Founded in 1946, Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Department represents one of the best-known programs of its kind in the nation. The discipline includes media and mass communication involving the creation, production, management, and distribution of advertising, marketing, web sites, books, magazines, newspapers, catalogs, packages, and other media in printed and digital form.
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Senior Projects from 2013
The Magazine Industry is Becoming Mobile, Alex Maxwell
Trends and Implications: The Use of Facebook in the Professional World, Elisa E. Minamide
The Future of Zines, Chloe Parks
Printing Trends in Board & Card Games, Jessica Lee Riddell
Barriers to Sustainable Beverage Packaging, Noelle Shoda
Museum Signage Design and Implementation, Ali Weiss
The State of Book Publishig in a Tablet Based Society, Shannon C. Whitehill
Senior Projects from 2012
Marketing Trends of a Clothing Line, Travis Carr
Effects of Optical Brightening Agents on Color Reproduction in Digital Printing, Sandra Chaikovsky and Jaimie Garrison
Major League Baseball Marketing Ads and Ticket Sales, Nicole Cohen
The Effectiveness of Drupal’s User Interface in Aiding Users During Website Development, Kristina Colelli
The Sustainability Movement and its Effects on the Trends of Beauty Product Packaging, Sarah Danley
The True Value of Value-Added Services in Digital Print, Noemi Garcia
Wine Tasting Through Typography, Dayna Goldman
Understanding & Benchmarking the Mobile Web Experience, Stuart Grffiths
Accurately Reproducing Pantone Colors on Digital Presses, Anne Howard
Typographic Trends in American Sports Brands, Alan Jacobson
Design and Production Aspects of an Electroluminescent Segment Display, Veronica Kopp and Chris Nixon
Generation Yine: The Millennial Generation and Wine Label Trends, Annalise (Annie) Larson
Wasteful Food Consumption: Consumer Trends in Food and Packaging Waste, Alexis Jade Levy
Communication of Recycling through Labeling and Packaging, Serena Mistry
Printed Electroluminescent Display, Christopher (Chris) James Nixon and Veronica Kopp
Effect of Sustainability Package Advertising on Consumer Purchases, Ronald Ringler
The Role of HTML5 and Flash in Web Design, Kaela SooHoo
Tablet Magazines and the Affects on the Magazine Industry, Kylee Staughton