Books

Adventures in Ilna

A 5-month-long endeavor, this book uses a self-authored short story to explore the book as a literal and figurative world. Each word of the text creates a terrain map of the world that exists in language. 2017

The Perennial Garden

An informational gardening guide on 25 different perennial flowers. The color varieties, heights, needed lighting conditions, and blooming periods are displayed for each. Uploaded as spreads. 2017

Typeradio

A book exploring the translation of audio to text, to see what is lost and gained in writing copy directly from an audio sample. Uploaded as spreads. 2016

The Wizard of Oz: Bodoni Typebook

A book exploring the typeface Bauer Bodoni using quotes and themes from the book, The Wizard of Oz, to showcase what Bodoni can do. Uploaded as spreads. 2014

 

Posters

Queen & Slay

A play on the modern slang “queen” and “slay,” while using a contrasting reference to the visual styles of old illuminated manuscripts. Paper, burlap, and ink. 2019

Freeholder Chronicles

Logo lockup for the Duchy of Zylphania monthly newsletter, a fictional duchy within the video game realm of Chronicles of Elyria. 2018

Landomas

A band poster for a bard in The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited that plays the same 4 songs on a loop. 2017

UIC 2015 Fall Events Calendar

A 20x24in poster focusing on typographic systems using UIC's 2015 fall events. 2016

Translations

A study of visual language, relationships, and translations using an everyday object. 2014

 

Packaging

Zephyr

Packaging for the special Skip Fredricks Edition of Little Arms Studio's Zephyr Drone Simulator, including a download code and the transmitter. 2017

 

Photography

Siddhartha

An exploration, using 3 dimensional typography as a subject, to communicate a quote from the novel Siddhartha. Letters were partially cut from paper and photographed. 2015
"...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still." Herman Hesse

Paper

A study of how a simple material can be transformed into something dramatic and beautiful. Particular attention is paid to form and lighting. Paper. 2014

Electric Tea Kettle

A study of the beauty hidden in everyday objects, using lighting to accentuate compelling forms. 2014

Carousel K

A 3 dimensional typography experiment exploring letters and their forms. Here, a K is turned into a carousel-like sculpture. Laser-cut posterboard. 2016