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Brittany Phillips Design, Fayetteville, AR; www.brittanyphillipsdesign.com

Brittany Phillips is a multidisciplinary graphic designer living in Northwest Arkansas. “From a project standpoint, I try to stay versatile because a diverse client and project list helps keep creativity fresh,” she says. “I believe each client deserves dependability and honesty, as well as a commitment to finding solutions in unexpected places. For me, creativity, consistency and often simple solutions make good design”

ENTRY TITLE: The Department of Art @ The University of Arkansas: Brand Identity

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Art Department at The University of Arkansas is a vibrant program, committed to art in the community, the state and beyond. I worked with the department to design an identity that would establish them as a leader in educating artists and promote the department’s best characteristics to potential students in the national community. The identity is made up of two components: the type and the mark. These components and other brand visual language elements work together to express the characteristics of the department: diverse, approachable, innovative and nurturing. The department will use this identity system to promote department events.

CLIENT: The Department of Art at The University of Arkansas

ENTRY TITLE: Carter Sampson: CD and Promotional Materials PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Carter Sampson’s music can be described as gritty, soulful and tough. Her alternative country with some folk infused sound and her tales of life and love in the south make her music something you can tell she cares deeply about. I was delighted to design her new album Mockingbird Sing. Sketch-quality illustrations paired with hand-drawn type and a natural, but vibrant color palette fit Carter and her music. The bird illustrations and type transition beautifully to promotional materials like a tote bag, t-shirt and buttons for her to sell on tour.

CLIENT: Carter Sampson

ENTRY TITLE: Bordinos Restaurant and Wine Bar Promotion

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
It is a joy to consistently do such fun work for Bordinos Restaurant & Wine Bar. This is a series of illustrations and type treatments used throughout the year on the front windows, banners, check inserts, posters and other applications to promote all the fun (and yummy) things they are up to.

CLIENT: Bordinos Restaurant & Wine Bar

ENTRY TITLE: The Dickson: Brand Identity

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Vantage Point Communications hired me to design the identity for a prominent multi-use high rise in Fayetteville, AK, which was being renamed The Dickson. It is nine floors of pure luxury. And since the floors are divided into residences, a hotel and a lounge, the identity needed to be distinguishable by entity, but also hold together as one. The nine bars create the letter D and each bar represents a level in the building. The 9th level is slotted for a sky lounge, the 3rd for the hotel and the residences are on the remaining levels—each color coded using a vibrant palette.

CREATIVE TEAM: Brittany Phillips Design for Vantage Point Communications

CLIENTS: The Dickson, Vantage Point Communications

ENTRY TITLE: Project Feed Local 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
DDP Gallery presented Project Local Feed around Thanksgiving 2010. The gallery owner asked 50 different artists to create a piece using a paper grocery bag as a canvas. This collage I made from the labels of canned food and they make up Anne Frank’s poignant quote, “No one has ever become poor from giving.”