Design Explorations

The following projects are small, experimental design explorations done both at CMU and for fun. They mostly have a focus on color, typography, time, and motion. I will update this page with new work on a regular basis. So keep checking back for more.

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Real/Fake Food: motion | Spring 2011

Real/Fake Food is a quickly prototyped interface sketch showing how one could navigate information about food ingredients. It allows the user to understand what’s in her food and potentially become more aware of the real and fake ingredients she potentially consumes in typical american meals.

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10 Seconds of a Bad Piano Player: motion | Spring 2011

This project is the result of beginner piano playing on garageband (quite literally – and yes, I am the beginner piano player). I thought it’d be a nice piece of “music” to use for my first Time Motion Communication project, 10 seconds.

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Get Moving! flash interactive | Fall 2010

Get Moving! is an ipad application for “moody” exercisers who want to change things up! The application allows a user to input her exercise mood and receive real-time moving suggestions.

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Color and Communication Studies: print pieces | Spring 2010

a series of projects that explore how color can play a role in visual perception

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Don’t use Comic Sans: book layout | Spring 2010

A class book, called Facebook, was made to teach freshman about typography faux pas. Each student was required to make a page spread and a corresponding video.

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Don’t use Comic Sans: motion | Spring 2010

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Word. motion | Summer 2009

A simple interactive video that describes the column grid.

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We are RIS3N: motion | Spring 2008

We are RIS3N is a side project created in the Spring of 2008 for the Risenchurch community in Santa Monica, CA. Every fifth Sunday the community holds an artist’s service in place of the normal service. Community members make artwork around a common theme and display it for that Sunday’s service. For this artist service, the theme was to define the RIS3Nchurch community. A friend, Graeme Lowry, and I made a video around the concept: We Are RIS3N. My contribution was coming up with the concept, the story, and the photography and artwork.

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Ramble: letterpress + bookbinding

In 2008, while working in Los Angeles, CA as an architect, I was given the opportunity to take an Intro to Typography course at Otis College of Art & Design. This class began my love for typography. The following images are of a series of handmade notebooks with letterpress covers.

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