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.

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

Fireworks | Summer Sounds

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

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

More projects:

2016
RISD Convocation 2016
An identity for RISD convocation, using the given theme of “fumbling” as a metaphor for the process of searching and experimenting in the intermediate stages of a project.
2016
Phone Book Iterations
Iterations of a phone book cover, based off a joke—"they're still printing the phone book?"
2017
ds4: process book
A meandering book documenting process & thoughts for four experimental design projects.
2016
Lullatone 3D Album Cover
We follow the dream of a sphere through shape land. A three-dimensional exploration of Lullatone's 2D album cover for We Will Rock You To Sleep.
2016
NYT Sunday Vows: "Please Submit"
An infographic on the New York Times Sunday Vows, created for a workshop with Nicholas Felton. A collaboration with Laura Lin.
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.
2018
Moon Milk
Speculative design and copy for a lunar cold cream with odd effects. Inspired by Italo Calvino's short story, "The Distance of the Moon."
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.
2016
A TFB with the BFG
A Type Friendly Book with the Big Friendly Giant (with excerpts from Roald Dahl's the BFG) is a gentle introduction to learning the basics of typography.
2015
Appetizers & Apéritifs
An invitation to a kick-off party for the 2015 Gutenberg Dinner hosted by The Printing Museum in Houston.