Overview
I became the graphic designer for the DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Program in January 2006. The program, a nonprofit based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, works to increase high school students' interest in the sciences and to encourage more of them to pursue science degrees. DESTINY's main function is traveling to high schools across North Carolina in its two mobile laboratories (buses loaded with high-tech science equipment) to give students a chance to conduct experiments that are otherwise too expensive for the schools to afford. The experiments are part of curriculum modules produced by the program.
When I first joined the program, the curriculum modules were in dire need of a new look. Because these modules need to be easy for teachers to print out or photocopy, they are designed to be printed on a standard home/office printer on 8.5 x 11 paper and then placed into three-ring binders. The existing versions of the modules generally had nice looking covers that were designed by a 3D artist from another department. There were also one or two small graphics inside each module, but about 90 percent of each module was just text. The modules' generally dull appearance ran counter to the principle of the program: Produce engaging curriculum materials to show students that science is not only important and relevant, but also fun and interesting. My main responsibility was to revamp the look of the existing modules and create new ones.
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