My Seven-Year-Old Self Would Be So Proud

July 18, 2008 • 1:56 pm • POSTED BY brendan quinn

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Here’s a spread that we did for a Wilkes University print piece that was designed to help high school juniors understand the college admissions process a little better. It had advice on visiting schools, how to apply for scholarships, key dates and a bunch of helpful stuff. Naturally, it also had an origami Transformer (technically  a Decepticon) destroying a city, all of which were made out of Scantron sheets.

This was for the section about the SATs, and it was designed to make the test a little less intimidating to students. I mentioned the headline as a joke to Greg Hubacek, the designer on the job, and before we knew it, his whole work space resembled a miniature standardized-test-ready Tokyo. The client, Wilkes University, who has agreed to some of our wilder ideas, was pretty stoked about it as well. Perhaps, like me, they also received a Soundwave toy for Christmas circa 1986.

Credits:

• ACD: Jim Walls
• AE: Dan Giroux
• Designer: Greg Hubacek
• Copywriter: some hack
• Photographer: Matt Bednarik