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Makeover Projects and Redesigns

Makeovers are all over television these days. People are changing their bodies, changing their style, changing their homes. How about changing the way we look in print too? The Desktop Publishing Makeover Projects Profiles provide you the opportunity to play makeup maven, hair stylist, fashion guru, architect, and interior designer. It's a way of honing your design skills on a variety of projects as well as learning how to use your desktop publishing software.

View the makeover projects profiles and submit your redesign for critique. View the gallery of submissions and offer your own thoughts on what works or doesn't work for each redesign.
Bowling Team Logo / Heat Transfer Makeovers
Learn to do graphic design, page layout, and desktop publishing by following the parameters given for a logo redesign to be used as an heat transfer for shirts. Critique and learn from the makeovers of other designers.
Poetry Book Jacket Makeovers
Learn to do graphic design, page layout, and desktop publishing by following the parameters given for a book jacket redesign. Critique and learn from the makeovers of other designers.
Business Brochure - Makeover Project
Get down to business with a business brochure. Give this brochure makeover some pizzazz within the parameters provided.
Book Club Calendar - Makeover Project
Create a calendar for this literary book club that is consistent throughout the year but with each monthly calendar different.
Book Club Calendar - Makeovers by Forum Members
Browse this collection of redesigns to our Literary Book Club Calendar Makeover Project.
Book Jacket - Makeover Project
Redesign a book jacket for a new printing of My Life is a Poem by Mark Everyman. Project includes cover art, spine, and flaps.
Book Jacket - Makeovers by Forum Members
Dark and brooding, shades of nature, and a photo collage are among the appoaches in these poetry book jacket redesigns.
Business Card - Makeover Profile
This very small organic skincare products company wants to freshen up their business card design with an eye toward adapting the design for other print materials.(This profile, although based in part on an actual project, uses a ficticious name, logo, and other details.)
Business Card - Makeovers by Forum Members
Browse this collection of business card redesigns featuring several types of logo manipulations, alignments, and font choices.
Hot Dog Cart Poster - Makeover Profile
This poster will be placed at a corporate cafeteria to entice people to go outside to the Hot Dog Cart for lunch. It is a special promotion, for a limited time.
Hot Dog Cart Poster - Makeovers by Forum Members
These designs are good enough to eat. Check out the clever clip art choices and other creative approaches for this simple lunch cart menu/poster.
Humorous Photo Christmas Card - Makeover Project
Here's your chance to flex your photo-editing muscles and tickle some funny bones while spreading holiday cheer. Using the original photo as a starting point, redesign this humorous holiday card.
Humorous Photo Christmas Card - Makeovers by Forum Members
Using the original photo as a starting point, get ready to laugh at these redesigns of a humorous holiday card that captures the spiritedness of the season (and the oddball sense of humor of our forum members).
Informal Wedding Invitation - Makeover Project
Here comes the Bride. Redesign this wedding invitation using the supplied wording.
Informal Wedding Invitation - Makeovers by Forum Members
See how designers from our forum redesigned this wedding invitation. Some opted for somewhat traditional layouts with a touch of whimsy while others took a quite different approach.
International Art Festival Poster - Makeover Profile
This poster should communicate that the festival is about all the arts, not just dancing, and that it is international.
International Art Festival Poster - Makeovers by Forum Members
Browse this collection of redesigns to our International Art Festival Poster Makeover Project. Some designers went for elegant and dignified and others put more fun into the festival with their color and image choices.
Logo / Heat Transfer - Makeover Profile
Practice your design skills when you redesign a team logo heat transfer for the Strike Kings bowling team. The design will be placed on tee-shirts using a heat press.
Logo / Heat Transfer - Makeovers by Forum Members
Chess boards, King Cobras, and retro looks abound. Check out the cute, clever, and cool redesigns for the Strike Kings team logo.

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