Personal Projects
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Internship/Client Work
500 PAGE BOOK
What could I possibly make 500 pages worth of?
Prompted to create a 500 page book based off of personal concept, I decided to create a “contemporary hope chest”. A hope chest was originally used for women and was a physical chest where they would store items that they would use in wedlock (ex. plates, cuttlery, linens, etc). I thought that an interesting spin and a more contemporary take would revolve around the physical items that families may want to pass on to future generations, whether it be necessary items and information or it just be something worth knowing. I categorized the sections into “What you might actually need/want” and “I just want you to see this” and went from there collecting ephemera from my own family and creating a book for myself and a guide for others that want to preserve a piece of their heritage in a compact way.
2025, 500 Page Book, Richmond, VA
GIOCO DELL’OCA/ CITY MAP
Wanna know how I get to class in Florence?
Prompted to create a game board that must contrast with a design of an assigned partner, I decided to create a board based on the graffiti I see everyday in Florence. In touristic areas, there are many UNESCO sites of art that have been around for centuries, but what about current art? Graffiti is all around Florence and speaks to the emerging Italian culture today.
2025, Graffiti Board Game, Florence, ITA
FROM CONCEPT TO ICON: NATURE, CITY, PEOPLE
What better way to represent these three concepts than from an aerial view?
In creating a project where something so complex must become so simple, I struggled to create something I felt captured the essense of these three concepts of nature, city, and people. That was until I realized that they are all ideas that can be represented on a map... The contour lines of the mountains in nature, the grid lines of the city, and the population bubbles for people.
2025, Concept Icons, Florence, ITA
INFULENTIAL FLORENTINE WOMEN
What really encapsulates Florence that people ought to know about and is still appealing? Women!
I aimed to find an appealing and interesting way to depict an aspect of Florence without eluding a more stereotypical depiction of Florence (vespas, cats, clothes hanging to dry, pasta, pizza, coffee, wine, etc). I decided to focus on some of the most influenctial Florentine women and turn them into playing cards. I matched the symbolism of the card suite with the personality of that woman and included details that encompassed her most notable accomplishment.
Catherine di’ Medici was a powerful political figure.
Beatrice Portinari was a muse for Dante Allegheri and stands as a symbol of divine love and feminine power.
Eleanor of Toledo influenced the creation of the Boboli Gardens.
Catherine di’ Medici was a powerful political figure.
Beatrice Portinari was a muse for Dante Allegheri and stands as a symbol of divine love and feminine power.
Eleanor of Toledo influenced the creation of the Boboli Gardens.
2025, Postage Stamps, Florence, ITA
DIVINIA COMMEDIA
Dante Allegheri’s Paradiso... designed and interpreted by me
In this project, I used the section of the Divinia Commedia, Paradiso, to encapsulate the way that I portrayed and viewed the writings. I chose to stylistically create a combination of 1960’s advertising and 1960’s book cover design. In terms of content, I was inspired most by the love story of Dante and his muse, Beatrice Portinari. Through the reading, she guides him through paradise, which got me thinking the best way to combine the two. “Paradise is calling”, except paradise is your love interest.
2025, Book Covers, Florence, ITA
MARK MAKING
Making marks and making meaning from one singular object.
This project began with a randomized object and the only perameters being to make marks with it and document them. I got a mounting bracket that is typically used to make sure that hardware components stay in place. I decided to break it up into 3 different parts and make marks based off of those parts and then assign meaning to the kinds of marks in association with the personality. Abstraction and making a new meaning became a key piece of this project and has expanded my thinking process evermore.
2025, Zine Book, Richmond, VA
MY LIGHT UP SHOES STOPPED WORKING
An exploration of the continued spirit of my younger self
In understanding the fondest memories of my younger self, I began to find the commalities in the joys in my present life today. It gave me a greater sense of connection to myself as a whole and allowed me to gracefully let go of aspects of my childhood that I neglected to think about.
2024, 5.5”x 8.5” Book, Richmond, VA
SADE ADU: AESTHETIC AND ENERGY
An exploration of an artist that inspires me.
Sade’s continued influence in terms of her aesthetic choices and musical talent became a deep dive exploration where I considered why she was still popular and what she has done to maintain her popularity. Her nature and lack of interest in maintaining an image in the media is what made people grow appreciate her more. Few artists are able to maintain a platform when they release an album in 10 year increments, but Sade has proven the opposite of what most artists strive for; the spotlight.
2024, 23.4” x 33.1” Book Zine and Poster, Richmond, VA
FUTURE ARCHIVES COLLABORATIVE EXPLORATION
An exploration of curatorial practices in relation to designers
Prompted to collaboratively explore libraries and examine the ways that they create curatorial practices, I began to explore these methods through books and collections at my local college library. During the process of this group project, we all chose to highlight a different aspect of creating a collection through our own individual exploraation and group discussion. Fascilitating conversations about collections as designers only led to more inspiration and a well crafted book using the risograph and japanese stab stitch binding for the very first time.
2024, 18” x 24” Book/Zine, Richmond, VA
IMAGE GRID CONSTRUCTION STUDY
An exploration of color and shapes in relation to grids
Experimentation with colors and the movement of photos and how they compliment each other in a larger scale composition became an important aspect in this study. I hoped to create a poster that suited aesthetic choices that I would make in order to better understand the concept for future projects.
2024, 18” x 24” Poster, Richmond, VA