http://www.aggietoppins.com Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer Tue, 08 May 2012 20:19:23 +0000 http://www.aggietoppins.com en http://www.aggietoppins.com/Memento-Mori-Greeting-Cards http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/Memento-Mori-Greeting-Cards Tue, 08 May 2012 20:19:23 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3365675 Series of letterpress greeting cards based on 18th-century gravestone symbols. Memento Mori, which means "Remember you will die," were popular reminders at that time. <img src="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCard1_web.jpg" width="650" height="433" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCard1_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17294357" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCard2_web.jpg" width="650" height="433" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCard2_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17294359" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCard3_web.jpg" width="650" height="433" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCard3_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17294360" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCard4_web.jpg" width="650" height="433" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCard4_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17294362" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCardsAll_web.jpg" width="650" height="433" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMCardsAll_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17294363" border="0" align="left"/> I also made a "Memento Mini" set of small lettepress cards. <img src="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMiniCardsAll_web.jpg" width="650" height="433" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3365675/MMiniCardsAll_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17294364" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.aggietoppins.com/AnimalNews http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/AnimalNews Tue, 08 May 2012 14:44:14 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3363058 Quarterly newsletter for Morris Animal Foundation for which I got to look at cute pictures of animals all day. <img src="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3363058/MAF_AnimalNews_web.jpg" width="650" height="498" width_o="650" height_o="498" src_o="http://payload53.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3363058/MAF_AnimalNews_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17280036" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.aggietoppins.com/Sympathy-Card-Set http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/Sympathy-Card-Set Tue, 08 May 2012 00:22:27 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3358879 Letterpressed set of three sympathy cards, designed to provide ongoing support to a bereaved friend. Each card is meant to be sent over the course of a year. The circle motif dissipates with time. <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358879/Sympathy_cards2.jpg" width="650" height="434" width_o="650" height_o="434" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358879/Sympathy_cards2_o.jpg" data-mid="17257359" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358879/SympathyCards_2.jpeg" width="650" height="434" width_o="650" height_o="434" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358879/SympathyCards_2_o.jpeg" data-mid="17256704" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.aggietoppins.com/Division-of-Labor-Catalog http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/Division-of-Labor-Catalog Mon, 07 May 2012 23:46:52 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3358801 Exhibition catalog for Division of Labor, featuring the work of 11 artists, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD, March 2102. http://www.aggietoppins.com/Story-Inside http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/Story-Inside Mon, 07 May 2012 23:17:12 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3358524 This zine documents a co-creational exercise that explored collecting as memorial. I sent 18 people mason jars and asked them to place objects inside that tell a story about someone they love. The contributors also sent written stories explaining why they chose the objects they did. http://www.aggietoppins.com/Elegy http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/Elegy Mon, 07 May 2012 23:03:02 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3358429 Elegy is a concept for an app that allows people to make curated memorial albums and share them via social media. I designed this as part of my MFA thesis project, The Good Service. http://www.aggietoppins.com/The-Good-Service-Exhibition http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/The-Good-Service-Exhibition Mon, 07 May 2012 22:52:09 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3358112 The Good Service exhibition took place at the Maryland Institute College of Art in April 2012. With a display of natural, pre-industrial funeral artifacts and design concepts for new kinds of memorials, my goal was to give visitors a contemporary look at end-of-life rituals in the United States. <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Title_web.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Title_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17253125" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Title_Wall2_web.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Title_Wall2_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17253124" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Coffin_JarsBG2_web.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Coffin_JarsBG2_web_o.jpeg" data-mid="17253381" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Jar_Table_Coffin2_web.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Jar_Table_Coffin2_web_o.jpeg" data-mid="17253385" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Jar_Table_Computer_web_8.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Jar_Table_Computer_web_8_o.jpeg" data-mid="17253899" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Sarah_Reading_web.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Sarah_Reading_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17254119" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/YoungSun_Sarah_Reading_web.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/YoungSun_Sarah_Reading_web_o.jpeg" data-mid="17253150" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Jars_Offering_web.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Jars_Offering_web_o.jpeg" data-mid="17253387" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Paper_Offerings_web.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Paper_Offerings_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17253389" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Focal_Point_ScreenBG_2web.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Focal_Point_ScreenBG_2web_o.jpeg" data-mid="17253384" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Urn_PlantsBG2_web.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Urn_PlantsBG2_web_o.jpeg" data-mid="17253391" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Pine_Box_Descript2_web.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Pine_Box_Descript2_web_o.jpg" data-mid="17254245" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Plants_web.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Plants_web_o.jpeg" data-mid="17254293" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Coffin_web.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="950" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload52.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3358112/Coffin_web_o.jpeg" data-mid="17253809" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.aggietoppins.com/The-Good-Service http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/The-Good-Service Sun, 06 May 2012 20:01:05 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3332976 The Good Service was my MFA thesis project at the Maryland Institute College of Art. I spent a year examining American funeral and memorial customs to find ways that design could add value to memorial objects and experiences. See the full scope of work here. <img src="http://payload51.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3332976/Screen shot 2012-05-06 at 3.53.21 PM.png" width="670" height="545" width_o="1121" height_o="912" src_o="http://payload51.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3332976/Screen shot 2012-05-06 at 3.53.21 PM_o.png" data-mid="17205460" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload51.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3332976/GSOnline_1.jpg" width="670" height="587" width_o="1572" height_o="1378" src_o="http://payload51.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3332976/GSOnline_1_o.jpg" data-mid="17252404" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload51.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3332976/GSOnline_2.jpg" width="670" height="596" width_o="1540" height_o="1370" src_o="http://payload51.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3332976/GSOnline_2_o.jpg" data-mid="17252407" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload51.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3332976/GSOnline_3.jpg" width="670" height="603" width_o="1506" height_o="1356" src_o="http://payload51.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/3332976/GSOnline_3_o.jpg" data-mid="17252408" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.aggietoppins.com/Lyrics-are-Hard http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/Lyrics-are-Hard Thu, 03 May 2012 19:22:33 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 3332956 I made this video after trying to decipher the lyrics to "Tumblin' Dice" by the Rolling Stones. http://www.aggietoppins.com/The-Way-A-Mid-American-Funeral http://www.aggietoppins.com/following/aggietoppins.com/The-Way-A-Mid-American-Funeral Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:58:58 +0000 Aggie Toppins | Graphic Designer 2475878 I wrote and designed this 12-page personal narrative after I attended a funeral. The story critiques death rituals through awkward moments with family and absurd encounters with commerce. Artifacts seen at the periphery of my experience are placed at the edges of the pages where they are cropped at varying degrees of recognition. <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_cover.jpg" width="650" height="461" width_o="650" height_o="461" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_cover_o.jpg" data-mid="15940135" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_1.jpeg" width="650" height="463" width_o="650" height_o="463" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_1_o.jpeg" data-mid="17250852" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_2.jpg" width="650" height="463" width_o="650" height_o="463" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_2_o.jpg" data-mid="15940132" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_4.jpg" width="650" height="463" width_o="650" height_o="463" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_4_o.jpg" data-mid="15940134" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_3.jpg" width="650" height="461" width_o="650" height_o="461" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/5/164517/2475878/TheWay_3_o.jpg" data-mid="15940133" border="0" align="left"/>