro, Hailee

Mierow, Ashley Moncrief, Leah Monson, Mackenzie Owens, Micayla

Sipe, Caitlin Teague, Daniel Thiede, Lou Vang.

This collaborative book was created by a Publication

Design class at UW–Stout. The predominate theme

of the book is a collected data set. The content

is collected through a Q & A format. The group

determined a series of fifteen questions based on

general categories of interest. A sixteenth question,

based on Occupy Wallstreet and The Other 99%, was

uniformly asked through social media sites.

STUDENT PROJECT:

Aesthetically Fly — Digital Typeface Design

Digital Typeface Design – Exhibition Catalog

WinTerm 2012

Publication created to archive student exhibition Aesthetically Fly:

Digital Typeface Design Workshop.

Students: Alexa Wellock, Leah VanWettering, Sean Rueter, Jay Miles,

Katherine Forslund, Katy Verbrugge, Samantha Abramczyk, Allison

Crosbie, Shanna Knueppel, Sara Koller, Nate Mallow, Daniel Thiede,

Mitchell Pantzke, Melissa Pfingsten, Mikala Dale.

This studio workshop explores various aspects

of font design and development for creative and

expressive ends. Studio will emphasize a conceptual

approach to the design of modular typefaces, from

an ideation process rooted in hand-lettering to digital

development using fontstruct, a web-based font

creation application.

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES COMMITTEE

ISC International Expo Exhibition Poster

13” x 19”

2012

HAWK 2013-14 Poster Design

13” x 19”

2013

HAWK 2014-15 Poster Design

13” x 19”

2014

Poster(s) created to invite students to submit work(s)

in application for international studies experience in

Germany

International Studies Committee Seal

2012

Designed School of Art and Design International

Studies Committee seal to be used for departmental

and school collateral produced by the committee

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: DESIGN SPRINTS

Workshop

2014

Created three day student workshop to examine and

practice the sprinting methodology used for design

ideation. The three day workshop has students produce

quick thematic, conceptual, and object based drawings

to use in further explorations in the visual development

of collaborative content. Students are required to use a

limited time frame to encourage diversity and creative

exploration.

DESIGN CULTURE NOW

Poster Design Samples

18” x 24”

2012-2014

Sample poster designs used to present typographic

principles of layout, hierarchy, balance and a grid

system. The posters must be type dominant and utilize

the content to inform and direct the visual design.

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