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Loscil: European Tour 2014
2014 European Tour poster for Vancouver-based electronica artist, Loscil A1, offset
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Music
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There's never a bad moment for pizza.
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Muni Rebranding Concept
My fascination with the Muni logo started a long time ago. It's an iconic piece of San Francisco's heritage and probably the most recognized SF symbol after the SF...
Branding
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Collateral
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Illustration
Braun
I had the immense honor to have been invited by Das Programm and Braun to design a poster for systems, a poster exhibition held in London which celebrated the...
Poster
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Art
Forage Press
I've always loved making music. But it wasn't until high school when my interest in music was magnified by need and obsession. Back in the day, I remember being...
Music
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Poster
Loscil: Sine Studies 1
A cover and poster for Sine Studies 1, a limited edition JAZ Records release by Loscil. The concept behind the art is based on the beauty of sine waves; these waves...
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Album Art
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Art Direction
Forage Press
An unreleased draft for Forage Press. This project uses the same visualization concepts as the final version. This song takes some inspiration from Ulrich...
Music
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Data visualization
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Infographics
Football Trading Cards
Fictional mockups of 11 football trading cards celebrating the most beautiful sport in the world.
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Typography
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Best all-time movies according to: Me (In no particular order) Friday Pulp Fiction Jurassic Park American History X True Lies Braveheart Office...
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AIC: Re-Neue
Posters announcing the final exhibit of AIC's South Annex prior to its closure and renovation. A2, offset.
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Art
Loscil: European Tour 2013
European tour poster and apparel for Vancouver-based musician, Loscil. The graphic language is inspired by rain, as Loscil's soundscapes tend to evoke a sense of...
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Apparel
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Poster
Global Warning
Back in 2007 and 2008, the economic world stood on its knees as it watched financial giants fall one by one once the housing bubble had burst. Predatory lending...
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Poster
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Illustration
Australian Poster Biennale 2013: A Mother's Life is Precious
Poster for the 2013 Australian Poster Biennale organized by the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA). The theme for this exhibition was "A Mother's Life is...
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Illustration
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Call your parents from time to time.
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AIC: Norðurljós
Poster for Norðurljós, a sound-based exhibit held at the AIC. 6-color offset lithograph. A1, offset.
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Music
Global Lives Project
The Global Lives Project is a video library of life experience. A nonprofit, volunteer-driven effort of filmmakers and translators, Global Lives creates and curates...
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Art Direction
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Branding
Nike
Quickstrike shirt design for Nike Basketball and its "Black Mamba" campaign.
Apparel
Haiku
I created an integrated conceptual identity for Haiku, a yoga apparel label. The identity is based on the structural nature of such Japanese poetic form. The...
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If you've been sitting on your ass for more than 8 hours, it's time to go exercise.
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WMD
This personal art project focuses on the beautiful yet dark nature of some of the world's most dangerous military aircraft. The posters show intricate interfaces...
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Illustration
Hey Saturday Sun
A poster depicting a personal interpretation of the Scottish electronica duo, Boards of Canada, and its "Hey Saturday Sun" track. This piece is inspired by the...
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ホーム
Cover design proposal for ホーム, an independent design journal based in Nagoya. Creative Direction: Junichi Sato Art Direction & Design: D. Kim
Illustration
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Editorial
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Cover
First Nation Magazine
The main intent of First Nation Magazine was to document forgotten cultures around the world. I created some conceptual cover designs, all of which feature the...
Pro Bono
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Editorial
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Cover
Approved: Yes Magazine
Editorial and poster design for a proposed outdoors magazine by Approved.
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Art Direction
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Poster
Portland Loves Cambodia
Transitions Global is an organization in Cambodia who build new lives for survivors of sex trafficking by providing holistic shelter and aftercare services to girls...
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Poster
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Illustration
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Drawing is the best form of communication so start practicing.
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Artist As Citizen: City Atlas
I sporadically volunteer for Artist As Citizen, a non-profit organization focused on the active role of designers as influencers for social change. I created a...
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Illustration
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Art Direction
Personal Business Cards
Personal skatedeck designs that I used as business cards. Probably the most expensive business cards I've ever made in my whole life. These decks were...
Skateboarding
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Illustration
Cycles Papillon
Typographic T-shirt for Cycles Papillon, a Portland-based cycling company. Different bike components make up the company's name, Papillon, alluding to its bespoke...
Apparel
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Typography
Wieden+Kennedy
Illustrations for Wieden+Kennedy's Portland office that were used on buttons for promotional purposes. Each button represents a unique facet of the agency's...
Illustration
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Iconography
Tohoku Earthquake Relief Poster
A personal relief effort for the earthquake in Japan that took place on March 11, 2011. I decided to use Haiku poems that express perseverance from one of the most...
Pro Bono
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Poster
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Art
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Stop looking at this website and go take a coffee break.
