Design Work

The need to organize information is embedded in my DNA. It has manifested in countless projects—whether design-based or otherwise. I recall painstakingly laying out a research paper in primary school, meticulously ensuring that the writing and images were balanced and that the cadence of the narrative would function as intended. The same instincts have guided me through the work I created for deMO, Douglas+Voss, and numerous personal endeavors and custom commissions. Philip Meggs observed, “Since prehistoric times, people have searched for ways to give visual form to ideas and concepts, to store knowledge in graphic form, and to bring order and clarity to information. Over the course of history, these needs have been filled by various people including scribes, printers, and artists.” I have made books, studied and collected artists’ monographs, and obsessively read design theory since high school. I am, by Meggs’ definition, an image-maker, a scribe and an artist—all of which create a particular voice and offer an arsenal of skills that allow me to address creative questions in unique ways.
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