Profile

Desert Dreams Design Studio is a multi-faceted studio that designs printed promotional materials for small businesses. Additional services include photo work and illustration, and the designer can help facilitate printing as needed. All work speaks directly to client need, showcasing clean, uncluttered designs and incorporating color and imagery to guide the viewer to the message.

Dona Antonelli, as owner of Desert Dreams Design Studio, is an innovative graphics designer and creative art director who has worked in numerous manufacturing /retail facilities where all product collateral material was conceived, designed and brought to print. She is now working as a freelance designer for small businesses and entrepreneurs. When working in-house with a staff numbering up to 7, she initiated, developed and managed the in-house Graphics Department to expedite production of collateral over 5 distinct markets. She managed total oversight for budgets, production, maintenance of continuing education to assure personnel excellence in leading edge technology and programs, and scheduling for the advertising, nationally and internationally on a yearly basis. She had the creative role in setting up company brand and promoting brand through print, web and packaging. She demonstrated expertise in print design, copy editing, understanding the balance between color, composition, subject and type to promote the product and get the message across to the target audience. She taught Graphic Design as an adjunct professor at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design for many years with an eye to matching education with real work experience and ethics. Titles include Art Director, Creative Leader, and Educator.

Included in the offerings, Desert Dreams Design Studio provides a diverse selection of artisan-made, upcycled jewelry and art pieces. Utilizing elements typically discarded, such as plastic bottles, aluminum cans, Styrofoam, and more, these materials are then repurposed and transformed into lightweight, eye-catching, one-of-a-kind accessories or as art made completely of aluminum cans.

Earth-friendly and fashionable, these handcrafted items are made in small batches by a nationally-
recognized artisan and Etsy-shop owner with over 30 years of jewelry-making experience. Designs are inspired by nature and industry, incorporating techniques time-tested for durability, and are also influenced by the material on-hand, so that each piece is truly unique.  Aluminum can art pieces are inspired by photographs and commissions are accepted.

Specialties: Expert in Programs of PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark as well as other related graphic programs; Branding and identity; graphic design & typography, scheduling and organization, 100% deadline success rate over 11 years