Graphic Design
During my undergraduate design career, I worked for Boston University's athletics department creating graphics during live broadcasts and editing in post. For my degree, I designed publications and projects for a variety of topics, from analyzing protest art dating back to 1970s LGBTQ+ riots to responding to funeral practices through the art of printmaking. Interested in illustration, art direction, collage, and bold type, my work showcases my wide range of interests.
Boston University Athletics Broadcasts & Channel Highlights
When I was looking for colleges to apply to out of high school, I had one requirement: wherever I furthered my education also had to have a thriving athletics department. Growing up in Pittsburgh, during the Penguins' Stanley Cup runs, I lived, breathed, and ate hockey and my passion for being apart of that world, no matter the sport, was born. I joined BU's student broadcasting team in the first semester of my freshman year and quickly thrived making graphics both during the broadcasts and edits of film afterwards. My favorite sports to cover included both men's and women's basketball, soccer, lacrosse, and of course, hockey.
Breaking Out: 2021 BFA Thesis Show
In the spring of 2021, I designed the branding for my graduating class’ thesis show. The show was inspired by a pixelated dream to commemorate the grueling virtual Zoom year we had just endured in a positive light. Tasked with creating everything from branding guidelines, an entire thesis book, posters to be placed around campus, social media posts, merchandise for participants, installation materials, and interactive filters, our team of three worked for three months on this project. The final result culminated in a holographic digital fantasy, complete with handcrafted glyphs conjuring feelings of optimism for the future despite all unprecedented circumstances.
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Morgan Recker
morganrecker@gmail.com
Tel. 412-980-9707
New York, NY
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Circles: Life After Death in Cultural Immortality
For this assignment, I explored the word “border” through posthumous music. I became interested how music beyond the grave transcends the border between life and death. Largely inspired by the then newly released 2020 Circles album by Mac Miller, I researched other artists’ albums that were also released posthumously, such as Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Amy Winehouse, and John Lennon. I then created a book format that delicately tackled the dark yet fascinating subject. I employed a laser cutter to create a unique peek-a-boo template that allowed for an element of surprise throughout the work.
Catalogue of Influences
For this project, I made a publication entirely composed of things that I find inspiring. I am massively interested in art direction, color, and collaging mediums, so designing this book was a dream for me. The book is composed of anything and everything: from compelling photography overlaid with childhood paraphernalia such as My Little Pony glitter stickers and Girl Scout patches to color gradients and graphic illustrations. I wanted to make something that encompassed my visual interests in the spring of 2020.
More Examples of Work
Over the years of my undergraduate experience at Boston University, I have accumulated many projects that make examples of what I am capable of, including stop motion and hand drawn animation, explorations of type, creation of my very own typeface, and re-branding of existing logotypes, among other things.
Love: Analyzing LGBTQ+ Protest Art
For this project, I was assigned to read a select group articles from Hyperakt and then choose a certain topic to respond to. After reading the articles, I decided I interested in exploring the concept and production of protest art. I chose to research LGBTQ+ protests and began to process that research by iterating with stencils and spray paint. I made lots of stencils inspired by artists who were major activists in the movement alongside stencils inspired by LGBTQ+ symbolism and proceeded to collage them over top of one another. I also photographed the intricate details of imperfections the spray paint with a micro lens. I then compiled all of this content into a cohesive book that documented all of the research I performed followed by my extensive iterations.