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Jordan
Part of a poster series for Air Jordan's 25th Anniversary (Jordan IV pictured below)
Poster
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Illustration
Famous People
Some portrait drawings of famous people. This was mainly an exploration of different drawing and rendering styles. The real meaning behind these drawings is open to...
Art
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Illustration
Bicicleta
Identity and Package design for Bicicleta, a cycling company based in Seoul, South Korea.
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Branding
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Packaging
Nike
The following conceptual garments aim to create a visual narrative of one’s journey to become the best. They contain a functional graphic printed in between 2...
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Art Direction
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Concept
Nike
A sockliner design for the Nike Free, demonstrating pressure points on the foot and indicating how each point is associated with a specific organ in our...
Illustration
Canción Magazine
Canción Magazine is yet to be published and is an on-going personal effort. The magazine aims to cover the relationships between designers/artists and the music...
Music
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Art Direction
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Editorial
Grafik Magazine
Grafik Magazine approached Michael Bojkowski and I to collaborate for the cover of issue #190 which focused on design education. After several rounds of...
Editorial
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Cover
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Art Direction
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Book a ticket to go anywhere on a random weekend.
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Kenya Hara
Kenya Hara, MUJI’s design director, visited Portland and agency Wieden+Kennedy on May 2011. I had the immense privilege of designing a poster for Hara-san in...
Art Direction
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Poster
TEDx Portland 2011
TEDx Portland approached Wieden+Kennedy to create a unique and memorable identity for their event, the first of its kind in Portland. W+K Studio designers Sarah...
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Branding
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Apparel
AIC: Modern Plastics
Poster for the AIC. A1, Offset.
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Art
AIC: Northwest Expansion
Poster for the AIC Northwest Expansion Event. The poster is inspired by the Hudson Bay Point Blanket, an iconic item from the Northwest. A1, digital inkjet.
Poster
Holiday Giftwrapping
Finding the right gift isn't much of a problem for me. Finding the proper giftwrap is a whole different story. Therefore, I decided to create my own. This is a...
Packaging
Classic Design Wallpapers
I was browsing through some of my old files and stumbled upon an old set of wallpapers that I had created a while back. I remember struggling to get some decent...
Downloads
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Eat more vegetables.
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Burocrata
Burocrata is a geometric sans-serif typeface suitable for display / headline purposes. It was influenced by the early mid-century geometric style imposed by Herb...
Typography
Wieden+Kennedy: Goodness Calendar
The W+K Goodness Calendar is an annual letterpressed calendar that includes designs from W+K Studio's super talented designers. I was tasked to design the month...
Collateral
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Illustration
Departamento Magazine
Departamento is a magazine centered on design, society and art. Several concept issues were created for their first editorial run. I was approached to concept an...
Art Direction
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Branding
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Packaging
Stanford University
The Medicine 2.0 Fall Conference 2011 was hosted in Silicon Valley, home to many of the world’s preeminent technology companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook,...
Poster
Esquire Magazine
Information graphic developed for an article focused on Usain Bolt's "super-human" abilities. Appears in Esquire Magazine's April 2010 issue. Art direction:...
Data Visualization
Target
A card of appreciation was created for Target on behalf of Wieden+Kennedy to appreciate their business partnership. The card was screen printed by hand with white...
Illustration
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Take a break from technology.
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Nike
Typographic treatment for Nike Global Women's Training. Creative Direction: Martin Lotti Art Direction: Matt Cater
Apparel
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Typography
Haiti Relief Poster
A limited edition 2-color silkscreen poster that was produced to raise funds for the victims of the Haiti earthquake disaster. Part of the Haiti Poster Show held at...
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Poster
Nike
Limited QuickStrike T-shirt. How much wood would a woodchuck dunk if a woodchuck could dunk wood? Creative Direction: Heather Amuny-Dey
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Nike
Illustration and pattern design for inner jacket lining.
Apparel
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Patternmaking
Nike
A limited QuickStrike T-shirt series focusing on Nike's sports heritage. Creative Direction: Heather Amuny-Dey
Apparel
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Typography
Haute
Haute is a finely crafted serif display typeface that blends the fashion world with a subtle Herb Lubalin touch. It includes alternate letterforms which creates a...
Typography
Visual Communication
Posters for a Contemporary Visual Communication Exhibit in South Korea (Concepts). These posters aim to blend Korean Hangul typography with a western phonetic...
Poster
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Concept
Gropius Display (Weimar)
Gropius Display is a bold handset typeface that is constructed with basic geometric shapes. The typeface is inspired by the Bauhaus movement and pays homage to its...
Typography
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Don't be like me; try to get at least 8 hours of sleep.
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Bourgeois
Deconstructed Modernism. Poster for Bourgeois. This poster was initially intended to be used for a commissioned project. However, it ultimately resulted in being an...
