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  • Three posters in black frames on a concrete wall. The two end posters are off-white with black text arranged decoratively around the page. The center poster is orange with black text that reads "Framed" at the top and bottom.
  • Two open books, a white tote bag with black text, a CD, a yellow paper bag with black text, two letters with black text, and two posters arranged on a black background. One book has plain black text, and the other has three photos of a woman at the beach. One poster has a black and white image of the same woman with a white title. The other poster has a photo of a white stair bannister with a blood smear with a white title that says "A second look".
  • Photo of four small abstract sculptures with a heavy and hazy pink filter over it. One sculpture is a three dimensional zig-zag, one is shaped like a lamp, one is shaped like a boot and one is a small rectangle.
  • Photo of two green books stacked on top of each other on a black background. The top of the book has a black title that says "Scientific Study of UFOs" below a black UFO symbol. At the bottom of the book is a black image of tree tops.
  • Brown paper tote bag against an orange background. On the back is a drawing of a pink and white bee with a pink hat and orange boots. Behind it is curved white text that says "bee back soon!".
  • Digital rendering of a small spherical black vehicle driving on the road. There is a blowing blue ring on the side of the vehicle and a black number one.
  • Screenshot of a motion sequence. To the left is a black and white photo of a smiling man with a blue border. The background is orange. To the right are four yellow, red, blue, and orange shapes with text in each that says "Host", "Comedian", "Passed the vibe check" and "Hasan Minhaj".
  • Photo of two smiling people facing each other, with a black pillar in between them. The person on the right is holding a piece of paper and a marker.
  • Digital book design that features a large black title that reads "Cipe Pineles". To the right are black and white buildings arranged vertically. To the left is a photo an old woman's side profile, with a yellow filter on top.
  • Set of fifteen grey, red, black and white cards that represent Cruella De Vil against a black background. Each card features a different collage with a motif of bones, fashion, Dalmatians, and picture frames.
  • Photo of someone opening a folded letter and orange business card from an envelope against a pink background. The outside of the envelope is orange with pink squiggles, while the inside is white with green, pink, orange, brown, and orange squiggles. The ends of the letter has similar squiggles, with black text in between.
  • Red poster with large black text that says "National Cherry Festival". The word "Cherry" is written the largest. There is additional black text arranged decoratively in the center. At the top, there are red and white decorative circles.
  • Close up photo of the corner of an open book against a black background. A bold black header says 'Case 42".
  • A book for common business practices for designers. The book is yellow with a black title that says "Business for Designers" surrounded by decorative rings. Next to the book are black and white checklists and two sheets of yellow, red, blue, and pink stickers. Pictured against a blue background.
  • Several cards are laid out next to each other on a grey background. Each card features a different image with black text that related to the image.
  • Two brand identity posters for a festival against a white wall. The posters have large yellow bubble letter text written vertically that says "Balloon Fest". The background is a garmented image of hot air balloons in a blue slightly-cloudy sky.
  • Picture of an open pamphlet, an envelope, and two plastic baggies of crafts against a green background. The envelope is dark and light green with a pink flower on the flap. The pamphlet has green text with pink smiley faces at the bottom.
  • Typography Compositions for the Imperial URW Exploration. Twelve white boxes stacked in a rectangle each contain a different block of black text written in a different font and arranged in a creative way. A few letters are either red, yellow, green, orange, or pink.
  • Close up photo of a young girl with brown hair, a yellow-green shirt, and many silver necklaces. On top of her face are different pages from various fashion magazines aimed towards women.
  • Card set and Printed Tool kit for the project Good Grief. Photo of six cards and an open graph paper note book against a black background. The cards show different graphics and black text related to the project, with a color scheme of yellow, red, green, blue, and dark purple.
  • Photo of a book with yellow, red, blue, and green pages propped up and splayed out in a circle. Pictured in a white corner.
  • Series of nine black and white photographs showing different stages of mixing tea with a wooden whisk. The photos are arranged in a three by three square, and the background is a close-up of the tea.
  • Screenshot of a motion sequence for the brand InsideOut. Depicts the phrase "My freckles are like raindrops" written in warped pink text on a white background.
  • Screenshot of a motion sequence about cults. Photo depicts a black and white mandala against a black background. Around the perimeter are drawn lion heads with different facial expressions. There is a central black dot. Around the perimeter of the smaller dot are drawn figures in different stages of jumping.
