Detroit is a deteriorating city that holds vast amounts of wasted empty space. The what if? project focuses on inner city school kids and how this decaying environment affects their future outlook. This project uses wiimote technology, custom built infrared light pens and a freestanding acrylic board where users can draw their ideas of what can be put into the empty spaces in Detroit. A website was made to document the results.
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A typographic wall installation consisting of quotes from a survey taken by the Graphic Design senior class. Made with cardboard and rolls of Remo double sided tape. Displayed at the College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition for the Graphic Design Department. Photos courtesy of Lisa Wallace and Chad Reichert.
For this project we were asked to rebrand an existing business in Detroit. As a business that promotes sustainable and environmental friendly practices, I wanted to design a kinetic identity that showed progress and hinted at the opportunity of growth throughout the community. This identity can span through various platforms: the web, print collateral, and even motion.
This book was written and designed around the life of designer/writer/educator Lorraine Wild, as well as my opinion on how books can still be relevant despite the technological influences that take over our lives today. The focus was on the craft of bookmaking techniques as well as typographic nuances throughout the text.
Inspired by Japanese culture for its combination of traditional and modern lifestyles, this series of vector illustrations show how the two can merge through the medium of high fashion pop art and a highly graphic form. poster series 15" x 15".
These logos were designed at my internship at the Park, Team Detroit. 1.STASH: logo chosen to represent the team detroit Digital Asset Management system, used by all employees at Team Detroit 2. ePlay: logo chosen for a product under the Ohio Art brand 3.CGI mingle: designed for an event at Team Detroit where various CGI studios come and display their capabilities.
This infographic shows the life cycle of the credit card and how sustainable it is both environmentally and socially. I was more interested in the latter and how one piece of plastic could have such huge impact on the way americans live their lives and how it contrasts so differently to other countries where credit cards aren't as accessible. At first glance the credit card by seem sustainable environmentally, but the amount of junk mail that is sent out on a daily basis shows that this is not the case.
After one week of documemting daily tasks and events, it soon came to realization that my life was highly dependent on technological devices. To superimpose this idea, an alternate persona named 'digigirl' was created where physical energy is based on battery power and computer icons identify the key aspects of the daily routines that occur during the beginning of a school semester. poster 30" x 40".
This interactive piece aims to show the relationship between people and their memories of ice cream. Ice cream is universal, and transcends cultures. By taking a survey of friends and family, data is collected to show which flavors were most loved as a child and which is their current favorite flavor to indulge in today. Each person has their own unique memory and when combined, it creates a whole dialogue about the impact that ice cream has had on our lives.
A personal mixed media project. Illustrated and then made into a 3D painting for the 2009 Dirty Show in Detroit
