This letter serves as a recommendation for Emma Anastasia McCann. Emma studied at DIS in the Fall semester, 2013, where she was a student in my course, Graphic Design.

The focus of the course is to teach the students specific tools and introduce them to a workflow that will allow them to work professionally with information Design/Graphic Design. The content of the course is fairly complicated and requires that the students participate actively and work hard, in order to understand how the different design fields impact each other and their complexities. It is also important that the students learn to ask critical questions – and to get an idea about what to do with the answers.

Emma is a dedicated and serious student who works thoroughly and with a strong focus. She has fully lived up to all expectations for the course and has showed a very strong commitment, not only to the subject but also to learn. She has consistently produced work of high quality – always based on a sensitive and intelligent approach showing a desire to really get into the core of things.

In the assignments Emma developed an innovative and creative solution not only in the finished project themself but also in her process and development of the projects. Emma used her great skills and educational background in physiology in a very poetic, sofisticated and intelligent way. It was a delightful to experience how she applied newly acquired knowledge and experimented with ways to successfully solve graphical problems in an outstanding way. I´m sure that her background will add a profound value to her continuing education and work as a graphic designer.

The final project involved creating a new identity and promotional graphics for our own institution DIS. Beside the visuel identity the students had to come up with promotional designs as posters, interactive designs and wayfinding/signs. The course was multidisciplinary in nature and Emma worked alongside students from a range of other design backgrounds. It was Emma´s first time working with graphic design and she came up with original ideas, great layouts and designs.

During the semester Emma participated in several teamwork assignments where Emma always has a nice and very positive attitude. In addition to this, she understood how to communicate her work and thoughts in a very clear and understandable way. In class she shared her insight, ideas and knowledge with me and her fellow students, which contributed to a great learning environment. Besides working at DIS Emma managed to do volunteering work outside DIS at DanChurchAid, a job she found herself, where she among other things also did several graphical works for them.

I have deeply appreciated having Emma in my course and I highly recommend Emma as a student for your program.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information of if you should have any further questions.

Yours sincerely.

Instructor, DIS Information Design ProgramJeanette HendeliowitzArchitect maaD25Adelgade 51-DK 1304 Copenhagen K+45 33132632+45 26742639jh@d25.dk

February 14, 2014

Letter of recommendation for Emma Anastasia McCann DIS—Danish Institute for Study AbroadVestergade 5-71456 Copenhagen, Denmark

Phone +45 3311 0144Fax +45 3393 2624dis@dis.dk