Environment Graphics

Creative direction • Space design • Placemaking • Project management

Health Sciences Library entrance

Task:

Design and implement a welcoming entrance design for UNC’s Health Sciences Library. The HSL is a busy hub that connects and supports health affairs schools, including schools of dentistry, pharmacy, global public health, medicine, health sciences, nursing, and UNC Medical Center.

Design process:

Inspired by biochemistry and genetic visual structures, the final design is an abstracted hexagonal pattern that moves across the interior entrance windows. The color palette is derived from existing colors within the building; referencing the bold yellow, red and teal of the floor tile and furniture to ensure a seamless visual experience. To maintain visibility and light, the semi‑transparent design used perforated vinyl and a layered die‑cut hexagon pattern.

Front of Health Sciences Library building with green trees out front and people walking on the sidewalk

Music Library entrance

Goal:

Design and implement an eye-catching and welcoming entrance design for the UNC Music Library. Establish a prominent visual cue for the entrance of the Music Library’s new location.

Design process:

The client requested that circles and music notes be incorporated into the design. I developed abstract vinyl record illustrations as the primary visual element, with simple music notes as supporting accents. Color blocks add depth and guide movement from the bottom left to the top right, while also enabling cost‑effective production by using printed vinyl sheets instead of more complex and costly die‑cut vinyl.

Library MakerSpace

Goal:

Design and implement visual decoration for the new location of the Library MakerSpace. Brand the space with the name “Library MakerSpace” in text.

Design process:

The MakerSpace provides services and a community space for campus makers. I designed a graphic pattern for the windows that reference the MakerSpace’s tools and services, including 3D printing, sewing, electronics, the Seed Library, and various craft processes. To maintain visibility into the space, graphic elements were placed along the top and bottom of the windows, leaving the center open. The final design engages viewers from both inside and outside the MakerSpace.

Photography by Huth Photo

All installations printed and installed by University vendor, Quick Color Solutions.