Christopher Leo Garcia Abueg Design Portfolio 2008

14. Letters from Young Activists Website

Category: Web
Role: Web Designer
Client: Dan Berger, Chesa Boudin, and Kenyon Farrow, editors

Website for promoting the national tour and publication of the book Letters from Young Activists, now in it's fourth printing. Visitors can find upcoming events, download newly published letters, and contact related progressive organizations.

Detail of Letters from Young Activists website logo

13. Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art Exhibition

Category: Exhibition
Role: Exhibition Graphic Designer

Graphics for Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art, an exhibition of recent artwork from artists who work both in the Caribbean and abroad, presented at the Brooklyn Museum of Art

View of entrance to Infinite Island exhibition

View of stairs connecting Infinite Island exhibition galleries from the lower floor

(Previous) View of stairs connecting Infinite Island exhibition galleries from the upper floor

12. I Me Wed: Rooftop Confessions

Category: ID
Role: Graphic Designer

Designed collateral material, including booklet, website, and CD packaging forI Me Wed: Rooftop Confessions, a national tour by spoken-word artist I Am My Mother's Daughter

A spread in I Me Wed booklet

A spread in I Me Wed booklet

A spread in I Me Wed booklet

Poster in centerfold of I Me Wed:Rooftop Confessions booklet

11. Zackary Drucker

Category: Web
Client: Zackary Drucker, artist
Role: Web Designer

Online portfolio for Zackary Drucker, a professional artist based in Los Angeles, that combines the fluid interface of Flash actionscript to showcase the artist's work and dynamically loaded content for convenient updating.

The homepage showcases a recent piece from Zackary Drucker's portfolio that is randomly chosen at each visit.

The work is viewed with a customized Flash component, chosen for it's seamless navigation and use of dynamically-loaded images for easy updating.

The client can update content by uploading plain text files that are dynamically-loaded into the website.

10. The Shondes Website

Category: Web
Role: Web designer and programmer
Client:The Shondes, band

Website for The Shondes, a rock quartet based in Brooklyn, New York, to promote two national tours, and a CD release. Visitors can preview tracks, read reviews, and find upcoming events. Website design developed from digital scans of drawings, posters, and signs created by the band for their stage performances.

Detail of splash page of The Shondes website

Homepage of the Shondes website

Detail of The Shondes website header and navigation bar

9. Kindred Spirits Exhibition

Category: Exhibition
Role: Exhibition Graphic Designer
Location:The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2007

Exhibition graphics for Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape, a monographic retrospective of the influential pioneer of American landscape painting.

View of Kindred Spirits exhibition entrance

Detail of doors in Kindred Spiritsexhibition entrance

View of main gallery of Kindred Spirits exhibition

View of section showcasing studio sketches by Asher B. Durand with mural of his studio

8. Utagawa Exhibition

Category: Exhibition
Role: Exhibition Graphic Designer
Location:The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2008

Exhibition graphics for Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900, an exhibition of prints illustrating the development of subject matter and technique by the Utagawa School in Japan

View of entrance to the Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900 exhibition

View of exhibition gallery with introductory didactic and diagram of Utagawa lineage

View of gallery with Utagawa exhibition didactics

7. XXXY Series

Category: Studio
Exhibited:Nest, Staff Art Show, The Brooklyn Museum Art, 2007;
Meiosis, Senior Thesis, The Cooper Union Laub Gallery, 2004
Series: XXXY

Pieces from the XXXY Series, recent work that recreates microscopic images of the human body and processes in reimagined scales and narratives.

Nest(x10,000 magnification), 2007. Body hair, bullet-resistant Plexiglas, wool felt, and steel fasteners, 60 x 40in.

(Previous) Detail of Nest(x10,000 magnification)

Meiosis(x2,000 magnification), 2004. Body hair, installed on gallery floor, 68 x 68in.

Detail of Meiosis(x2,000 magnification), 2004. Body hair, installed on gallery floor, 68 x 68in.

6. GAPIMNY Multilingual Outreach Project

Category: Print
Role: Graphic Designer
Client:Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men Of New York (GAPIMNY), Group

Designed marketing material for a GAPIMNY outreach project distributed in Chinese and Korean communities. The multilingual posters and postcards, featuring prominent LGBTQ activists of New York, sought to bring more awareness to their organization's work, as well to issues that LGBTQ members face in their communities.

GAPIMNY multilingual outreach posters and postcards

Detail of GAPIMNY postcard

Both sides of GAPIMNY postcards

5. Brooklyn Museum Collateral Material

Category: Print
Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: The Brooklyn Museum of Art

Produced collateral material for a range of programs and events for The Brooklyn Museum of Art including summer camp, internships, and adult education. Selected work also include photography, and signage developed from the museum's brand identity guidelines.

Photograph of The Brooklyn Museum of Art during First Saturdays a day of free admission, programs, and concerts.

Media invitation, member invitation, and poster for the Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand Exhibition

Photographs for the Brooklyn Museum of Art website of museum facilities and nearby landmarks

4. Brooklyn Museum Special Event Material

Category: Print
Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: The Brooklyn Museum of Art

Special event material for The Brooklyn Museum of Art, including the 2008 Brooklyn Ball, 2007 Women in the Arts Award, and The Brooklyn Museum's 2007 Holiday card.

Program for the Brooklyn Ball 2008, Brooklyn Museum's annual fundraising gala, that featured a Kanye West Concert and Louis Vuitton Auction

Front cover of The 2007 Brooklyn Museum Holiday Card

Poster for the Brooklyn Museum Education Internship Program.

3. Be Textiles Brochure

Category: Print
Client:Be Textiles
Role: Graphic Designer

Trade presentation brochure for Be, an organic textiles company, presenting it's spring line for Whole Foods

Inside spread of the Be Textiles brochure

2. Dance.Cipher Identity

Category: ID
Client: Blatant Promo
Role: Graphic Designer

Brand identity for Blatant Promo's Dance.Cipher, a monthly fundraising event featuring live music, and performances, developed for business cards, flyers, invitations, and posters.

Poster and business card for Dance.Cipher

(Previous)Detail of business card for Dance.Cipher organizers