Create a trio of posters for a concert on “The American Songbook: The Music of George Gershwin,” as performed by the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. The three pieces should work individually and as a unit and…

Create a collection of materials and a brand identity for a boutique hotel that would go in the building at 2 Columbus Circle, including restaurant menu, brochure for concierge services and stationary kit.

Restyle the Dover Design Library for “a discriminating audience that considers them outdated.” Create covers for three entries in the series: “24 Moderne Display Fonts,” “Decorative Bird Illustrations” and “Calligraphic Ornaments.”

Design a cover that captures both the fear inherent in a phobia and the humor we associate with those fears. (Seymour Segnit is real, but the book Acousticophobia is not.)

Generate an inventory of personal possessions and indicate an order of importance.

Create a poster for a non-existent AIGA exhibit on “Designers Who Illustrate.”

Design a book cover for a non-existent book on jazz, edited by the real Robert Reisner, utilizing repetition, scale and/or rhythm and a sense of unity.

Design a cover for Print magazine on one of three themes, color, line or form.

Create a generic, unbranded paper coffee cup based around the notion that “When I get my coffee, it makes me feel better.”

Create a poster to illustrate something about yourself, incorporating the principle of contrast.

From top to bottom: Flyer to promote Summer Intensive, February 13, 2001; postcard for the play Streetwalk, April 22, 1999; postcard for the play UFO!, June 16, 2000.