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Art
Nike Sportswear
A t-shirt design for Nike Sportswear. The iconic waffle design was the catalyst for the success of Nike. Therefore, this shirt pays homage to Nike's legacy by using...
Apparel
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Typography
Gracias
I created a personal note of gratitude to all of those people who have supported my artwork throughout the past few years. To all of the personal e-mails, blog...
Poster
Nike
Poster and typographic treatment for Nike Women's Training Creative Direction: Martin Lotti Art Direction: Matt Cater
Poster
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Typography
AIC: Basics
Posters for the Basics design exhibit held at the AIC. A0, offset.
Poster
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Art
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Ever wanted to produce your own music? Get yourself a Digital Audio Workstation and get crackin.
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Index
A tribute poster for Shigeo Fukuda, one of the most important graphic designers in Japanese history.
Poster
Interface—Seoul
Seoul's Interface Expo is one of South Korea's biggest design expositions. They entrusted me with the event's posters and branding. The Korean script typography...
Art Direction
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Branding
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Poster
Times Square
A data visualization of the biggest companies present on neon signage in Times Square (New York City). The visualization is divided in 6 different business sectors:...
Poster
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Data Visualization
Downtown Communication: Cuatro
My approach for Downtown Communication's compilation titled "Cuatro" (Translation: Four in Spanish) is represented in a soft and subtle way using waveforms of the...
Art Direction
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Album Art
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Poster
AIC: Plakat
Poster for the Plakat Poster exhibit held at the AIC. Silkscreen.
Poster
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Art
Extinct
Artist As Citizen (AAC) is a movement that represents artists around the globe seeking social, environmental, and humanitarian change. The goal of this project is...
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Poster
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Data Visualization
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Go learn a new instrument.
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We All Love Math
Math has never been a big strength on my behalf. However, sometimes we tend to take things for granted; math, for me, is one of those things. Math has allowed me to...
Apparel
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Typography
AIC: Concepts
Concepts is the AIC's main gallery exhibit. Artists from around the globe are invited to the quarterly show, showcasing current trends in art and design. JIS...
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Art
Big Boned
A free downloadable font characterized by a thick ass weight. As Eric Cartman would say, it's not fat... it's big boned. Click here to download.
Typography
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Downloads
AIC: Eight bits
Eight Bits is all about merging visual art with music and software. It is the major event at the AIC celebrating software-generated visuals. The poster contains a...
Music
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Technological Influence
A timeline and data visualization depicting all of the technological influences throughout my life; starting from the first Nintendo Entertainment System, to my...
Poster
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Data Visualization
Offsetlitho
Poster design for Offsetlitho; an annual poster exhibition and conference in Mexico City focused on modernist art and design. A1, offset.
Poster
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Always remember the essentials before you leave: keys, wallet & phone.
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AIC: Tactic
Poster for Tactic, the biennial of motion graphics and animation formerly held at the AIC.
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Typography
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Motion Graphics
Adobe: See What's Possible
Motion graphics piece created for Cut + Paste and Adobe Photoshop "See What's Possible" challenge. A custom typographic logo was also created for the event's main...
Motion Graphics
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Illustration
Human Synthesizer
My passion for music has led me not only to become an avid music fan, but also to create my own music. Inspired by the various digital audio workstations (DAW) I...
Apparel
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Music
Labrinth
Identity, packaging and skate deck design for Labrinth, a Swedish skateboarding company based in Malmö (Defunct)
Branding
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Packaging
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Skateboarding
Archivo 17
I developed a poster series and branding for Archivo17, an architectural exhibit held in Monterrey, Mexico. I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to...
Branding
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Poster
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Illustration
AIC: Rasterfeld
A poster for AIC's Rasterfeld event.
Poster
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Typography
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Learn how to take good photographs; it'll take you far.
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Switz
A poster collaboration with Baselisk. This poster is an open exploration for a new Modernist/Swiss graphic style.
Poster
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Art
Altamira Industrial Complex
The Altamira Industrial Complex (AIC) was a members-only venue hosting a variety of different events catered to the artistic and creative communities. A series of...
Poster
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Art
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Art Direction
Strukturen
Strukturen, a German architectural consultancy firm, approached me with their identity development. A crisp and simple logotype was developed in order to embody...
Branding
Alphabet Magazine
Designing for the blind and for the low-vision community is still an uncharted territory within graphic design. Alphabet Magazine is a concept which...
Concept
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Editorial
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Typography
Go Play
PSA posters to entice people to go outside and play. A simple experimental poster series focused on the graphic nature of sports and leisure.
Pro Bono
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Poster
New Urban Type
New Urban Type is a typographic study and experiment aiming to blend Japanese Hiragana with the Latin alphabet. Crisp and edgy geometric shapes create a mix of...
Poster
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Typography