Sheena Livingston is a graphic designer living and working in Brooklyn, New York.Tumblr (3.0; @designletsgo)http://sheenalivingston.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz27b5UbBK1qmkh27o7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz27b5UbBK1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz27b5UbBK1qmkh27o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz27b5UbBK1qmkh27o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Rebrand</strong></p> <p>EOA decided to expand its business and add new branches of service including interiors, surface design, branding and grow studio, an urban agriculture-focused design consultancy. It was an opportunity to introduce color to represent the five segments. A new typeface was chosen for the logo and the website was completely overhauled by the fantastic <a href="http://www.stevesunderland.com/" target="_blank">Sunderland Studio</a>. </p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/17252810651http://sheenalivingston.com/post/17252810651Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:30:00 -0500graphic design<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpe6oEabG1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpe6oEabG1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Email Newsletter</strong></p> <p>An e-Newsletter announcing the launch of <a href="http://www.eoarch.com/work/grow-studio" target="_blank">Grow Studio</a>, an urban agriculture-focused design consultancy by EOA/Elmslie Osler Architect.</p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/15735913386http://sheenalivingston.com/post/15735913386Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:56:48 -0500graphic design<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxm07tf80e1qmkh27o6_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxm07tf80e1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxm07tf80e1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Invitation and Save the Date</strong></p> <p>A postcard, notecard and envelope for a speaker event at the United Synagogue of Hoboken. I’ve been working with the Synagogue for over five years, designing collateral from posters and mailers to calendars and t-shirts. USH’s brand identity was designed by <a href="http://robkimmeldesign.com/" target="_blank">Rob Kimmel</a>. </p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/15645558669http://sheenalivingston.com/post/15645558669Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:02:00 -0500graphic design<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjxjehFpR1qmkh27o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Book</p> <p>Promotional book introducing the work of EOA / Elmslie Osler Architect. Images, type and floor plans were included for a comprehensive look at thirteen defining projects.</p> <p>83 pages, 9 x 7, softcover</p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/15583760106http://sheenalivingston.com/post/15583760106Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:09:13 -0500graphic design<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjx90Aac91qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Magazine Ad</strong></p> <p>A full-page ad for jewelry designer Mona Taner that ran in Hamptons Magazine. </p> <p>Brand Identity: <a href="http://www.hzdg.com/" target="_blank">HZDG</a><br/>Creative Director: Jennifer Higgins </p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/15583399442http://sheenalivingston.com/post/15583399442Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:03:00 -0500graphic design<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwd51nJFLI1qmkh27o5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwd51nJFLI1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwd51nJFLI1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><p class="p1"><strong>Identity</strong></p> <p class="p1">Bookkeeping Bookkeeping is a group of young women artists bookkeeping on the side. </p> <p class="p1">The main pattern is a stylized abacus that can also be like a sexy beaded curtain, ready to pull to the side. The other is an arrangement of pluses, minuses, division and equals symbols that becomes almost floral. These patterns are applied to the website, business cards and other digital and print collateral. </p></p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/14365491491http://sheenalivingston.com/post/14365491491Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:34:00 -0500graphic design<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4al5J6mx1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4al5J6mx1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4al5J6mx1qmkh27o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4al5J6mx1qmkh27o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4al5J6mx1qmkh27o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Book</strong></p> <p>Illustrated book about the quiet season of the local shrimping industry in Beaufort, S.C. I hung out around the docks for a while and gathered my impressions. The illustrations are pen, marker and watercolor. </p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/14142178536http://sheenalivingston.com/post/14142178536Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:55:00 -0500illustration<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw40io1Tf41qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw40io1Tf41qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw40io1Tf41qmkh27o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw40io1Tf41qmkh27o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw40io1Tf41qmkh27o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw40io1Tf41qmkh27o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw40io1Tf41qmkh27o9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Book</strong></p> <p>I wrote and illustrated this book as a gift to my nephew. The book is sort of a loose field guide to the wildlife in the area where he lives. See the full preview at <a href="http://www.blurb.com/books/2794088" target="_blank">Blurb</a>. </p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/14130659646http://sheenalivingston.com/post/14130659646Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:18:00 -0500illustration<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwmnvHCmA1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwmnvHCmA1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Surface</strong></p> <p>This bird pattern was water jet cut out of stainless steel for the facade of an Anthropologie store in Mississippi. Because of the constraints of the materials, they ended up patterning the bird a little differently than I originally intended - c’est la