Design

Cereal Box Design

By Rachel Wintemberg, posted on Nov 8, 2021

A high-school graphic design classroom is both a laboratory and a think tank. It’s a place where students can process, analyze, respond to, experiment with, and create visual design. What better way to introduce commercial design than with an assignment that combines typography, photography, cartooning, and logo and game design? In this lesson, students invented an original breakfast cereal and imaginary food company. They created a mascot and logo using Photoshop and Illustrator, learned how to create 3D lettering, photographed food, and created a game for the back of their cereal box.

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