NOAH LEVIN

Designed and developed a cuff-mounted tool that supports the execution of planned science and operation activities during planetary surface missions at NASA with a group of five students for an eight-month CMU HCII Capstone Thesis Project.

Worked on a five-person team to design a solution for collaborative shopping: a digital table on a software platform named Peruse, where preferences are stored in personal spaces such that users can easily view overlaps in interests and dislikes.

QuickEval is a web application for online peer evaluations. It was created as a Junior Project in the Information Systems program at Carnegie Mellon. I was the Design Lead in a team of four other students.

Team project where we created a prototype of a mobile application for high school students and teachers that simplifies the process of scheduling a meeting outside of class.

For a Gestural Interaction project in the course, Basic Interaction (taught by Jamin Hegemen), our group designed an e-reader with commuters as a target market. This was done in Spring 2008, before the release of the iPad.

Worked on a three-person team in a course called Social Web taught by Robert Kraut and Jason Hong. The concept is a facebook application that promotes social collaboration by exploring ways of increasing motivation to attend and contribute.

Lead Designer for the website and core product of an interactive video transcript service, SpeakerText. Recently featured on TechCrunch and ReadWriteWeb.

I’m currently creating a website for a local nail salon using HTML5 and CSS3. Features include pure css text gradients, google’s font directory, hover animations, and updated syntax. Site will be officially launched in mid August 2010.

I redesigned a website for Nail Spa and Salon in Western Pennslyvania. After the launch of the new site in May 2009, there was an increase in unique visitors by over 400% and an average of about 4 new customers per week through the contact form.

Working with a group of five students for an eight-month Capstone Thesis Project in Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute with a task to design an efficient planning interface for real-time execution of human space missions at NASA.

I helped create an online presence for Carnegie Mellon’s first music magazine, The Cut. The site includes many student-written articles in XHTML to be indexed through search engines, a PHP contact form, and information about staff.

I created this portfolio during the fall of my sophomore year (2007). I have since launched a new version, but I love to keep the old one around to remember how I’ve improved. I had previously used the handle, Enlev, as an abbreviation of my first and last name.

Helped create a web site to support my fraternity’s annual philanthropy, Donut Dash, where contestants run a mile, eat 12 donuts, then finish another mile. The site helped us raise over $5000 dollars with mostly paypal donations.

Worked under a very short time frame to help establish an identity on the web for my brother’s band in Brookyln, NY. The result provided a more customized and professional feel than a typical myspace page.

QuickEval is a web application for online peer evaluations. It was created as a Junior Project in the Information Systems program at Carnegie Mellon. I was the Design Lead in a team of four other students.

Design logos for my Master’s Capstone Project team name and mobile execution device during our work with NASA. We branded all of our deliverables including the device itself, which is to be worn on the cuff of Astronauts during Extra-Vehicular Activities on planetary surfaces.

Created logo and web graphics for a hosting website started by four Carnegie Mellon Freshman. The site was disbanded after about a year.

Worked closely with the owner of a local Nail Salon to create logos for use on business cards, stationary, brochures, coupons, and advertisements.

I was contracted to work with a new summer camp, Rockstarz, which sends professional musicians to traditional summer camps for a weeks worth of instruction, recording, and live music. They wanted a logo that appealed to kids ages 7 – 17.

Various freelance designs from over the past few years. Most were created using Adobe Illustrator. I generally found these clients through friends, family, and school.

Designed CMU’s first Greek Life Brochure, a 45 page booklet educating students and parents about the advantages of Fraternity and Sorority life. Over 2,000 copies were printed and distributed to incoming students and it is currently published online.

Created for Advanced Typography III taught by Kristin Hughes. We were contracted to create an advertisement, a series, and a poster for Propel Charter Schools. After visiting the school, I choose to focus on their unique ability to adapt to the student’s learning patterns.

Team project with Thomas where we had 1 week to create an info poster and t-shirt about Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The city has seen nothing but war and fleeting governance in the past few decades, yet they are currently thriving through tourism.

I made a stationary system using macro and micro level typography for my final project in Advanced Typography III. The end result was the creation of business cards, a cover letter, a resume, and an envelope.

Created a recruitment brochure to promote the PA Phi Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Received national recognition from SAE’s CEO, Steven Priepke, and passed on to chapters nation wide.

Poster to promote Giant Eagle (an eastern grocery store chain) reusable bags. The concept is to grab peoples attention and get them to remember the stunning image with a simple but effective message.

Worked for Student Activities and Greek Life at Carnegie Mellon to create a poster and t-shirts to be given out at the first football game of the year in support of Tartan Athletics.

Designed a poster to help college students find summer activities in the Pittsburgh area. I used symbols for bus numbers to help people find their way to an event through public transportation, and to signify when an event was within walking-distance from campus.

Every year on my birthday I create a piece of artwork. I started this tradition on my 17th birthday, and I hope to continue it until I get arthritis. This particular piece is from my 19th birthday and remains my favorite of them all.

This was a creation from my junior year in High School. The render was created using Corel Bryce 5 and the post-work was done in Photoshop 7. This is one of my favorite works from my past. I love the reflections that Bryce is able to render in only a few hours.

If you look closely behind the 3D Render, you will see a fractal created in Apophysis. I used the program to generate the majority of the light in this piece.

The render was created in Cinema 4D and actually looked quite a bit different than this, but I duplicated and flipped it multiple times because I liked the symmetrical feel.

I created this abstract digital art piece for fun in 2004. The render took around 4 hours, and the post-work on Photoshop contained over 60 layers. I am always reminded of a junkyard when I look back on this work. I used a lot of jagged edges to give it an unusual texture.

This is an abstract piece I created in 2004 using several different brush techniques in Photoshop. The render was done in 3D Studios max and was inspired by many works featured on deviantart.

This was a piece I created for a high school project using Ultra Fractal back in 2003 to help explain the math behind fractals.