SELECTED DESIGN WORK · 2024–2026

Design Explorations

A collection of publishing, research, experimental, and socially driven design projects exploring how visuals can communicate stories, information, place, and experience.

ideas → experiments → experiences

How Not to Build A Birdhouse

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CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING · ILLUSTRATION · BOOK DESIGN

How Not to Build A Birdhouse

An illustrated children’s book from the Wordie Bird Tales series that transforms a playful story about building a birdhouse into a colorful visual narrative.

Illustration Book Design Typography Print
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Gertie McDougle Plays the Bugle

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CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING · ILLUSTRATION · BOOK DESIGN

Gertie McDougle Plays the Bugle

A music-filled children’s book combining expressive character illustration, playful typography, sound, repetition, and interactive storytelling.

Illustration Layout Typography Publishing
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Skin Deep Senior Capstone project mockup

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SENIOR CAPSTONE · SOCIAL IMPACT · INTERACTIVE DESIGN

Skin Deep Senior Capstone

A senior capstone centered around body positivity, self-esteem, inclusion, and creating a visual experience that encourages young people to see themselves with more care.

Capstone Identity Illustration Interactive Design
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Analyzing DNA in Cold Cases project mockup

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INFORMATION DESIGN · RESEARCH · VISUAL COMMUNICATION

Analyzing DNA in Cold Cases

A research-driven design exploration focused on communicating complex information surrounding DNA analysis and its role in cold-case investigations through accessible visual design.

Research Information Design Editorial Visual Communication
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Sense of Place project mockup

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EDITORIAL DESIGN · PLACE · VISUAL STORYTELLING

Sense of Place

An editorial exploration of how spaces become meaningful through memory, human experience, community, culture, and the stories people attach to the places around them.

Editorial Design Research Typography Visual Storytelling
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Sensory Design curriculum project mockup

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CURRICULUM DESIGN · RESEARCH · INCLUSIVE DESIGN

Sensory Design

A research-based curriculum exploring sensory design across art, architecture, products, digital interfaces, accessibility, and inclusive visual communication.

Curriculum Design Research Accessibility Editorial Design
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BEYOND THE CASE STUDIES

Sometimes I design just to see what happens.

Not every idea needs to become a full project. These ongoing collections are spaces for experimenting with type, movement, composition, color, and visual rhythm.

ONGOING COLLECTION

Poster Studies

Typography, hierarchy, composition, image-making, and visual experiments collected outside of larger case studies.

Forget the Utopian vision of one world poster
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Punk Provocation

Phone Chair poster study
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Sitting Pretty

Sunshine Crew poster
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Brighter Together (Sunshine Crew)

type, color + composition experiments ↗

ONGOING COLLECTION

Motion Explorations

Experiments with movement, timing, typography, transitions, and visual rhythm.

PLAY

motion work coming soon

Research it.
Make it.
See where it goes.