COLLAPSE
Information design
Perfect bound, flat-back case binding, laser cut pages, 7.25 x 11 x 1.5 inches, 400 pages.

A visualization of the projected disappearance of the Greenland Ice Sheet within the next millennium under a business-as-usual emissions scenario. The cut shapes on each page represent ice sheet extent in a given year. The book begins in 3000 CE and progresses backwards in five-year intervals to the present day.






16. A tally of sightings
22. The amount of string that it took to cover the distance a bird flew from one tree to another
21. Ducks on water
25. A flock crossing the sky
3. Stages of movement
5. American robins on a November day
4. Lake Michigan feeding frenzy
1. Flight paths #1–4
14. Flight paths in and out of three trees
14. Geese landing on water
2. Traces
19. Flight paths in and out of a tree
17. A map
10. Canada goose migration by mail
9. Wingbeats
26. Flight paths crossing the sky directly overhead
26 WAYS TO MEASURE BIRD FLIGHT
Design research + methodology
26 objects, unbound book, dimensions variable.

An investigation into the act of measurement, this collection considers how a phenomenon reveals itself to an observer and how it is represented. This project was developed under a design methodology brief by Melissa Weiss.



ADLER PLANETARIUM VISUAL IDENTITY REDESIGN
Visual identity, logotype design

A proposal for a new visual identity for Chicago’s historic Adler Planetarium. The visual motifs implemented in the system draw inspiration from the planetarium’s unique architectural features, astronomical instruments on display, and concepts of optics. Developed in Identity Systems at SAIC.

Full research brief and brand guidelines book is available upon request.




NARRATIVE INFOGRAPHIC
Information design

A digital infographic on maternal mortality data in the United States following the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision. Published in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics. See full web version here.




A MEETING PLACE
Artist’s book, speculative design
Stab stitch binding, rice paper, 7 x 7 inches, 18 pages.

This artist’s book presents a collection of photographs of leaf imprints on sidewalks found throughout Chicago. Considers the significance of traces and notions of permanence in the Anthropocene.




THEO JANSEN PROFILE
Editorial design
Inkjet print, 11 x 15 inch spreads, 20 pages.

Layout and typesetting for Lawrence Weschler’s profile of Theo Jansen and his body of work.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SENSING TIME
Artist’s book
Saddle stitch binding, 4.5 x 4.5 inches, 46 pages.

Uses encyclopedic systems of category as an organizing structure for reflection on the subjective passing of time. Divided into three sections, each entry pairs a description of a natural phenomenon or personal experience with directions for the reader.
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