Diana Brandonisio

This animation piece was created by our leader K. Stone. She used a variety of logo interpretations from our team and artfully stitched them together to create this wonderful animation — paying homage to all of our [WGN] logos in the past 75 years. My reinterpreted logos in this piece are the following: A colorful (fake) fur logo, WGN popcorn illustration, a stenciled chalk drawing (on my sidewalk in various colors), and a complex charcuterie board/video. Our producer Andrew Lennie added some nostalgic sounds from WGN’s past to the animation. This collaborated piece won the 2023 Emmy * for Outstanding Crafts Achievement for Graphics Arts/Motion Graphics/Art Direction/Set Design [Kristi Stone, Nicole Scimeca, Diana Brandonisio: WGN 75th Anniversary.]

This video series was created to engage new audiences in the exciting world of physics and in particular, neutrinos. My collaboration with this series revolves around:

• guiding branding and visual theme

• illustrating graphic assets for animations

• creating/conceptualizing animations
  
  EB SECOND SERIES: Continuing to engage new audiences in the exciting world of neutrino physics, the second series visual presences was shifted to a more sophisticated presentation:
  
  - use of rich colors (starting with burgundy to blue gradation)
  
  - creating illustration treatments for all graphics focusing on clean outlined style
  
  - creating new video transition effects, compliments new look

Explore the fascinating world of fundamental particles called neutrinos through our video series, #EvenBananas, hosted by physicist Kirsty Duffy: https://twitter.com/hashtag/EvenBananas?src=hashtag_click

https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/evenbananas

The inspiration for the color scheme came from my “Marvelous Muon” graphic that I designed (fig 2). I created some light animations for the video and I am responsible for the majority of the artwork as well. The final video is the result of months of collaboration, edits and discussions about how to convey this story visually.
Some additional resources for this announcement:

Muon g-2 first results press release:
https://news.fnal.gov/2021/04/first-results-from-fermilabs-muon-g-2-experiment-strengthen-evidence-of-new-physics/

https://muon-g-2.fnal.gov/

NEWS coverage:

https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210407/learn-what-wobbling-muons-say-about-particles-in-the-universe

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/science/particle-physics-muon-fermilab-brookhaven.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/ultra-precise-experiment-finds-hints-of-unseen-particles-in-the-universe

https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=302464

These five posters were inspired by the NASA Space Tourism posters

They were created to capture the excitement and the imagination of science with a sprinkle of adventure. My solution for this project was to begin with my sketches and some real images (where applicable) to begin to create an artistic view of each subject matter. I collaborated with our social media person and the project evolved.

The posters represent different focal points of our work. The first poster is our main building, Wilson Hall with bison and calf situated in front (yes, floating on water), the Bubble Chamber vessel and an image of its tracks, the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) in Chile, a model of the CMS detector and the Tevatron magnets with the g-2 magnet that together created a type of crest. (The white structure in the middle was the old Survey Tower that was located in the middle of the four-mile long ring.)

Below each finished poster is an image of the evolution of each of the poster's design (l-r). The base was created with a kind of watercolor underpainting. In addition to that, I created a black and white line drawing that I imagined would be placed on the top of the image to add a hand drawn look. Lastly, I combined (scanned images of) the water color and line drawings and layered them with real images. I adjusted the opacity of each layer until I felt the visual texture was just right.  I was not able to add images on the fifth and final poster, the Tevatron magnets and g-2 ring crest. There was no actual image of these magnets in a 90° view that gave me exactly what I needed. I studied the images I could locate for quite some time. This was my most challenging poster, but also my favorite. The last image is of all the five printed posters (tabloid size).