vie! But I think there’s still a nice shadow play that makes the facade appear more luminous. </p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/13935091556http://sheenalivingston.com/post/13935091556Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:35:55 -0500surface design<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqb5zmnKsh1qmkh27o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqb5zmnKsh1qmkh27o7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqb5zmnKsh1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqb5zmnKsh1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqb5zmnKsh1qmkh27o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqb5zmnKsh1qmkh27o8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>CD Packaging</strong></p> <p>A series of cd packaging designs for <a href="http://www.myspace.com/brownbirdrudyrelic" target="_blank">Brownbird Rudy Relic</a>, a modern blues musician. He’s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yvFjyKilqw" target="_blank">amazing</a>. </p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/9235844992http://sheenalivingston.com/post/9235844992Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:38:00 -0400graphic design<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_YW_c6sJ_Uk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Animated Music Video</strong></p> <p>This two minute music video is for the song “New York, New York” by country/blues music artist, Roletta Fynn. We wanted to include cats, a big part of Roletta’s identity, and the iconic Empire State Building, which Roletta loves. We envisioned the video as a moving collage and story-boarded from start to finish, with a scene from “Godzilla” being a key influence. Roletta navigates the concrete (flower) jungle riding her trusty steed, hitting some potholes along the way.</p> <p>To create the segment in which Roletta is riding a giant cat through a flower jungle and singing the chorus I recorded video of her straddling the back of a sofa and singing the song. I then grabbed still images from the footage and isolated Roletta from the background. I scrubbed the audio in After Effects in order to sync up the footage with her various mouth shapes.</p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/9173423406http://sheenalivingston.com/post/9173423406Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:47:00 -0400animation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4x8cCrJW1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4x8cCrJW1qmkh27o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4x8cCrJW1qmkh27o5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4x8cCrJW1qmkh27o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4x8cCrJW1qmkh27o7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4x8cCrJW1qmkh27o8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4x8cCrJW1qmkh27o9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4x8cCrJW1qmkh27o10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Exhibition</strong></p> <p>The firm that I work for, EOA/Elmslie Osler Architect, was invited to install an exhibition in the Slocum Gallery at Syracuse University. I was the project manager and graphic designer for this multi-media exhibition showcasing EOA’s Food Chain project. The Food Chain is an urban farming and planning intervention which includes a green path of vertical farming walls. We wanted to create a path element to guide the viewer through the space and tie the exhibition conceptually to the project. We needed to communicate the conception, implementation and future of this very complex project to viewers who knew nothing about it. </p> <p>We used layers of translucent green plexiglass panels to represent the path and to guide the viewer through the space. We silkscreened maps, diagrams and other pertinent information onto the panels. There was a video installation, a living wall panel with herb plants, a scale model, and  three informational posters. All of the elements were suspended from the ceiling with fishing wire. </p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/9085645164http://sheenalivingston.com/post/9085645164Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:43:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpklyxFBr91qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpklyxFBr91qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpklyxFBr91qmkh27o5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpklyxFBr91qmkh27o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><p class="p1"><strong>Identity</strong></p> <p class="p1">Ping is a very personal, almost autobiographical collection of jewelry and accessories by a Chinese–American architect. The client had always felt that brackets were a symbol that expressed her feelings of otherness; not quite Chinese, not quite American. She was ready to start shopping her designs around to fancy stores and she wanted a mark that was all her own.</p> <p class="p1">I was able to incorporate the brackets into the word mark, for which I used a modified slab serif by Herb Lubalin. The lowercase i and the n start to look like a jeweler at her work table. The client’s spatial sensibility is complemented by this treatment as it becomes all about the negative space around and inside the letterforms. The cards are rubber stamp on kraft paper. </p></p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/8607700756http://sheenalivingston.com/post/8607700756Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:28:00 -0400graphic design<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpkh52fFye1qmkh27o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpkh52fFye1qmkh27o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpkh52fFye1qmkh27o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><p class="p1"><strong>Surface</strong></p> <p class="p1">This laser-cut blackened steel fence was designed for the rooftop cafe of a Mediterranean restaurant/bar in the landmarked Meatpacking District. The olive branch motif reflects the Italian cuisine and was easily manipulated into an abstract organic pattern. </p> <p class="p1">There were certain building code parameters influencing the design. For example, openings could be no larger than four inches; apparently the size of an infant’s head. I created a single tile that could be cut multiple times from one CAD drawing and placed together for a seamless repeat. </p> <p class="p1">Renderings are by <a target="_blank" href="http://sce.parsons.edu/designworkshop/">Evan Homolka</a></p></p>http://sheenalivingston.com/post/8604095032http://sheenalivingston.com/post/8604095032Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:43:00 -0400surface design