Julie Mattei's blog and graphic design work

Visit juliemattei.com!!!

juliemattei — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:54:59 +0000

I won’t update this bog anymore, please visit my website!!!

Carola Dertnig

juliemattei — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:07:39 +0000

Visiting artist lecture poster co-designed with Joel Evey.
23×35 inches, three colors slkscreened, 50 copies.

www.juliemattei.com!!!!

juliemattei — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:42:11 +0000

For real!! It is now online!!!
go check it NOW!!!

Keetra Dixon, Visiting Designer poster

juliemattei — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:30:50 +0000

Amazing collaboration with my dear classmate Eileen Levinson!!
It was very exciting to design the visiting designer lecture poster for sweet and lovely Keetra Dixon!!
The printing was unfortantely a disaster and will probably get into the CalArts’ top 5 the worst printing job ever… But Keetra liked it so I am thrilled!

Cool

juliemattei — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:36:32 +0000

Introducing Cool, the ornamental typeface that I designed during Jeff Keedy’s Digital Type design class. It was inspired by Cassandre’s Bifur.
This semester I am redesigning Mistral, Roger Excoffon’s masterpiece!

The world of Graphic Design according to Julie (Thesis part III)

juliemattei — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:31:31 +0000

The love and Heartbreak show is already over, time to go back for real to my thesis… We only have 61 days before before the final presentaion…
After a semester of making through thinking about graphic design (or at least trying or pretending to) I finally have a thesis!!!
I am making a visual commentary about personal voice in graphic design by studying and reinterpreting pieces made by designers who have a strong personal voice in their work.
To be continued!…

Love & Heartbreak Show!!

juliemattei — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:51:16 +0000

The show opens thursday february 7th in gallery D301 at 7pm!!
The curators, my really good friends and classmates Stephanie Chen and Nikelle Orellana, did an amazing work on the show and especially for my Summer Special Friend Project installation!

Come discover the gorgeous valentine cards made just for you by the MFA graduating class!! (here’s mine!!)

The Summer Special Friends project

juliemattei — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:32:41 +0000

Set of seven 40×33 inches posters that I’ve designed for Mr. Keedy’s
Special Topics class. Each poster represent dates that I’ve been on last summer.

Thesis… part II

juliemattei — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:58:57 +0000

I am already working on my thesis, it isn’t completly clear yet but basically it will be a graphic autobiography and a reflexion about privacy and dealing with the personnal in work.
This piece is the final result of the thinking through making phase, I did this huge drawing (6 by 10 feet) as a collection of all the small posters I’ve made before. The idea was to have one big piece instead of 30 different one and now the different themes are connected.
I’m still trying to figure it all out so to be continued!

Details and close-ups in the drawing section.

More visiting artist!

juliemattei — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:05:11 +0000

Poster co-designed with Colleen Corcoran for Stanya Kahn and Harry Dodge’s lecture that was actually cancelled at the last minute!

2 colors silkscreen prints on white and yellow paper, 50 prints.