Vanguard — Michael Notar

MICHAEL NOTAR

I am currently a senior at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. With experience in environmental graphic design. I hope to use my passion as a way to create memorable experiences and enhance human connection to space through my work.

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About

Resume

Education

University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Architecure, Art, and Planning

Class of 2027

Employment

City of Cincinnati
Environmental Graphic Design Co-Op
May 2025 - August 2025
January 2026 - Present

Magnus Home Products
Graphic Design/Marketing Co-Op
August 2024 - December 2024

Experiential Exploration Program (EEP)
Emerging Professional
January 2024-May 2024

Target
Fulfillment Expert/Trainer
December 2024 - May 2025

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite
InDesign, Illustrator, Lightroom,
Photoshop, XD, Adobe After Effects
Digital Photography
Videography
CADTools
Shopify
Figma

Awards

Macys Scholarship
Deans List
Northeast Ohio Scholastics Art Show Silver Key Recipient

VANGUARD

FOCUS:
Typography
Editorial Design
Visual Identity

INTIAL SKETCHES
Through exploration with typefaces I began sketeches for my wordmark.

The final shows interrupted construction as a way to exemplify breaking the cookie-cutter and a foreward motion omitting how pop music is always moving foreward.

VISUAL SYSTEM & LAYOUT EXPLORATION

The main focus of my publication is pop music. To keep the theme going I wanted my cover to include something reminiscent of physical music. My covers include a strip that is reminiscent of an OBI strip seen on Japanese copies of physical music with my own spin including the wordmark, a barcode and featured articles

LAYOUT EXPLORATIONS
I cultivated the overall look, feel, and visual hierarchy of the publication, while the featured article explored forty years of Madonna through the guiding question, “What does 40 years of Madonna look like?”

FINAL SPREADS