A few floors above Lucky Risograph are Dani and Valeriia mentoring with Hua Chen and Derek Kochat at TEAM design studio. Both Dani and Valeriia are super interested in product design and have been hard at work brainstorming and designing their own concepts. Let’s see what they have come up with!
Valeriia, hoping to get into brand design in the future, came up with Astra Beauty, stemming from her interest in cosmetics and skincare. She wanted her designs to be elegant and delicate, and has been playing around with fonts to enhance the style of her logo. Valeriia has also done mock ups of how her designs will translate onto the final product.
Dani is working on promotional tour material and merchandise for the K-pop group TxT. Along with Valeriia, Dani has also been pondering about the font details to better suit her tour theme. Dani has taken inspiration from other graphic designers that she has seen online and TxT’s newest album cover. Dani has enjoyed her time with TEAM because she likes having the creative freedom to work on a project that inspires her outside of the classroom. She feels that her mentors give advice that allow her to think outside of the box in terms of her designs.
Through their mentorship with TEAM, both Dani and Valeriia expressed their development in graphic design skills. They learned how images, words, and colors can affect each other, and the usage of TEAM’s space has allowed for the two mentees to create amazing visuals and we are so excited to see their finished products at the Art Ready Exhibition this May!