OSEPH LLEN AKKEN

The poster was designed for Southwest Minnesota State Universities annual Winter Meltdown week, an event much similar to homecoming but during the winter months.

This poster was created for the theatre department’s first big production during its 2010-2011 season.

Designed for the theater departments second big production during its 2010-2011 season.

Designed for the theater departments final big production of its 2010-2011 season.

Created for the annul showcase of the Southwest Minnesota State University Forensic team, a competitive college level speech team.

The “Joe’s Sport Fishing Lodge” Ad Series was created for the “Graphic Design Studio: In Design” course at Southwest Minnesota State University. The goal for the assignment was to create a series of advertisements that were different in appearance but similar in content.

This design was created for the “Graphic Design Studio: In Design” course at Southwest Minnesota State University. For this project, we were to re-design a popular magazine cover and layout. The content included was generated from scratch and not copied from an issue of Entertainment Weekly. The actual magazine was only used for reference.

EXAM is a product that was created for the course “Persuasion” at Southwest Minnesota State University. The goal for the project was to create a product and produce a Marketing plan to sell it. This is the design part of that project.

The Women’s History Month poster was designed for the Women’s club on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University to promote the movie “Conviction.”

The World Game Day poster was designed for an event sponsored by the International Student Organization and the Soccer Club at Southwest Minnesota State University.

This poster was designed for the Southwest Minnesota State Universities Men’s Glee Club and Bella Voce Concert.

This brochure was designed for Chi Alpha, a Christian ministry on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University.

Both annual reports were designed for the “Graphic Design Studio: In Design” course at Southwest Minnesota State University. The goal for this project was to produce and direct a project with another individual in the class. I designed and directed the Coca-Cola annual report, and produced the Banana Republic report.

FLAME is a made up company developed for a project in the course “Professional Selling“ at Southwest Minnesota State University. The goal for this project was to develop a com-pany that sells a particular product. My group was to then present the product to the professor idividually as if selling to a real client. This is the design part of that project.

This brochure was designed for the course “Typography” at Southwest Minnesota State University. For the project, we were given only the name of the Spa, and the information that is included.

This advertisement was designed for the Southwest Minnesota State University Theater Department promoting its 2011-2012 Friends of the Theatre membership.

This poster was designed for the “International Student Organization” promoting it’s annual food festival at Southwest Minnesota State University.

This poster was designed for the Global Studies Club on the Southwest Minnesota State University campus promoting its 2012 spring break trip.

This poster was designed for the SMSU Music Departments annual Christmas concert at the Schwan Community Center in Marshall, Minnesota.