These celebratory posters were created in conjunction with Fermilab's 50th celebration and were used in various social media outlets. In this way, the public can download there own posters. In the future we may have only a the line drawing posters available as a color your own poster option.

http://news.fnal.gov/2017/06/fermilabs-50th-anniversary-poster-series/

https://twitter.com/Fermilab/status/875371093585821697

https://www.facebook.com/Fermilab/

https://www.instagram.com/fermilab/

This is a new employee profile series project. I assisted on filming video and did all the editing. The final product can be seen here: https://youtu.be/_CjXBcIppxQ

Fermilab scientist Anne Norrick works on the NOvA experiment, looking for hard-to-catch particles called neutrinos. As run coordinator, she helps make sure that NOvA runs smoothly and the particle detectors are in top-top shape. When she isn't writing code for the experiment or leading tours of the lab's facilities, she's having fun playing music, running, reading and traveling. http://www.fnal.gov

This is a new employee profile series project. Our team shot the video and some b-roll to create a short story about the life of our fellow scientist. I worked on this project from interviewing, to creating b-roll solutions, to crafting a script/storyline, and then editing the video (rough cut to final video). The video editing was done in collaboration with my co-worker L. Johnson. The final video can be viewed on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/4sX7AOwCqfg

This project was my first Final Cut Pro video collaboration. A request was made for a holiday animation which would occupy a large 4 panel-video screens in the atrium of our main building.

My mind tends to transform the graphics I create into 3-d objects and video naturally, I rarely design anything in isolation. The idea came to me quickly as I envisioned triangles dropping into a video screen neatly into place to form a piece of peppermint and then rolling into place. To align the video action with a physics theme, I had created two separate candies that are attracted to each other and collide [greet each other] to then form a new form (particle), which was our company logo.

This was a great project where I really had an opportunity to flex my creative muscles.

Here is the final animation (no sound): https://youtu.be/kMlL7az6Ur8

The DUNE logo for DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) Collaboration 2015

Two leaders of the DUNE collaboration and myself devised a strategy for the creation of this logo. It was decided that the collaboration very much wanted to be a part of their logo, so the idea of a contest was put in place. I created guidelines for what constitutes a successful logo for a starting point for this group. After three rounds of voting, three semi-finalist logos were left. It was decided that I would chose the final logo design and then improve and edit it to create a stronger design. I also created various versions of this logo for future applications.

http://www.dunescience.org

I was tasked with transforming this old game room space into a pub. The pub is a pilot program (which has since been expanded) for employees and lab scientists to gather and relax. My idea was to give the space a frontier look and feel, as well as add some traditional pieces as an ode to our earlier settlers of this site, the former town of Weston, Illinois.

Various elements were collected and created to enhance this space (from top to bottom):

• A handmade copper wire sign that sits above an old animal plow harness (found at a local resale shop)

• Prints of old settlers' barns clothespinned to a (newly created) frame made of original barn wood + chicken wire (some of these barns still exist on site)

• Large baby bison photos (up close and personal) from the bison barn on site (created specifically for this pub)

• The mounted bison head - a permanent fixture, that we were not allowed to move and had to be integrated into the newly redesigned space (I decided to use this item as a opportunity to interact with the bison with a "selfie station")

• A new menu design showcasing the specials offered

• New softer lighting (created with string and balloons by yours truly–thank you Pinterest!)

• The original sign of Weston (loaned to us for opening night, but has since been replaced by a digital copy)

• Horse shoes from the Lederman's horse barn (on site), mounted on authentic barn wood

This "welcome" sign was created for the video screens inside an atrium space, using 22 different languages. Each font was chosen carefully to reflect and visually correspond to its particular language. The final product was destined to the 4 large flat screens in the atrium of Wilson Hall building. Each quadrant will "light up" and rotate in a clock-wise manner until the final animation showing all 4 screens. The graphic at the top shows the complete set of 22 languages, while the graphics beneath that show how the quadrants will illuminate in a clock-wise direction.

