amusements, sketches, experiments, etc.
2″ x 3″ x .5″
This thank you card was inspired by my composer friend and her little sister. The card’s closure forms a small (musical) note on the front of the card. When unwound, it opens up to say “BIG THANKS!” Hidden within the play of positive and negative space of the phrase are various creatures.
(shown: my individual spread within the book)
poster: 21.5″ x 30.875″
book: 5.375″ x 4.75″ x .375″
The San Francisco chapter of the AIGA asked Chronicle Books to design the poster for this year’s studio tours and Chronicle Books asked me to design the layout for their mailable poster so that it could convert into a book with a spread for every in-house designer. The theme of the studio tours was “I’m OK, You’re OK,” speaking to the opposite needs of feeling “OK” apart from other designers while also needing to interact with other designers to grow.
Shown here is my take on what happens when two individual designers (one per page) come together (as a spread). Through their gestures, I tried to illustrate not only the truce that studio tours create, but also the fact that when designers collaborate, the whole is often greater than the sum of its parts.
3.5″ x 7″ x 3.5″
This gift was a token of my deep gratitude for someone whose guidance and words of encouragement helped me break through the obstacles and create fearlessly. A dark and windowless box was created in the shape of a bird cage, inspired by the burden and imprisonment often felt during trials. When the cage top is lifted, colorful birds are freed and fly upwards in all directions. Around the edges of the base reads “Thank you for giving me wings.”
3.11″ x 4.843″
This gift is a reminder of a bird named Sero that would visit my friend and me on the roof while he stuffed the neighbor’s siding with his nest.
Inspired and informed by the subject and its occupation, I chose more natural materials and ephemera to make the precious object.
