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We’ll have a full house for December’s creativ

We’ll have a full house for December’s creative session! Our own Sarah Sampson will be leading a creative workshop on handlettering. Cannot wait! If you are on the attendee list, please bring paper, pencil, and colored markers, if you have them.

“The battle lines of today’s debates over gun

“The battle lines of today’s debates over gun control, stand-your-ground laws, and other violence-related issues were drawn centuries ago by America’s early settlers.” Tufts Magazine, fall 2013. Photographer, Christopher Harting, hired a marksman to fire a bullet from a Walther PK380 handgun through the magazine cover and photographed the result.
Editor: David Brittan
Creative Direction: Margot Grisar
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The work that we create is inspired by the people we work with—the writers, editors, illustrators, photographers, and videographers. The stories that we read. The places we visit. The research that we conduct. And the people that the work impacts.
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When the editor from Engineering at Maryland magaz

When the editor from Engineering at Maryland magazine reached out to us to write, design, and produce an infographic to generate awareness of clear energy in Marylandwe were thrilled. Our strategic partner, Michelle Lansing, interviewed key stakeholders and boiled down dozens of pages of research into short digestible nuggets while we developed three visual directions for the piece, including the illustrative version selected for the final direction. BlindSalida from Mendola Artists made the final piece sing. We are honored to have this work in the fall issue that debuts the fresh and smart looking redesign by the magazine’s art director, @mattlaumann. Check it out at https://view.publitas.com/umdclarkschool/fall-2021-engineering-at-maryland-magazine/page/10-11
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Annual Turkey Trot. Smiling now. We’ll see if we

Annual Turkey Trot. Smiling now. We’ll see if we still are in 3.1 miles at 30 degrees. 🦃
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#atthestudio #happythanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! The 2communique team will be c

Happy Thanksgiving! The 2communique team will be chilling for the long weekend and will be back on Monday.
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#atthestudio #takingabreak #mascot #Poe

Our cover development process with Bowdoin include

Our cover development process with Bowdoin includes exploring multiple ideas for all of the feature stories and reviewing thumbnail sketches with the team at Bowdoin. During our first meeting for the fall 2021 issue we all felt that “The Women Before” was the strongest contender for the cover story. With archival imagery on the interior we explored alternate solutions inspired by the story, including still-life photography, portraiture, and a conceptual direction of a room with chairs. The conceptual direction resonated with everyone yet after more exploration of campus environments and discussion about how it might not read as intended we regrouped to rethink direction. As the Bowdoin team talked more about the story, reflecting on a moment of change in the history of Bowdoin and reviewing the story and archival imagery, an idea started to blossom. Having admired and followed Han Cao’s work for months, a vision of her work came to mind. Her beautiful embroidery adds depth and meaning to existing photography from simple cloud swirls to obscuring a subject’s face. After sharing her work with Bowdoin we collectively agreed that her work would be perfect. Bowdoin art director Melissa Wells assigned the commission and worked with Han to create the final piece. “There are some photos that I come across that I feel an immediate connection with, and this photo was one of them—to see her confidence and poise in the sea of men was so inspiring.”—Han Cao The final touch was to show the back of the cover for “Behind the Cover.” How perfect! Shout-out to the thoughtful and creative team at Bowdoin for their ongoing partnership.
Art Direction and Design: Melissa Wells
Editor: Matt O’Donnell
Design Consultant: 2communique #2communiquedesign #published #design #covers #magazinecovers #editorialdesign #alumnimagazine #alumnicommunications #publicationdesign #communicationdesign #archivalphotography

The Journey of a Storyteller. Laura Cole, writer,

The Journey of a Storyteller. Laura Cole, writer, editor, photographer, and storyteller, shares her experience of balancing work and life on the road in Airstream for the last 14 months, the world of higher education communications, and what lies ahead.

Color is a powerful way to visually translate voic

For the rebrand of Trinity Alliance we conducted m

For the rebrand of Trinity Alliance we conducted multiple focus groups to gain an understanding of how they are perceived internally and externally. We heard a consistent theme: Trinity is a mindset, community, and path forward—Trinity is there for you. Together we are Trinity.
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The launch of a digital publication, clean energy

SAVE THE DATE: November 19@ 12:00 EDT on Instagram

SAVE THE DATE: November 19@ 12:00 EDT on InstagramLive.
Laura Cole, writer, editor, photographer, and storyteller, chats with Creative Director, Kelly McMurray about leaving her home state of Florida to travel the country in an Airstream, balancing work and life on the road, and stepping into the world of consulting after being a staff editor at UCF.
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Forced Fun Friday with Jason Otero from Newburgh C

Forced Fun Friday with Jason Otero from Newburgh Creates was just plain fun! Shout-out to Jason and all that attended.
Next up on 12/3: Our very own @sarah.samps leading a creative session on hand lettering.
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We’re looking forward to this evening’s event

We’re looking forward to this evening’s event with Jason Otero from Newburgh Creates!

Inspired Series #2 The Summer 2013 issue of Tufts

Inspired Series #2
The Summer 2013 issue of Tufts Magazine was in final review when the Boston Marathon bombing happened. Editor, David Brittan, knew that the cover of the magazine needed to shift to celebrate the story of Bobbi Gibbs, the woman who dressed as a male to run the marathon in 1966 since females were not allowed to run. Inspired by a line in the story about Bobbi’s joy of running, we cropped this portrait by Kathleen Dooher, to focus on her hair moving in the wind. Creative Direction: Margot Grisar.
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The work that we create is inspired by the people we work with—the writers, editors, illustrators, photographers, and videographers. The stories that we read. The places we visit. The research that we conduct. And the people that the work impacts.
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#2communiquedesign #design #covers #magazinecovers #editorialdesign #alumnimagazine #alumnicommunications #publicationdesign #communicationdesign #published #editorialphotography

If you caught last week’s post, “Photography /

If you caught last week’s post, “Photography / Illustration,” you know how much we love collage illustration. And Israel Vargas is at the top of this list. He transformed a supplied portrait of the former Dean at Brown Medicine into a conceptual and engaging work of art.
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20 years after 911, members of the Brown Medicine

20 years after 911, members of the Brown Medicine community are still haunted by their experience. Illustrator Joey Vu captured the emotion and rawness that was so important to convey for this story.
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