  • Three posters on a white brick wall. The left poster is teal with white text. The right poster is yellow with a photo, red decorations, and white text. The center poster is red with yellow geometric decorative shapes that resemble housing units. White text in the center says "Humble words, bold action."
  • Identity planning sheet for theoretical 826 storefront in Asheville, North Carolina. In the top left is a black title that says "Sticky Situation". The rest of the graphic includes images of products and a storefront, symbols, color swatches, typeface pairings, and other details related to brand identity.
  • Photo of glowy white text that reads "Weightless" against an abstract hazy pink and blue background.
  • Photo of an open black binder on a white background. Inside the binder are yellow, pink, blue and white pins, yellow pink and black stickers, a lanyard with a pink ID card, a dark yellow handbook with black text, and a white piece of paper with black text and yellow highlighting.
  • Detroit History Riso Prints. Red and blue ink on white paper. The most notable details are a blue title reading "Why people gave up" and a series of red images and statistics at the bottom left.
  • Poster for an event identity. Photo of three posters an a graffitied green metal wall. The posters are either black or white with yellow, blue, orange, and purple gradient circles on top of an instrument. Large black or yellow text says "Detroit Jazz Fest".
  • A set of twelve cards on a black background that represent the Mad Hatter. The cards are mostly black and white, but with the top row including pink, the middle row including orange, and the bottom including yellow. Each card features an image sliced in with abstract shapes.
  • Photo of a white truck in a white room. The side of the truck has black text that says "Durfee Innovation Society", grey text that says "American red Cross" and a red cross logo. The back of the truck has a green and black stripe pattern.
  • An interactive experience for the Mood Module that shows a woman lifting her arms in the air in a room with green lighting. In front of her is a tablet with a blue screen on top of a black pedestal.
  • Brand identity for The Fusion Fluke Institute. Picture shows two business cards, one with a green, yellow and orange image and the other with black text on white. To the right is a piece of paper with a pink and orange gradient header, a green logo, and lots of black text on white. These pieces are on a white background, surrounded by red, blue, yellow and green shapes, blue, green, and orange vials, and goggles with pink and green lenses.
  • Photo of an interactive experience that shows a person looking at a large poster on a white wall. The center of the poster shows a faded black and white photo of a soldier behind a black fingerprint and black text that says "George Ammar". To the left and right are black panels with lots of white text.
  • Photo of an open book propped up against a grey wall. The entire two page spread is a photo of two hikers walking in a mountain range. In the top left is a bold black title that reads "Preparation". Below is smaller black text and some yellow text boxes.
  • Two black, red, white and grey posters in black frames against a grey wall. The left poster shows a large black title that says "No blood" in front of a red and grey question mark and below a white plane. Other elements around the poster all have a war motif. The poster on the right shows a black and red title that says "Sixteen frequencies" below a large red X. The poster is designed to look like a combat strategy map from the late 20th century.
  • Photo of someone holding up two black books against a green wall with one hand. At the bottom of the books as the title "Condon Report" written in black glossy text.
  • Exhibit designed to celebrate the Community Arts Partnerships 20 anniversary. Photo shows exhibit with several people milling around and looking at various art and information installations, including stacked colored boxes and purple posters.
  • Print poster that features many different sized white squares on a grey background. each square has a different black and white image, with some including small black text. Layout on the exploration of the Sommelier's Knife (Corkscrew).
  • Screenshot of a web design that features a red title in the center that says "How video games affect the brain" against a balck background. A faint video game controller symbol is behind the title. Below is faint grey text and a red "Start" button.
  • Book design that features a white title in the center that says "Scientific Study of UFO. Dr. Edward U. Condon, Scientific Director". The background is dark brown with thin brown decorative rings and lines that resemble scientific equipment.
  • Two black and white posters hanging against a white brick wall. The left poster depicts a lady dancing below a giant cannabis leaf and text that says "An herb healer". Vertically across the page is large grey text that says "Cannabis". The right poster depicts a hand with an eye in the palm in front of a black splotch with decorative white lines inside. Running down the arm is warped grey text that reads "Psychosis". A smaller black title reads "Alter your reality".
  • Screenshot of a Motion Teaser for the 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Two top panels have "2 A2FF" written in bold black lettering against a white background. Abstract images create the shapes of the letters. The bottom panel has the same text against a grey background behind grey and white text that reads "bending minds since 1963".
