Design portfolio projects from Olin College
Tell the Story of What You Make is a design class at Olin College taught by Professor Tim Sauder. I took it during my junior year, learning to communicate ideas through visual design. The class emphasized deliberate design, critique, and iteration. Here are some of my favorite projects from the semester.
A self-portrait made entirely of text using a single font. I used a curly, handwritten font to capture the shape of my hair and face.
Packaging design exercise: taking the elements of a full-sized granola bar wrapper and adapting them into a miniature version.
A playful logo for the fictional “Country Joe’s Pets,” incorporating pun-based design inspired by grocery store branding.
Inspired by designer Nicholas Felton, who tracked yearly life data, I created an infographic about my Thanksgiving break - tracking meals, activities, and even how many dogs I pet.
For my final, I designed a logo for Noodle Maps. After generating and iterating on multiple ideas, I settled on a bowl of noodles shaped like a world map.
Through this course, I learned how to approach design with intentionality and iteration, how to give and receive critique, and how to communicate complex ideas visually. These projects gave me a foundation for design work that I now bring into my technical and creative projects.