Catchafire: on a new partnership with an organization that connects non-profits with networks of volunteers.

Boosting Communities: on rebranding a financial services company that supports under-invested communities.

Fireworks | End-of-Summer Playlist: Tyler's mellow jams for the summer blues.

What We've Been Reading

Giving + Taking: on the ASK + GIVE open-mic forum for designers by AIGA Chicago.

Show + Tell: a list of things that delighted our team this week.

Fireworks | Leaning into Bliss: Mak's playlist for joy.

Re-visualizing Equity: on a new collaboration clarifying the differences between equity and equality.

Fireworks | Dispatch from DesignPod: Tom's podcast edition.

Focused Chaos: on neurodivergence in the workplace.

Not Your Average Historic Home: on conducting on-site research in the spring for a newly renovated museum.

Fireworks | Summer Sounds

An Event Apart: on attending a summit on the state of web development.

Change is on the Horizon: on new work with the Center for New Horizons in Chicago.

Harnessing Potential: on partnering with a Boston-based organization focused on the arts, climate, and education.

Cultivating Civic Leaders: on working with the Institute of Politics at UChicago.

The City of Big Art: on rebranding the largest nightly public art projection in Chicago. 

Searching for an Expanded Identity: rebranding a company that helps search for executive talent.

More projects:

2017
8eyes Opening
An opening show and exhibition showcasing four display typefaces by 8eyes type foundry. A collaboration with May Kodama, Kaitlyn Nee, and Taryn Oshiro-Wachi. Advised by Font Bureau's Richard Lipton.
2015
Wedding Menu
A lasercut menu design for a wedding with the theme of a springtime garden party. A collaboration with Jessica Lin.
2017
ds4: process book
A meandering book documenting process & thoughts for four experimental design projects.
2015
Fuck Content
A book merging Michael Rock's original and revised Fuck Content essays, with translucent pages that highlight their own framing.
2023
Jasper
Custom lettering in flourished Round Hand, stylized Italian Hand, and Spencerian Display. Drawn in Ken Barber's Lettering Stylebook class.
2015
The Future of Food
Experimental packaging for crickets inspired by the space age jello fad of the 1950s.
2017
Pasta Packaging
Pasta packaged in pastel cartons that stand out on the shelf and make it easier to pour out pasta.
2019
Eariously App
Logo, branding, and mobile UI design for Eariously, an app that lets you listen to the things you want to read. App by Nick Rimsa and Brendan Barr, UX design by Kia Jones.
2016
Interactive Grass
An interactive program that grows grass and sprouts flowers on screen wherever yellow is spotted on the webcam. Coded with Processing.
2017
Ulna
Inspired by Rebecca Solnit's A Faraway Nearby, Ulna is a typeface optimized for body text that references the rough edges of boulders, bones, and ice.