Christina Lyons

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Design Interests

Christina Lyons
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Design Interests

Graphic design has evolved into a newly discovered love of mine. I’ve always been in love with fashion magazines and fashion in general. I recently was accepted into the Graphic Design program after I made a huge change in my major from Secondary Education and European History to Graphic Design. The reason why? I have a huge love for fashion photography and recently just returned from Italy where I studied it. Before then I contemplated on Graphic Design seeing as I have been told I’m a very conceptual artist and I have a unique eye for visuals. This is a huge leap for me and I’ve been out of my comfort zone many times, but I enjoy it and I’m learning so much from this experience. I’ve also love creating collages and arranging photos from magazines in interesting ways. I’ve started to realize I would really love to work for magazines where I could combine my photography with my graphic design skills. One artist who is a very important role model to me is William Klein. He’s an amazing fashion photographer, film director, and graphic designer.

Design by William Klein

Photograph by William Klein

While I was in Italy, I took an art history class called: Avant Garde and Modernist Art. Where we got into a lot of modern and abstract art. I really enjoyed the work done in the Bauhaus in Germany, the graphic design was so ground breaking and simple. There were studio artists at the Bauhaus, like Josef Albers, who transitioned into graphic design. Albers even started the Graphic Design program at Yale.  I really like to draw influence from artists from the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s.

Design by László-Moholy-Nagy

I ultimately want to do publication design where I could work for magazines or publishing companies. I find I work really well with creating layouts and arranging images in appealing ways. Brand and identity design I would enjoy to pursue as well. I’m very fond of cosmetics and I always pay attention to the packaging on the products I buy and how they sell their brand.  I would like to do my brand and identity design for advertising. I really want to be versatile in my field and be useful in different departments. I really am excited for what the future holds for me in the industry.