Internship Blog Post 7

Posted by on May 10, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

During my time interning for the fortune Society, my skills and knowledge in graphic design was tested. It was a challenge  going from working on home projects to working in a professional environment alongside co-workers, supervisors and short deadlines. Although my time as a intern was brief, I was able to gain insight and learn […]

Post 6

Posted by on May 3, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

During my time in the Fortune Society, there was a large magazine project that required the participation of the entire development team  in the fortune society. The project was called “The Fortune Newsletter” which was released every half a year. For this project, My job was to design a crossword puzzle as a part of […]

Post 5 Cooper Hewitt Museum

Posted by on Apr 19, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

On Monday 13th , I visted the Cooper Hewitt Museum for my Communication internship trip. The Cooper Hewitt Museum is a facility that houses designs of various mediums from posters, textiles and furniture to art installations and preliminary sketches. One very unique trait about the Cooper Hewitt Museum is a interactive pen that is given […]

Post 4

Posted by on Apr 12, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Fortune Society has a strong community driven work environment and heavily promotes values such as teamwork. There are many inhouse social events that happen on a weekly basis to promote such values. Every Friday, there is a social gathering at the dining area in the afternoon. Fortune Society staff members, volunteers and clients would get together, […]

Post 3

Posted by on Apr 12, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

My role in the Fortune Society internship is as a graphic designer intern. During my time there , I create brochures and flyers for events, notice forms and other various documents. On certain occasions, I help out with photography during special events. I have two supervisors, one is Jeffrey Jones who is the head graphic […]

Internship Blog Post 2

Posted by on Apr 12, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

  At the current moment, I am working as a graphic design intern for a nonprofit organization called The Fortune Society, located in Long Island City, Queens. The organization’s goal is dedicated to helping people that have been previously incarcerated or in danger of being so. Fortune Society provides its clients with a variety of tools to help them get […]

Internship Blog Post 1 (LITTLE NEMO meets CAROUSEL)

Posted by on Apr 6, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Society of Illustrators (LITTLE NEMO meets CAROUSEL) On March 14th, I attended an lecture in the Society of Illustrators called “Little Nemo meets CAROUSEL”. The lecture was dedicated to Winsor McCay’s contributions to comics and animation. The majority of the event took place in the lobby floor of the Society of Illustrators.  The room was filled […]