- GhostType/We Do Big Things
- Inspired by the ephemeral and environmental nature of ghost signs—faded, hand-painted advertisements often found on the sides of buildings—GhostType is a computer program that digitally degrades type and attempts to mark the perfection of the digital with the passage of time. We Do Big Things is an exhibition platform for the program. As Sam Roberts wrote in an article on ghost signs, its basic purpose is ‘informing people of the existence of the product advertised.’ The phrase itself comes from a Barack Obama e-mail subject line and speech theme. The choice to use it is both a nod to my American background and simply, as stated, a reference to the size of the work itself.
A related blog GhostType continues to document samples of hand-painted and vintage lettering and emphemera.
- Roman Cieslewicz
- Exhibition design for the first major retrospective in Britain of Polish graphic designer Roman Cieslewicz. The exhibition was arranged in a thematic and roughly chronological order showing his entire body of work including posters, collages, films, animations, magazines, and other publications.
Designed in conjunction with Luke Gould. Curated by David Crowley, Andrzej Klimowski, and Jeff Willis of the Royal College of Art and Anna Grabowska-Konwent from the National Museum in Poznan.
- DRAW: Turning Thoughts Into Lines
- Exhibition design for a show on contemporary drawing at the RCA. The exhbition presented work from professional artists, tutors, techinicians, and students and examined the many different stages and forms of drawing. The posters were editioned in a series of 100 on letterpress and incorporate unique drawn elements. A supplementary broadsheet was also designed to provide more in-depth information about the exhibition through interviews and conversations.
Designed with a team that included Dan Carroll, Luke Gould, Leena Kangaskoski, and Ana Minguez. Curated by Anne Howeson and Catherine Anyango.
- Senseable Cities
- Concept and design in response to a brief set by Transport for London. The brief asks what will transportation in London look like in the year 2020 and how will it function? This proposal suggests creating an interactive, socially networked wayfinding system that incorporates ever pervasive technology such as touch screens and augmented reality dispalys. The work is currently being exhibited in the show Sense & The City at the Transport Museum in London.
- Rap Posters
- A series of prints inspired by rap lyrics and memories of my childhood that use the language of design to evoke nostalgia and home.
Liberation [Outkast]/Cincinnati Winter
International Player's Anthem I [UGK]/Red Trike
Organic [Elite Terrorist]/Vine St. and Glencoe
Three [Prodigy]/Back Porch
International Player's Anthem II [UGK]/Listen To Momma
I'm God [Lil B]/Places I've Lived
- Seeing Text
- Seeing Text is a research project that examined the way we visually interpret language and text. The first stage involved analyzing a text source—in this case an issue of FADER magazine—by using a variety of metrics to look for patterns or information of note. Methods included a break downs of page layouts, and comparisons between original content versus advertisements. Other metrics focused specifically on the authors’ writings. One interesting discovery showed a high use of hyphenated words, which I like to think suggests the need for inventiveness with language in the field of music journalism. Article construction was also broken down into percentage use of objective, subjective, and mixed objective/subjective statements. Expanded to a larger sample, this could potentially be used to create a visual thumbprint of an author’s writing style.
The second part involved synthesizing this information into a format that would illustrate the findings. The entire magazine was recreated based on a color-coded structure determined by the findings. By reducing spreads to blocks of color and key words, the hope is that the content and feel of an article could be conveyed in a glance. This could be expanded into a digital application where a user could alter text-based content in a similar way. More intricate analysis could possibly yield specific information such as sentiment, gender, native language, and education level.
- 100
- Response to a brief that simply stated: "Create 100 of anything." The grown up version of Mom's lunch box note; these cards were editioned on letterpress using each of the 100 typefaces in the RCA's type library. The cards were then anonymously distributed among the streets of London hoping that when discovered, it would provide a brief pause from the day and nostalgia for that maternal comfort from childhood.
- Hoon Kim Poster
- Poster to promote a lecture by Hoon Kim of whynotsmile at the RCA.
