Lauren Spude
laurenspude.design@gmail.com
laurenspude.myportfolio.com
Bio
Lauren Spude is a Design and Visual Communications student graduating in May of 2017 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. With an emphasis in design, she experiments with product and packaging design and is influenced by exploring projects three-dimensionally.
While at UWM she expanded her knowledge with multiple design internships. She worked in customer service and product mock-ups within the silk screening industry at Will Enterprises and with editorial and illustration design in the Kohl’s Design It Lab at Discovery World. Finally, she had the pleasure of learning marketing and advertising design strategies by collaborating with clients at adBidtise.
Outside of her work experience Lauren is a design volunteer for 4PeteSake, a nonprofit organization helping local residents pay medical and housing bills. She helps contribute by spending time developing the organization’s annual brand and advertisements. When she is not designing or working she is finding something new to experience in Milwaukee.
Description
Creating my manifesto, I picked a topic that could be expanded upon visually and verbally. Because I am interested in applying computer graphics in 3 dimensional spaces, I wanted to manipulate a print design by giving it dimension. I decided to write a letter about how the layers in life influence me as a designer. The letter acts as a self-reminder to never forget about physical, technical, and metaphorical layers.
