Student Design Work from the 2017-2018 school year.

The works below have been created in the Graphic Communications class by the students at the Dickinson-Iron Technical Education Center in Kingsford, Michigan. Students come to the Tech Center from eight local Michigan and Wisconsin high schools.

TEXTILE DESIGNS
The Tech Center has the facilities and equipment to screen print onto textiles.
Most students choose to print on t-shirts (some have printed pillow cases and bags).

Benjamin Cole. T-shirt Design.
Senior, Kingsford High School.

Emily Miziniak. T-shirt Design.
Junior, Iron Mountain High School.

Kaitlyn Pellegrini. T-shirt Design.
Junior, Norway High School.

Brendan Smith. T-shirt Design.
Senior, North Dickinson High School.

Amber Niemi. T-shirt Design.
Senior, Kingsford High School.

DESIGNS FOR CLIENTS
Students commonly have the opportunity to design for individuals, businesses, and organizations in the community throughout the year. Below are some examples of their hard work.

Raymond Gauthier Tolonen. Poster and Business Card for Sunny's Eccentric Art.
Senior, North Dickinson High School.

Makayla Kirby. Poster, Program, & T-shirt Design for KHS Drama Club.
Senior, Kingsford High School.

Katelyn Charette. Posting Flyer for Iron-Dickinson CAN. 5.5" x 8.5"; printed on blue paper.
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

Raymond Gauthier Tolonen. T-shirt Design for NDHS Senior Class.
Senior, North Dickinson High School.

DESIGNS FOR COMPETITON
Students commonly have the opportunity to design for a design competition at NWTC, Green Bay. The topic was PSA (Public Safety Announcement) Poster.
Shown are just a few final designs.

Katelyn Charette. Poster Design for Tech Challenge PSA Contest. 11" x 17".
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

Victoria Ashcraft. Poster Design for Tech Challenge PSA Contest. 11" x 17".
Junior, Forest Park High School.

Dawn Dolatowski. Poster Design for Tech Challenge PSA Contest. 11" x 17".
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

GAME DESIGN & 3D Printing
Second year students completed their school year by creating and designing a board game. They designed double-sided cards, game board/score card, 3D pieces (The students used a combination of Adobe Illustrator and freeware to design items to print from the 3D printer.), instructions, and any other necessary parts/information.

Amber Niemi. Game Design.
Senior, Kingsford High School.

Rebecca DeCremer. Game Design.
Senior, Niagara High School.

Angela Carollo. Game Design.
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

Anonymous. Game Design.
Senior, Kingsford High School.

ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHIC PROJECTS
Students learned basic animation using Adobe Photoshop. The project topic was their choice.

Lydia McMahon. Motion Graphic/Animation.
Senior, Kingsford High School.

Lily Mercer. Motion Graphic/Animation.
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

Eva Pickett. Motion Graphic/Animation.
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

PRODUCT DESIGN AND PRODUCT PROMOTION
Students began by creating an identity (logo) for a product of their choosing. Then, they designed the label for a container and applied it to the container/made the container.
In a following assignment, they photographed the product, edited the photograph (if necessary), and then designed posters promoting their products.

Katelyn Charette. Identity Design & Product Label Creation.
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

Amber Neimi. Identity Design & Product Label Creation.
Senior, Kingsford High School.

Dawn Dolatowski. Identity Design & Product Label Creation.
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

Dawn Dolatowski. Product Advertisement.
Senior, Iron Mountain High School.

Benjamin Cole. Identity Design & Product Label Creation.
Senior, Kingsford High School.

MULTI-PAGE DESIGN
Students work on multiple page designs throughout the year including children's book design (first year students) and cookbook designs (second year students).