Michael Hegedus Designs

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Michael Hegedus Designs

📍New Ringgold, PA
🎓Kutztown University
BFA ‘25 — Communication Design
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06/29/2026

“Tröegs On Vinyl” 🍻

My Art of Tröegs Contest 2026 submission. Tröegs Independent Brewing has always been one of my biggest inspirations as an artist. It is the brewery that ultimately sparked my passion for illustration and design. Each Tröegs label tells its own story that sells more than just a beer.

I wanted to celebrate that by combining these labels with another passion of mine: music. I hand-painted four of my favorite Tröegs labels onto vinyl records and paired each one with a matching colored record. To bring the idea full circle, each record features a Spotify code that links to a custom playlist inspired by the character and vibe of that beer label. The piece is designed to be interactive, inviting viewers to pick up each record and explore the hand-painted details, textures, and craftsmanship of each album.

This is a project I’ve spent the last several months working on, and it’s the first painting project I have done in about 10 years. I’m super grateful for all the people who’ve helped me make this project come to life, and a huge shout out to the designer of all these labels Rachel Conville!

04/08/2026

🪼 HYDROSCAPE: 360 INTEGRATED BRANDING CAMPAIGN 🐠

Created as a school project for Integrated Branding with Professor Bosler, Professor Miller, and Professor Doll-Myers

Hydroscape transforms ordinary fish tanks into immersive, one-of-a-kind aquatic worlds. Inspired by the art of aquascaping, the brand redefines the boundaries between design and nature—turning home aquariums into living sculptures. This campaign includes a complete identity system featuring logo design, branding, product catalogue, and a full advertising suite across social media, transit, and environmental placements. The project also features a responsive website for desktop and mobile devices. All logos and digital illustrations were hand-created, while the photorealistic aquascapes were generated using AI to capture a futuristic, ethereal tone. Hydroscape invites viewers to dive deeper—where imagination and design flow together beneath the surface.

03/18/2026

👟 TrailBlazr: UX/UI App Design 🔥

Created with Professor Miller using Figma for Advanced Interactive. Try out my prototype in my portfolio! Link in bio 🔗

🏃‍➡️ TrailBlazr is a community-driven app designed for runners, hikers, and explorers to discover the best local routes featuring iconic landmarks and hidden gems. Users can create and share their own trails, post photos, compete on leaderboards, and earn badges for completed routes. Whether you’re exploring a new city or chasing a scenic run in your hometown, TrailBlazr turns every workout into an adventure. This UX/UI project showcases all original, hand-crafted app designs.

03/10/2026

So honored to have won an 2026 Student Silver ADDY for Printed Annual Report/Brochure with my project, Black Dust Brewing Company! It was a great event for all. This brand manual was so much fun to create with Kate Clair for Advanced Branding, and thank you to for encouraging me to submit the project.

BLACK DUST BREWING COMPANY ⛏️

A modern brewery born from old traditions, Black Dust Brewing Co. brings the hardworking spirit of Tamaqua’s miners into today’s craft beer scene. Inspired by the grit and camaraderie of the coal miners who built Pennsylvania, the brand honors the men who spent their days and nights keeping our lights on. The design uses authentic anthracite coal textures, and a vintage color palette inspired by what the boys have been drinking down in the mines. The campaign includes logo design, texture design, stationery, brewery interior and exterior concepts, and packaging — all created to keep the spirit of the miners alive.

03/02/2026

🎸Guitar Center ON TOUR: Social Good Advertising Campaign

Created as a school project for Campaigns for Social Good with Professor Doll-Myers

Across the country, music programs are disappearing from schools, leaving millions of students without access to creative self-expression. Guitar Center: On Tour is a campaign designed to bring music education back to the classrooms that need it most. The campaign uses a bright, bold color palette and gritty textures to reflect the raw, rock-inspired style of the brand. This initiative sends a music lesson van to select schools, offering free guitar, bass, and drum lessons to students. Through print, social, out of home placements like billboards, van wraps, and wallscapes, as well as merchandise design—the campaign spreads one clear message: it’s time to take the music back for schools. Every kid deserves the chance to play, create, and express themselves through sound.

02/19/2026

🌙 ELYSIUM: RECLAIM OUR EARTH 🪻

Album Cover and Merch Design

Elysium: Reclaim Our Earth is a metalcore compilation album created to support climate action through music. Designed with Professor Tienken for Advanced Typography at Kutztown University. Blending heavy, emotional sound with the urgency to protect our planet, this album represents a paradise worth fighting for. The visual identity uses digital illustration, bold typography, and an ethereal style to balance aggression and hope, mirroring the tension between destruction and renewal all inspired by Invent Animate’s album Heavener. A collaboration between UNFD, a record label known for pushing the boundaries of heavy music, and the Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit focused on solving critical environmental challenges through science and policy, this project connects creativity with purpose. Together, music and design unite to raise awareness and inspire real-world change.

02/11/2026

Hey there! 👋

After recently graduating from Kutztown University this winter, I’m officially open for freelance design projects! 🎨 I’m available for logo design, advertising, merch, graphics, motion graphics, and illustration.

💬 Feel free to send a DM or email if you have a project in mind!

👀 Check out my portfolio site to see what I’ve been up to — link in bio. 🔗

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https://michaelhegedus.com/

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