illustrator & Designer
Podcasts & Events, Music, Personal Projects, Brand & Identity, Illustration
How to Draw a Startup is a new personal project of mine, a podcast miniseries about the evolving role of illustration in the tech industry. I spoke with over a dozen illustrators, designers, art directors, educators, and more to understand why illustration is used, how illustrated brands are crafted, and where illustrators fit in creative teams.
One evening, I stumbled upon a video of an elaborate cardboard LEGO minifig costume. As fantastic as it was, I recall thinking that “costume” was generous, as the person within couldn’t actually walk. I set out to design and build my own version, complete with fully-functioning legs. But I couldn’t make just *any* LEGO character… it was Halloween, after all. I decided to work in black (and sometimes, very dark gray). This is the story of the LEGO Batman of Boston.
Writing, Personal Projects, Product Design
As a Product Designer & Illustrator at Circle, it’s my job to manage and grow our custom icon set. I’ve built each icon according to the system Steve Stone outlined in Icon Sets with color override in Sketch. It's great …with one caveat. Sometimes, a designer needs to venture outside the brand palette.
Note: I have also published a version of this post to Medium
Podcasts & Events, Personal Projects, Brand & Identity
From 2014–2017, I helped run Refresh Boston, a free meetup for Greater Boston's design and development community, and the local chapter of the international Refreshing Cities collective. We were proud to feature extraordinary speakers and consistently draw an engaged, inquisitive crowd.
Podcasts & Events, Personal Projects, Illustration
IdeaPaint transforms nearly any surface into a dry erase whiteboard. Naturally, every surface at the company's Boston headquarters is painted with it, creating an office-sized canvas. Every other month, IdeaPaint invites a local artist to create an art installation in their unique space, covering hundreds of square feet with just dry erase markers. I love a good challenge, and couldn't turn down an invitation to be their December 2014 Studio Session artist.