Courtney Sabo

DREXEL UNIVERSITY ANTOINETTE WESTPHAL COLLEGE OF MEDIA ARTS & DESIGN BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MAJOR IN GRAPHIC DESIGN

Courtney Sabo is a senior at Drexel University College of Media Arts and Design. She currently works as a part-time designer at Happy Cog, a web design agency in Philadelphia. She is also a designer for Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences and a research assistant for the Drexel’s Polish Poster Collections. Her work has been showcased in university galleries, published in two books, and featured on The Dieline. Courtney hopes to make the average person’s everyday life better through timeless and intelligent design of websites, apps, packaging, and identity systems. Outside of working, freelancing, and doing homework, she enjoys playing on the Division I varsity squash team, cooking nightly meals, baking delicious desserts, running along the Schuylkill River, and visiting her family in her hometown of Bloomsburg PA.

FAVORITE COLOR?
Navy, but I prefer black and white.

FAVORITE TYPEFACE?
Publico

FAVORITE APP?
Instagram

FAVORITE TV SHOW?
Scandal, House of Cards, and The Good Wife

FAVORITE BOOK?
Anything by Harlan Coben

FAVORITE MOVIES?
Big Fish, The Princess Bride

FAVORITE MUSICIAN OR BAND?
I like variety; my go-to playlist includes Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Vitamin, String Quartet, and Beethoven

FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Bryan Nash Gill

BOOKMARKED WEBSITES?
Behance, Pinterest

YOUR DESIGN HERO?
Saul Bass

TALENT YOU WISH YOU POSSESSED?
Singing ‒ really, any improvement would be great

IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Become a surgeon

A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Never hope for it more than you work for it.

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