Who I am.

Who am I?

Pretty much what I wear to work everyday (in my mind).

Currently I am a wayfinding and signage designer at Perkins+Will, Eva Maddox Branded Environments, Chicago. I enjoy working at the intersection of the built and social environments - bringing creative problem solving, design, and thoughtful empathetic design ideas to real issues and problems. I enjoy the challenge of working with diverse teams of not only designers and architects, but with a variety of team members to holistically approach problems and bring new perspectives to design. Preferably wearing a space helmet.

Ready to : imagine, innovate, learn, work with a team, learn with a team, teach with a team, and design with a team - ready to make a difference.

Can-Do Kit

Sesame Streetfor Adults

Citizenship ceremoniesfor Americans

Teacher Performance + Student Performance ...

Neighborhood Watch[Watch Us Now]

Open House Project

I have a lot of ideas in my head.

As a designer I want to work with communities, people, and places to facilitate the opportunities we seek for ourselves and in turn for our neighbors, our communities, and the people we may never know.

I observe my community, where I work, live, and make my way.

I think about not only how I affect my surrounding community, but also how the larger environment affects me. People and places I know, may never know, and the places I think I don’t need to know.

Can-Do Kit

Sesame Streetfor Adults

Citizenship ceremoniesfor Americans

Teacher Performance + Student Performance ...

Neighborhood Watch[Watch Us Now]

Open House Project

I have a passionate desire to have a conversation with these unknown people and places.

I like to think, “How do we know each other? How could we know each other? Do I need their help? What could we teach each other? Are they from Texas...?”

I feel asking these kinds of questions as often as possible helps designers (of all kinds - even those who don’t think of themselves as designers) to really position ourselves within the issues we are designing for. I believe in having a stake in what I am doing - knowing how I am involved and affected.

Can-Do Kit

Sesame Streetfor Adults

Citizenship ceremoniesfor Americans

Teacher Performance + Student Performance ...

Neighborhood Watch[Watch Us Now]

“hello!”

“hi!”

I think that as designers we should stop trying to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes, and instead change our shoes.

Hey! We have stuff in common!

Yep.Suredo.

And when we change our shoes - we can shift our frame of reference. Change our perspective - the way we approach a problem, look at an issue, or engage with a community.

This is what I love to do.

Wehave

Me too.

ideas

to share with you.

What I like even better is joining forces.I value working with other designers who may at first seem unconnected to an issue.

A mechanical engineer and a graphic designer working together on an educational campaign for animal health?

Sure. Why not?

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Working with others - building a ‘collective whole’ that we all belong to.No matter where, or what, or when, or who or how.We all have common goals we share - as a designer I want to work towards a more global and universal understanding that :

I benefit when you benefit.

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