Welcome to my portfolio
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Hello, I’m Lauren Michell Rabaino, a graphic designer and journalist who does various journalism-related web design work from Los Angeles, California for CoPress and Publish2.
In a nutshell: graphic designer, amateur blogger, tea/coffee lover, new media enthusiast, recreational golfer, Google addict. At the heart of it all: journalism.
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San Luis live-action role playing video
category: Featured | video
tags: mustang daily
Drive past Santa Rosa Park in San Luis Obispo on any Saturday afternoon and you’ll hear dozens of cars honking at an unconventional sight.
The spectacle: A group of people engaged in combat, using Styrofoam shields and wearing deep forest-green cloaks.
They’re not rehearsing for a play or a fencing team but rather are the San Luis [...]
Mustang Daily site redesign
category: Featured | Web design
tags: mustang daily
As online editor for the Mustang Daily at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, I helped the site transition from proprietary to open-source software. Working off a base template from Woo Themes, I redesigned the site with a fresh, clean design that is more modern and intuitive to our readers.
The site is run on WordPress blogging [...]
Cal Poly postcard design
category: Featured | Graphic Design
tags: marketing,promotions
This postcard was designed for Cal Poly’s recruitment efforts withing the housing department. The cards were sent out to prospective candidates for a learning community coordinator position. The cards were meant to be reminescent of vintage landmark postcards from the mid 1900s.
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Dear Judy web design
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This project was designed as a specialty site for a dentistry institute in San Diego, California. The agency specializes in porcelain veneers and wanted more traffic for the service, so I designed a site and helped increase their SEO. The site includes before/after photo galleries, videos and a “Dear Judy” blog.
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Inauguration poster design
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This promotional design was created for Cal Poly Associated Students, Inc. for their screening of the Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009. The parameters for this project were only to make it “urban and fun.” The posters were printed 26 x 24″ and placed all around Cal Poly’s campus in the week leading up to [...]
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TAGA site redesign
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As the multimedia chair for the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts for a few quarters at Cal Poly, I was in charge of revamping the site. Working off an existing web site, I updated a few stylistic elements to keep the site up-to-date. The site was designed in Dreamweaver.
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