Design studio of Dorothea Lee
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Wonderlab

fartherMORE’s design blog of visual experiments, wonders, and the occasional throwback.

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Love is Love

Felix + Josh wanted to get married at a sustainable urban farm—a meaningful location where they dated, volunteered, and shared their love for food, surrounded by guests and lots of details from those loves incorporated throughout. With this mission in mind, I suggested an all-in-one invitation format that was eco-friendly and matched their venue. I also created illustrations of some of their favorite harvest foods and a special insert of a map. The one thing I didn’t anticipate—we wound up with two different versions of the invitation getting printed and distributed to guests!

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Turtles + Tigers + Bears, Oh My!

I've had a complex relationship with illustration. In school it often seemed to be something that should never mix with graphic design. My zine had "too many" of them and therefore I should be looking into switching majors. Alternately, it's said to be impossible to achieve for graphic designers; they simply "can't draw." Now that I'm a professional designer, however, I find it's actually been incredibly helpful to be able to draw on some level, especially when the client can't afford a full blown professional illustrator and graphic designer.

Case in point: an infant clothing start-up that was supposed to benefit endangered species approached me to illustrate a sea turtle, polar bear, and tiger. Here are a couple full sets I submitted:

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Goodbye, Hello

One thing I kept hearing during my rebrand incubation period was that the bunnies must find a way to live on! It's true, bunnies had been such an integral part of my identity growing up, so even though they no longer have a primary spot on my new site, I will insert them here as the first post in wonderlab: my place for visual experiments, wonders, and the occasional throwback.

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