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Portfolio is up…

on the Behance Network! I’m still working on a personal site, but for now, please visit Behance. Most of what you’ll see has already been posted here. And if you’re a member, let’s be Behance buddies :)

I HAIGHT ART

I Haight Art was a collaborative project between myself and three other designers: Maria Alvarez, Zhen Tan and Silvia Cassone.

This project was a documentation of the art seen all around the Upper Haight. Creativity is everywhere from the murals, shop galleries, graffiti and the eclectic store fronts and window displays. The book was perfect bound by yours truly. My other responsibilities included art direction, layout and customizing the blog.

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Information Design

I had the awesome opportunity to take Information Design (DAI 523) with Prof. Trogu. If you’re a DAI student, I highly recommend this class. It’s a great introduction to info design. We learned how to gather information (through researching and web scraping), organize the data and the various forms of visualizations. If you’re new to this area of design, check out the site Many Eyes to to get your feet a little wet. Also, if you want to see some really rad examples of info design, check out Good Magazine, Information is Beautiful, and Info Aesthetics.

As you might have remembered, I posted a concept map I did in the beginning of the semester. More has been done since then:

This was the final assignment, which was my favorite (and scale wise, the biggest) project of the entire semester. Aside from the fact that we finally got to design information, I liked the fact that it entailed designing a large poster (34 x 44 in) that can be folded down to 8.5 x 11. I really would have loved to have been able to design more large scale pieces at SF State. Yes it’s a little costly, but I enjoyed (and want more of) the challenge of designing at a larger scale.
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DAI 505: Senior Research & Development

The NOPA Renter’s Resource Guide to Gardening & Landscaping is the result of hours of researching, surveying and interviewing for my senior research and development class. In addition to the final designs, I also wrote all the copy in the booklet and turned in a huge report.

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Wharf Portraits: Process Book & Maps

The following are (iPhone) snapshots of a process book and some maps for a project in my advance graphic design class. For this project we were put into teams of three and given a neighborhood in SF to explore. As a team we were to explore the neighborhood and document everything and anything that caught our eyes, ears and even taste buds. Then as individuals, we got to decide on what we wanted to focus on for that particular neighborhood.

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Wharf Portraits: Logo

Here’s a logo design I did for one of my projects in my advance graphic design class.

Making these silhouettes was tons of fun.

Stay tuned for the rest of the project!

droplets & updates

Droplets from the weekend storm:

I was hoping that since I’m done with school, I’d be posting more regularly. However, I’ve actually been working on my portfolio, photographing all my favorite pieces from the past year and updating the current layout. In the meantime I’ve also managed to find a few new distractions.

This is my latest silkscreen of a sketch, doodle, drawing or whatever you want to call it, from last semester. I scanned it and vectorized it to clean up the lines and whatnot. Now that I have a bit more time on my hands, I plan to explore more with color and layering in screen printing. Stay tuned for prints.

I’ve also started a new endeavor with my buddy Eric concerning illustration and typography. New year, new projects. But more info on that later…

Wolf Types

A long while ago, Johnny’s friend made him a wolf hat:

The hat was handmade and well constructed. It inspired my costume for Halloween, but that’s another story.

The hat could almost blend well with his beard if his beard had more of a salt and pepper color going on. Maybe 30 years ;)
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endings & beginings

Highlights of 2009:
Bacon wrapped hot dogs
Being outdoors
Swimming in rivers & lakes
Collaborations with some of my favorite fellow designers (yay ekgm!)
Being VP of AIGA SFSU Student Group
GRADUATING
Information Design & Book Design
DIY Book Binding
Screen printing
Seeing the following bands and falling in love with music again: the Mae Shi, Matt & Kim, Thorns of Life, Surfer Blood and Two Colors
Coffee with Amy
Old friends
New friends
And there’s so much more! It’s been another fantastic year. But I’m ready for the next. Hope you all have a safe and fantastic time tonight and may 2010 bring you fun times.