William Dunlop Lecture Series Spring 2026: Martin Venezky
event promo/poster
ar poster/animation
Creative scholarship
Analog to digital
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2027—GOLD Winner in the Graphis 2027 poster awards competition︎︎︎ International.
2026—Winner. Professional, Digital Media Award. Graphex #57. Tulsa’s national annual design awards and exhibition hosted by Art Directors Club of Tulsa.
2026—Part of Artifact [BOLD]. A biennial international juried exhibition. Hosted by High Point University’s Sechrest Art Gallery and the Department of Studio Art and Graphic Design.
Font in use ::: News Gothic / AR for Artivive ::: Riva Nayaju.
Instagram Reel.
On display at Artifact [BOLD] Bianial.
This poster was designed to announce the inaugural William Dunlop Lecture Series at Auburn University, honoring the lasting influence of emeritus professor Bill Dunlop while introducing a platform for critical, contemporary design discourse. The goal was to create a graphic treatment that acknowledges academic tradition yet feels experimental and forward‑looking—mirroring both the spirit of the series and the work of the invited speaker, Martin Venezky. The poster needed to function as a clear event announcement while signaling that this lecture series is a space for inquiry and expanded thinking in graphic design.
Generative Care at the Florence Mound: New Practices for Land-Based Relations. Workshop & Symposium. Poster + Postcard/Leave-behind
event promo
Creative scholarship
Poster printed on archival cold-press textured paper.
Front + Back 5”×7” Postcard/Leave-behind. Printed on textured matte cardstock paper.
Fonts in use ::: Mr. Eaves + Univers.
Collaboration with Assistant Professors Sarah Coleman + Isaac Cohen. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. Auburn University.
Poster and postcard design for a symposium and workshop exploring what it means to care for the Florence Mound in Alabama. Due to the site’s cultural and spiritual significance, photography was restricted to official event promotion. To create an engaging and respectful image, I proposed an assemblage approach—using handcrafted organic textures and layering authorized historical and contemporary imagery—to evoke a sense of land and ancestry without revealing the full site. This strategy explored rising forms, subtle stacking, and tonal gradients to suggest upward movement and ongoingness, aligning with the project’s goal of fostering creative approaches to stewardship rooted in respect and sensitivity to sacred lands. See the event article︎︎︎.
Finalized composition + Scanning prep.
Poster and postcard design for a symposium and workshop exploring what it means to care for the Florence Mound in Alabama. Due to the site’s cultural and spiritual significance, photography was restricted to official event promotion. To create an engaging and respectful image, I proposed an assemblage approach—using handcrafted organic textures and layering authorized historical and contemporary imagery—to evoke a sense of land and ancestry without revealing the full site. This strategy explored rising forms, subtle stacking, and tonal gradients to suggest upward movement and ongoingness, aligning with the project’s goal of fostering creative approaches to stewardship rooted in respect and sensitivity to sacred lands. Finalized composition + Scanning prep.
Auburn University | Photo Communications Summer 2025 Course Poster
Creative scholarship
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2026—Honorable Mention in the Graphis 2026 poster awards competition︎︎︎ International.
The poster was assembled using analog processes, combining gelli plate/spray paint textures, typography from found printed materials, and abstract photography of light and shadow. Its layered composition captures the spontaneity of tactile methods, reflecting the course’s exploration of experimental image-making through chance operations and purposeful play.
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A photocopier was used to manipulate the course information, adding unique distortion and texture to each letterform, while embracing the beauty that emerges when inexactness becomes a design tool. These techniques reinforce the course’s philosophy of using experimentation to expand creative thinking beyond the computer while employing the camera as an exploratory tool to discover unexpected results.
Fonts in use ::: Univers (course information).
A photocopier was used to manipulate the course information, adding unique distortion and texture to each letterform, while embracing the beauty that emerges when inexactness becomes a design tool. These techniques reinforce the course’s philosophy of using experimentation to expand creative thinking beyond the computer while employing the camera as an exploratory tool to discover unexpected results.
Fonts in use ::: Univers (course information).
Kaleidoscope : Auburn Design Show
Event branding
Motion Design
collaboration/Creative scholarship
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2025—Professional-Honorable Mention. Graphex #56 (Art Directors Club of Tulsa).
2025—Poster selected for the Bienal de Diseño y Cartel Bolivia BICeBé︎︎︎. Category: E-Motion Design Poster. International.
2024—International Design Awards IDA︎︎︎. Bronze in Advertising/Promotion /Collateral Material.
2024—Winner. 61st Anniversary Graphic Design USA︎︎︎ Inhouse Design Awards. National.
The Greek origins of the word Kaleidoscope—"kalos" (beautiful), "eidos" (form), and "scope" (to look or examine)—allowed us to experiment and inspire a dynamic visual language for the inaugural Auburn student design show.
The bright green and plus glyph are at the heart of the identity. The "kalos-green" embodies the learning journey of our student’s creative energy, growth, and innovation. The plus is a staple mark of our school. To amplify its role and conceptual connection to the show, the plus dynamically extrudes and moves in various directions, much like the continuous form transformations when looking through a kaleidoscope—echoing the creative process, where ideas evolve and expand in multiple dimensions. The kinetic plus resembles the fluid nature of design, where each perspective offers new and intriguing patterns, leading to unexpected and beautiful outcomes.
Font in use ::: Davis Sans.
Kalos green ::: Pantone 389C (Lee Clark).
main Promo video
In Spring 2024 I teamed with 3 graphic design professors and 2 industrial design professors to help organize and design the identity for the first school-wide design show. This event featured new designs from the Spring semester at all levels of the graphic and industrial design programs. All the studios in Wallace Hall were transformed into exhibition spaces. In each studio, all professors, support staff, and students worked together to arrange the best student artwork, ensuring that the venue was filled with creativity and professionalism.
Creative/Art direction: Mario F. Bocanegra Martinez.
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Event program and lanyard design: Courtney Windham, GDes.
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Web design: Devon Ward, GDes.
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Sticker design/Color system: Lee Clark, GDes.
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Wayfinding design: Jerrod Windham, InDust.
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Award design: Zach Kohrman, InDust.
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Event program and lanyard design: Courtney Windham, GDes.
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Web design: Devon Ward, GDes.
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Sticker design/Color system: Lee Clark, GDes.
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Wayfinding design: Jerrod Windham, InDust.
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Award design: Zach Kohrman, InDust.
Barneveld Congregational
Logo design
Freelance
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2026—Honorable Mention in the Graphis 2026 design awards competition︎︎︎— International.
2025—Creative Quarterly 79 Runner-up. International.
The new logo of Barneveld Congregational is a harmonious combination of Christian symbols and visual storytelling designed to deeply connect with believers in Jesus Christ.
The logo consists of two quotation marks facing each other, forming a cross, a cup, and a mountain peak at their intersection. This imagery is a reminder of unity, faith, and the enduring power of shared beliefs. The use of quotation marks is a tribute to the written word of God. At the bottom of the cross, the cup represents Jesus' acceptance of God's divine will and selfless sacrifice. At the bottom of the cup, a majestic mountain peak reaching the blue heavens inspires a sense of serenity, tranquility, and divine presence.
Church based in Barneveld, Wisconsin.
Wordmark ::: Univers LT Std 57 Condensed.