  • Kinetic Type Tool for the 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Image of the acronym "AAFF" written in bold black lettering against a white background. Abstract images create the shapes of the letters.
  • Poster depicting black serif letters and word fragments arranged in a stacked pattern on a white background. The word "kofel" at the top is written in yellow instead.
  • A website explaining the fields of UI and UX design. Screenshot of the website that has a bold blue and black title that says "UI / UX. Everything you need to know to get started". Below is more text with images.
  • Motion sequence for the movie Arrival. Image shows a background consisting of a drop of black ink swirling in water behind white text that says "Directed by Denis Villeneuve".
  • Photo of someone's hands holding up a black book against a white wall. The title, "The Condon report" is written in large shiny black text.
  • Slotted wooden puzzle cubes detailing the history of designers Charles and Ray Eames sitting on grass. The photo shows a disassembled white cube featuring various photographs, decorative shapes and black text on each side.
  • Slotted wooden puzzle cubes detailing the history of designers Charles and Ray Eames sitting on grass. The photo shows a disassembled white cube featuring various photographs, decorative shapes and black text on each side.
  • Top view of slotted wooden puzzle cubes detailing the history of designers Charles and Ray Eames sitting on grass. Three different sized white cubes feature various photographs, decorative shapes and black text on each side.
  • Slotted wooden puzzle cubes detailing the history of designers Charles and Ray Eames sitting on grass. Three different sized white cubes feature various photographs, decorative shapes and black text on each side.
  • Photo of a stack of workbooks in a plastic bag hanging against a white wall. They are tied with a black string with a small white tag. The books are yellow, green, black, and red.
  • Digital image of large white Korea script on a black background. Small, dark grey Korean script forms a pattern in the background. Motion sequence for the film Parasite.
  • A brand identity for Life Remodeled. Depicts an ad with a teal background. To the right is white text that says "Unifying people with Action." To the left are two photos of volunteers with a thing yellow sunrise symbol between them.
  • Poster depicting two crudely drawn brown trees against an orange background. Their bare branches are surrounded by numerous white rings varying in size.
  • Close-up of a poster that depicts a large blue K spanning from the top to the bottom of the page behind two curved black dashed lines. In the background is a red decorative shape. On a white background.
  • Poster that depicts the number 1,200,000 in large blue and red text against a white background. In the zeroes is small black font that advertises the National Public Radio.
  • A book on UFOs designed with a sci-fi theme. Photo of a green book laying on a white background. At the top is black text that reads "Scientific study of Unidentified Flying Objects".
  • Two posters against a tan background. The left poster shows a black and white photo of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles with their eyes blacked out in front of a blue splash. Spread across the top and bottom of the page is the bold black text "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". The right poster depicts the face of a black and white statue drawing in water surrounded by blue ripples. Spread across the top and bottom is the bold white text "A beautiful thing is never perfect".
  • Photo of someone holding open a book against a white background. The book is black and white with large black images behind multiple white text boxes. To the far left and right of the book are large bold black words that say "Table of Contents".
  • Fourteen posters against a black background that depict various digital collages that represent the life of Judy Garland. The far right posters, one yellow and one blue, have a close up photo of Garland's face and white text that says "Judy". The other twelve posters feature one unique black and white image outlined in yellow against a colored photograph of some kind of setting. These settings include a forest, a poppy field, a yellow brick road, among others.
  • Screenshot of a motion identity. Depicts a blue rectangle on top of a larger yellow rectangle against an orange background. In the center of the blue rectangle is a simple black and white eye symbol with lashes that wrap around the entire oval.
  • Motion identity for a virtual film festival called ANTIFILM. Digital image of a white glowing bar between two larger, slanted bars. The image is mirrored around the border of the frame, creating an abstract effect.
  • Digital image of a small white piece of paper against a black background attached by a piece of red tape. Part of a fake news generator. Large black text reads "Three weeks ago Trump annexed Colorado in reaction to sending ten bombs".
  • A digital illustration of large red lips sticking out a wiggly pink tongue against a yellow background.
  • Bold black text that reads "Life Remodeled" against a white background. The text is surrounded by black geometric shapes that resemble housing units. Part of a branding system.
  • Bold black text that reads "Tyler the Creator presents See You Again featuring Kali Uchis" against an off-white background. The song title is the largest text and centered on the page.
  • Data visualization of data written using OPENRNDR. