Display Booth at Ocad 100th Gradex
For my design thesis, I chose to put the skills I learnt at the Ontario College of Art & Design to use, by designing movie props, Also known as "Graphic Design for Film"
The adaptation I chose to base my thesis on is the novel/film "Valley of the Dolls" written by Jaqueline Susanne in 1962, and was later made into a film starring Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate and Patty Duke.
Dividing the project into 4 parts: Brand Development, Poster Design, Package Design and Newspaper Editorial, each design was chosen from major significances mentioned in the novel Valley of the Dolls.
Brand Development- Designed logos for companies that were mentioned in the story. Law Firm, makeup company, a Fine dining resteraunt and a night club.
Left: Brand for law firm, Bellamy & Bellow
Right: Application of the Brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Left: Revolutionary brand for law firm, Bellamy, Bellow & Burke
Right: Application of the brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Right: Application of the brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Left: Brand for Makeup Company, Gillian Cosmetics
Right: Applications of the Brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Right: Applications of the Brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Left: Brand for fine dining resteraunt, Twenty-one (21)
Right: Application of the Brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Right: Application of the Brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Left: Brand for nightclub, El Morocco
Right: Application of the Brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Right: Application of the Brand placed in the 1967 adaptation "Valley of the Dolls"
Poster Design- Three different styles of poster making;
Broadway, Movie and Magzine
Original Size poster for Broadway Musical "Hit the Sky" starring Helen Lawson.
Left: Smaller size of poster
Right: Applications of the poster placed in screenshots of adaptation Valley of the Dolls.
Original Poster for French Art film "La Jolla" starring Jennifer North.
Left: Smaller size of poster
Right: Applications of the poster placed in screenshots of adaptation Valley of the Dolls.
Right: Applications of the poster placed in screenshots of adaptation Valley of the Dolls.
Above: Original Magazine Ad for Gillian Cosmetic product, featuring Anne Welles as the covergirl.
Left: smaller size of Magazine Ad
Right: Application of ad in Valley of the Dolls film
Package Design - The two packaging designs of artifacts that played a major role in the storyline: Pills also known as "Dolls" and Makeup from Brand Gillian Cosmetics.
"The Dolls" Pill Package
Gillian Cosmetic Makeup Packaging
Editorial Design
These Newspaper editorials were designed as a prop newspaper. Aside from the screenshot articles, every article on each page is an original article from Variety Newspapers between 1945-1963.
These Newspaper editorials were designed as a prop newspaper. Aside from the screenshot articles, every article on each page is an original article from Variety Newspapers between 1945-1963.
Above: Front page, year 1945.
Above: Editorial #2, year 1953.
Above: Editorial #3, year 1960
Above: Editorial #4 year 1962.
