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Dec 28, 2011 • Comments Closed Work created as part of an Information Design class I took at the School of Visual Arts in 2011. I took the opportunity of working on self-directed pieces to try to stretch my aesthetic sensibility and experiment with different styles, as well as copywriting and doing research on the topics which we picked ourselves.
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Aug 6, 2011 • Comments Closed Brooklyn Based is a weekly e-mail newsletter and associated blog that highlights local events and culture in Kings County. From 2010 to 2011, I had the opportunity to work on several freelance projects for events they produced and a few icons for their site.
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May 5, 2011 • Comments Closed Housing Works’ largest annual benefit, Design on a Dime raises much-needed funds for our supportive housing program. Together Housing Works partners with interior designers who create unique room vignettes using donated home goods and furnishings. For the 2011 benefit, I created design collateral for the entire event, from the invitation to on-site signage, tee-shirts to...
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Jan 22, 2011 • Comments Closed Founded in 1976, Dieu Donné is a non-profit artist workspace dedicated to the creation, promotion and preservation of contemporary art in the hand papermaking process. Since 2009, I have designed their annual benefit catalogs, and artists’ monographs for E.V. Day, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Jim Hodges, and Michele Oka Doner. Dieu Donné’s brand identity was developed by Project Projects.
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Oct 30, 2009 • Comments Closed Collected logos and marks from a variety of jobs and freelance clients.
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Jan 26, 2009 • Comments Closed As a member of Redken’s in-house Creative Department from 2007 until 2009, I had the opportunity to design print and digital collateral for an internationally recognized beauty brand. Under Creative Director Robert Bergman, my team collaborated with the Marketing and Purchasing departments in producing projects for the domestic market, and helped to form and uphold...
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Jan 28, 2007 • Comments Closed In the summer of 2007, a variety of community organizations in the Lower East Side and Chinatown banded together to form O.U.R. Waterfront Coalition. The Coalition’s goal was to make sure that the residents of the local community, many of whom are immigrants, were involved in the development and planning of the East River Waterfront....
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Jan 16, 2007 • Comments Closed From October ’06 through March ’07, I was fortunate enough to freelance at Time magazine. Working under Marti Golon, Art Director for Special Projects, I created layouts for weekly subscriber-only content, as well as projects with longer time lines, including the 2006 issues of The Best Inventions and Person of the Year. The ‘reset button’...
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May 1, 2006 • Comments Closed In 2006, I had the opportunity to intern at Paste, an international music, film and culture magazine. When I wasn’t running intern-esque errands, I created ads and collateral, assisted Metaleap Creative (the in-house & beyond design firm that works on Paste), and collaborated with senior designers, editorial staff, and marketing team on projects.
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Mar 1, 2006 • Comments Closed Flight Magazine was conceived as an in-flight magazine for a budget airline such as AirTran or JetBlue. Using a grid system, I organized different types of content (including the contents page, an interview, a product review, and a feature) into three unique spreads appropriate to the content. The result is a fun and informative read for...
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Dec 31, 2005 • Comments Closed This project involved the redesign of an existing annual report using original photography and a strong grid system based on the golden ratio. I chose to redesign the report of the Burger King/McLamore Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships for promising high school students who are also Burger King employees. The report’s title “Carpe Diem”...
