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Cicek wine label system

2007.

design notes

Drawing inspiration from a badly designed, then redesigned, flier, I designed a series of labels and tasting materials for a fictional Turkish winery. "Cicek" means flower in Turkish and is the source of the logo design.

Cicek

redesign

2007.

design notes

The classic Napoleon poster (by...) redesigned in the style of Stefan Sagmeister.

The Mermaid

The Mermaid & the Barmaid

three color reduction woodcut, 2007.

design notes

Part one of the summer diptych. This work was inspired by 18th century figureheads.

The BarmaidThe Mermaid

Odalisque

woodcut, 2005.

design notes

A reclining (headless) nude.

Odalisque

Lilly 2

three-color reduction woodblock print, 2004.

design notes

So named because she's the sequel to Lilly 1.

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Lilly 2

Lilly 1

three-color reduction woodblock print, 2003.

design notes

First woodcut print ever, spawned by a strange fascination with the cards produced for sideshow entertainers.

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Lilly 1

Rupert

zinc intaglio, 2003.

design notes

A loving portrait of Charles Tipp.

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Rupert

About Me

About me

I'm a graduate student of graphic design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California. I make reductive woodblock prints, handcode XHTML and CSS, and use the Adobe Creative Suite.
Contact me at melissa nilsson at gmail dot com

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