Aspect ratio: 16:9 (Adobe Illustrator)

To accompany a scientific announcement and online article, I was asked to create a visual representational of a tetraquark. The physics article is featured on Symmetry, an online publication. The graphic was created using both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. You can view the article, Fermilab scientists discover new four-flavor particle, at the following link: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/fermilab-scientists-discover-new-four-flavor-particle

Full page ad for Streng design, Chicago. strengdesign.net/
I.D. , 54th Annual Design Review Jul/Aug 2008

My job was to create a full-page ad that highlighted some of Streng's great product designs. I was supplied photographs of their various products and the rest of the design was left to my own judgement. I decided to keep a fresh and clean look to the overall layout. I even added a sort of "Chinese" signature (bottom-left of first image), which was actually the unique shape of one of Streng's signature and very popular items, the "Ubu" http://strengdesign.net/#!/ubu-smithsonian-national-design-museum-chris-streng-design. The job took about 30 hours to complete and once approved I prepared the files for printing.

The first image shows the final product as it appeared in print. Beneath that is the I.D.'s magazine cover of the 54th Annual Design Review, followed by some earlier versions and layout solutions I presented.

Here's a link to Streng and some of their other product designs: http://strengdesign.net/

The last issue of I.D. was published in January/February 2010, but in June 2011, I.D. magazine was re-launched online in partnership with Behance  featuring user-submitted designs that are curated to offer examples of innovative work happening today.

This info graphic was created to showcase Illinois' Accelerator Technology involvement (article: Illinois R&D driving industry: Illinois laboratories and industry partner to advance accelerator-based technologies , May, 2015). The idea was to showcase the four categories of accelerator applications, each needing a specific icon to visually represent them. You can find the original online article here: http://www.istcoalition.org/blog/accelerating-innovation-illinois-laboratories-and-industry-partner-to-advance-accelerator-based-technologies/

The Hadron Collider Physics Summer School is supported jointly by the Fermilab and CERN physics laboratories. Hosting the school is alternated between the two laboratory locations (Illinois, USA and Switzerland).

This poster design is for the 2014 summer school, the ninth in a series of schools that prepare young researchers for the current exciting era of exploration of the smallest scales using Hadron Colliders.

http://hcpss.fnal.gov/hcpss14/

This design was created for a one inch lapel pin or the SPOT award program, initiated by Human Resources department. I chose to include the official color palette and include the iconic Fermilab logo (a very familiar logo within the physics area). Since its inception, there has been literally hundreds of nominations by peers and supervisors that show Lab employees who exemplify traits such as:
·    “always willing to provide assistance to the other people in her group”
·   “shows extra effort and provides outstanding support”
·   “demonstrates great teamwork and technical skills”
·   “goes beyond expectations”
·   “attacks many problems where an obvious solution was not in sight”

The picture to the left shows the final pin draft (large) with earlier drafts below it.

The bottom image shows the actual pins from the past 2 years were color changes were made.

This project was centered around a 10' portable pop up display, meant to be used by the Office of Partnerships and Technology Transfer at The Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC) for the National innovation summit 2015.

Using the same theme and colors, I created technological postcards for each inventor to be distributed at the event. The front features some aspect of their invention and the back gives an explanation of the product, along with photo of the inventor(s) and contact information.

At IARC scientists and engineers from Fermilab, Argonne and Illinois universities work side by side with industrial partners to research and develop breakthroughs in accelerator science and translate them into applications for the nation's health, wealth and security.

The exhibit was purposely printed in 5 separate pieces, so that certain panels could be altered and updated when needed for different audiences.

Here's a link that explains more of what IARC does: http://www.fnal.gov/directorate/techtransfer/

This workshop series brings together interested scientists and engineers from the international community to discuss and evaluate high power targets. Every year the workshop is hosted at different locations and these posters are created to entice attendance and interest for a very technical and specific scientific audience. This particular poster design evolved from this beautiful image from our database. Its colors were incorporated to all aspects of the poster to visually tie the elements together.

Poster size: 17 x 22

The 19th International Conference on Supersymmetry And Unification Of Fundamental Interactions conference reviews the experimental results and evaluates all theoretical possibilities covered in ongoing experimental research. The workshop is primarily targeted at students and young postdocs.

Poster size: Flat- 17x22
Folded 8.5 x 11
Paper: Gloss text weight