LIVING AND WORKING
IN LOS ANGELES

MARY KIM HARMON
IS A DESIGNER

CURRENTLY PURSUING
HER MFA FROM CAL ARTS

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    Lately

  • ANNA SEW HOY - Visiting Artist Poster

  • Collaboration with Kathleen Dickinson.

     
  • SPATIAL GRAPHISM - The Unbuilt/Built



  • A typographic whisper intended to ignite curiosity and wonder.

     
  • SPATIAL GRAPHISM - The Built/Unbuilt

  • Constructed typographic forms with natural, unbuilt environments projected onto their facade, further exploring the relationship between man-made and organic forms in an attempt to find a blurred boundary inbetween.

     
  • KAUCYILA BROOKE -Visiting Artist Poster


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  • KAARI UPSON - Visiting Artist Poster

  • A poster to announce a lecture by visiting artist, Kaari Upson.

     
  • FORM + SPACE



  • Preliminary impulses solving with reflective material in space, intended to interrupt and inspire — enhancing the naturally occurring unbuilt unbuilt environment.

     
  • LISA ANNE AUERBACH



  • A stairwell installation — 9 prints on poly film. Announcing a guest lecture by artist Lisa Anne Auerbach. In collaboration with Alejandro Hernandez

     
  • AMALIA PICA

  • Poster to announce a lecture by visiting artist, Amalia Pica. In collaboration with Alejandro Hernandez.

     
  • GIMMEE MORE
  • Frames from a music video using found materials to create light affected typography.

     
  • BEYOND THE MEDIUM


  • A Friday night whim, the impetus behind this impulse was to encourage the design community at CalArts to consider alternative mediums to the highly exploited poster suggesting the opportunity for greater impact and reciprocity. The second part of the installation was a collaborative piece that invited passers by to add to the wall with provided anagrams. In collaboration with Cathy Lee and Noura Al-Naggar.

     
  • RECURSION
  • A quick exploration into a graphic study of recursion, I documented mirrored reflections in the surrounding area.

     

    Before

  • MAPPING GRAPHIC DESIGN
  • A 24inx36in map of the current field of graphic design and its roll in the global conversation of sustainability, progress, and the human condition, as I understand it.

     
  • ELECTRA, A TYPE SPECIMEN
  • A type specimen booklet for Dwiggins' beloved typeface, Electra.

     
  • LENORE
  • A caligraphic typeface

     
  • REDCAT: VOLUPTUOUS SLEEP SERIES
  • A silk screened poster announcing Betzy Bromberg's film screening at Red Cat in Los Angeles. Her piece addresses the nuances of light, sound and feeling through an abstracted lens of memory and time.

     
  • REDCAT: PIANO AND

  • A silk screened poster (edition of 30) announcing Danny Holt's Percussion/Piano event at Red Cat in Los Angeles.

     
  • AUDITORY ARRYTHMIA
  • An exercise in expressive typography for the fictitious music event, Auditory Arrhythmia.

     
  • ORNAMENTS
  • An ornamental system comprised of numerous elementary parts that can be combined and rotated to create complex imagery.An ornamental system comprised of numerous elementary parts that can be combined and rotated to create complex imagery.

     
  • LECIA DOLE RECIO
  • A poster announcing a lecture by visiting artist, Lecia Dole Recio. In collaboration with Noura Al-Naggar.

     
  • ITALJET VELOCIFERO
  • The product of a connotative typographic exercise.

     
  • ARTIST POSTER: SANDRA PETERS

  • A silk screened poster to announce a guest lecture by visiting artist, Sandra Peters.

     
  • A COLLECTION OF SIMILAR HOUSES
  • An invitation/exhibition catalogue for an MFA art show at University of Connecticut in collaboration with peers of the undergraduate design studio, Design Center.

     
  • AIA 150TH MONOGRAPH


  • A 400 page monograph designed while part of the team at Group C, Inc. commemorating 150 years of architecture for the American Institute of Architects.

     
  • PICKARD CHILTON ARCHITECTS
  • A modest face lift to an existing identity and an exercise in custom color branding inspired by a mix of Toyo and dayglow inks. Designed while part of the team at Group C Inc.

     
  • IMAGING4ART
  • website for fine art photographer, Tim Nighswander, designed while part of the team at Group C, Inc. (launch site)

     
  • WILL ART FOR SPACE

  • Exhibition announcement and show graphics for the graduating show at UConn, intended to make a statement about the lack of gallery space for the students to show work. Using a tight budget of $100, we implemented found cardboard as the dominating statement and aesthetic vocabulary.

     
  • PRINTERLY PRINTS
  • An invitation/exhibition catalogue for an MFA art show at University of Connecticut in collaboration with peers of the undergraduate design studio, Design Center.