Redesign of Passport
2025
Date
Project Type
Security Design


This project explores the design process of a passport with its first visa page that can effectively convey national identity ensuring the graphical elements with its symbolic imagery. Utilizing a red and blue color palette—in relation to the United States—the design evokes patriotism while preserving the security appearance of the identification of the design. The first artwork found during an excavation that carbon dates to 10,900 to 10,200 BCE, naming itself as the oldest known painted artwork. The Cooper Bison Skull was found in Harper County, Oklahoma—referencing to the visa page. Creating the concept of the passport with the visa, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop were used in the process. Adobe Illustrator was used to create and develop technical drawings for the outline, stylizing patterns for the composition, and arranging the outlined text for the security information. Adobe Photoshop was used after importing the outline from Illustrator. Photoshop helps incorporate various patterned overlays as well as gradients and typographic elements to the design. The information page features a stylized version of the Cooper Bison Skull, along with a smaller one for security reasons. Patterns work together to enhance the skull, while maintaining the United States aesthetic. The visa page explores the landscape of Oklahoma—exhibition sight of the skull—along with a bison and her calf. The overall ended expectation of the passport and visa page design is to incorporate the first artwork dating back to be found in the United States, while increasing security measures across the pages. By layering patterns and gradients, the result simulates the look and feel of the embedded cultural and visual markers of the United States. The final design of the passport demonstrates how the incorporated design can effectively balance national identity while maintaining the aesthetic composition.
