The IT Empowers IU booklet was created as an introduction of University Information Technology Services (UITS) to IU’s new president. The booklet overviews the many facets of tech at IU from learning technologies to research technologies; regional, national, and international networks, cybersecurity and risk mitigation, media digitization and preservation, and all things in between.
The booklet was designed as a companion piece to the UITS Bicentennial Annual Report designed by David Orr. The cover design is an adaptation of the bicentennial report’s cover which featured die-cut rectangles mimicking an old-school computer punchcard. This document didn’t have the budget to splurge on a die-cut cover, so the look was achieved with more traditional print methods. Ink. And lots of it. The printer needed four passes through the press to achieve optimal ink saturation on the charcoal cover stock.