Citizen Scholar Inc.

Journal: College of Atlantic Graphic Design Blog

2009-09-30T19:31:29Z

Ross is teaching undergrad design at College of The Atlantic and has been adding assignments and resources for his students to the
class blog. See the footer for lists of studios, illustrators, type resources and more.

Project: Things You’ve Been Meaning To Do

2009-09-08T10:57:11Z

We know you know. But we’re going to tell you again.

Project: Sweetleaf Tea & Coffee

2009-09-08T02:55:37Z

Citizen Scholar designed the identity for Sweetleaf an organic & specialty tea and coffee house. It’s continued application to menu, signage, packaging and more reference the coffee house’s home in an early 20th century Queens, New York City building.

Project: Stories from the Field

2009-09-08T02:54:00Z

Citizen Scholar created this logo proposal for Stories from the Field: The United Nations Documentary Film Festival. Film weaves through eight reels, each representing one of the millennium development goals.

Project: Rob Giampietro, Lined & Unlined

2009-09-08T02:53:17Z

Designer & critic Rob Giampietro approached Citizen Scholar to evolve his already popular professional archive and publishing venue, Lined and Unlined.

Project: Reciclaje Monteagudo

2009-09-08T02:51:47Z

Citizen Scholar designer C. Ross Pike worked closely with the local municipality to design educational collateral establishing a newly created recycling program in Monteagudo, Bolivia. A clear communication strategy engaged the youth and encouraged their participation in recycling and garbage separation.

Project: Las Caras de Bolivia

2009-09-08T02:46:05Z

Citizen Scholar worked closely with authors from the Peace Corps to design a packaged manual and calendar supporting efforts to train local Bolivian youth educators in self-esteem exercises. The materials’ designs helped make the content accessible and increased ease-of-use for the educators.

Project: Karrie Jacobs

2009-09-08T02:45:27Z

Karrie Jacob’s new book, The Perfect $100,000 House, was scheduled for release, and a search for “Karrie Jacobs” revealed that our client’s name was shared with none other than an adult film star. Citizen Scholar helped Karrie re-claim her online I.D. by designing a search engine friendly site that enabled her to make frequent updates. A month and a half after launch, Karrie’s site rose to and remains first when searching for her name.

Project: Jane Harrison

2009-09-08T02:44:54Z

For a copywriter’s promotion at a design-centric event, Citizen Scholar created a business card with two ideas working in tandem: first, attract attention with a novel optical design; second, let the copy do the talking.

Project: Luke Wolagiewicz, website

2009-09-07T11:09:37Z

Citizen Scholar created a website and content management system for a photojournalist capturing some of the most important stories of our time. An emphasis was placed on framing the stories first with text, then allowing the powerful images to reveal the story one at a time.

Journal: Schwalter Ego

2009-09-05T16:25:24Z

A show of Photography, Music, Paintings, Comics, Installations, T-shirts, and other personal ephemera of the Schwadesign collaborative.

Journal: Interviewed on Live From Brooklyn

2009-07-01T00:38:07Z

Dailey Crafton, fellow Brooklyn designer, interviewed Randy at Live From Brooklyn.

Journal: Alice Twemlow’s D-CRIT lauded by Surface Magazine

2008-11-11T19:30:32Z

Congratulations to our client Alice Twemlow, chair of MFA Design Criticism at SVA. The D-CRIT program’s inaugural class was chosen to receive the Avant Guardian Award in Education from Surface magazine.

Journal: Lined & Unlined design evolution

2008-10-30T19:52:12Z

I recently worked hand-in-hand with designer, writer, curator Rob Giampietro on the design evolution of his site Lined & Unlined.

Journal: Sustainability & Green Design for Creatives

2008-10-07T21:43:04Z

The New York chapter of the Graphic Artists Guild is presents Sustainability & Green Design for Creatives