Bootlegs: Turning Photoshop Fails into Fashion
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A curated collection of design work, writing, and creative projects spanning branding, digital experiences, and visual storytelling.
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Vibe Coding is Design
Development is Design/Design is Development - exploring the changing relationship between design and development
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Artificial Intelligence, Automatons, and Brazen Heads
Brazen Head by Abraham Garcia Flores, Self-portrait. Imagine standing in a medieval laboratory, face-to-face, with a gleaming brass head. Its eyes flicker with otherworldly intelligence as it speaks, revealing secrets of the universe and glimpses of the future.
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Bootlegs: Turning Photoshop Fails into Fashion
Hater’s gonna say it’s Photoshop. Every new digital tool shapes our design process with unique limitations and unexpected quirks.
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My First Experiment with Stable Diffusion
Changing the ethnicity of a stock photo's subject using text prompts - tinkering as research in 2022
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Four Books that Inspired Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis'
David Graeber and Herman Hesse influenced the director's new film - exploring civilization, patriarchy, and egalitarian societies
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Loving Yourself Avoiding Burnout
A personal wellness illustration about self-care and avoiding burnout
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Bloompop and Freshcut
E-commerce platform design for 'The Etsy for Florists' - connecting florists directly with customers. Established design system from zero and worked with technical founder to design custom e-commerce platform using rapid iteration workflow.
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DC/DOX Film Festival
Brand identity design for a new documentary film festival in Washington, DC
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Branding and the Truth
Examining how brands can embody truth and authenticity in their design and messaging.
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MLK Memorial Library Exhibition Design
Exhibition design for the permanent installation at Washington D.C.'s central library
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The Future is Now
Thoughts on technology, capitalism, and design as the world transforms during the 2020 pandemic.
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Working Remotely
Tools and systems for successful remote design collaboration, written during the 2020 pandemic shift. Covers Slack, Zoom, Krisp.ai, Dropbox, Paper, and Figma workflows.
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Enat
Brand identity for Enat, an artisanal leather goods atelier rooted in Ethiopian craftsmanship and heritage.
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Investigative Film Festival
Direct collaboration with festival founders forged a brand identity marked by authenticity and cultural significance.
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Calloway
Modular typeface design completed in Letter Workshop with Ben Kiel from House Industries.
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Bioplastics Modular Mark
A modular mark system for bioplastics created for the Cereplast-Make Your Mark Contest, designed at MICA.
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La Clínica del Pueblo Annual Reports
Design work for La Clínica del Pueblo, a non-profit clinic in Washington DC providing health services to the community. Includes annual gala collateral, website design, newsletters, and annual reports inspired by Central American folk art.
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Nocturnal Animals
A publication project exploring nocturnal animals, completed in Advanced Publications Design in graduate school.
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Infographic
A graphic infographic completed with assets created during an infographic workshop.
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Medium
A publication project completed in Advanced Publications Design in graduate school. Originally a music blog started in the early 2000's in Austin, expanded to cover DC music and culture.
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Hifi Lofi Wifi
Graduate school thesis - an interactive installation employing analog and digital MIDI controllers to control repeating shapes and patterns, forming an immersion of sound and color. Includes sound reactive images displayed on vintage Apple iMacs.
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Neurogazer
Brand identity design for neuroscience AI company developing MRI technologies for brain disorder treatment. Includes brand identity, marketing website, and prototype patient platform.
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Starry Night Capital
Brand identity and website design for Starry Night Capital, a blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm. This project allowed us to familiarize ourselves with the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency.
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State Your Purpose!
Reflections on graduate school application statements and sharing growth as designers. A collection of MICA GDMFA alumni statements.
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