Adrian Politzer (she/her)
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Chicago Art Book Fair 2019 UIC Catalog

This 6-Color Risograph, 5"x18", first communicates its method of organizing information, then applies that system to the spreadsheet of student and alumnus submissions to the UIC Art Book Catalog. Whimsically unaligned text placement is a product of the uncalibrated Risograph.
2019

Social Driver

Branded and unbranded social media graphics for brands such as APHA and AHA.
2022






Clothing Humans

Motion graphics, logos, identity elements, and a customized domain help Clothing Humans launch new initiatives and reach their target audience.
2018–2021




Eat Purely

Two social media promotional motion graphics, as part of the "Support Local" campaign.
2021

Mars is Black
 
Identity elements come to life in two promotional motion graphics synced to music for Mars is Black, a Chicago Roots-House DJ duo.
2019

Fuck
 
Concrete poem and Risograph print exploration, 11x17".
2019


Nomad 609 Reworked

Three-logo and type-lockup identity system for NOMAD.609, upcycled and remixed custom clothing.
2020




Process

Custom font, selection from type specimen.
2019




Homage

4-color Risograph remake of a 27 Chicago Designerspage by David Root.
2020


AIGA Student Group
 
A letterpress poster and a proposed logo aim to bridge the gap between informal student hangouts and formal education and practice.
2020


Gig Posters

2022–Present


2017–2019


UIC Business
 
Digital marketing pieces and a print brochure use UIC's official Branding Guidelines to clearly communicate important information to students and university faculty.
2018


Project STAMINA

Branded and non-branded information sheets and research materials communicate to potential participants for Project STAMINA, which aims to study and connect opioid users in Chicago to treatment.
2019–2021




Type Thursday Chicago
 
Branded motion graphics announce monthly meetups for anyone who works with typography or type design.
2018


Elements
 
This video augments a reading of the same text, which organizes the stages at which we experience and cope with the five elements according to Buddhism.
2020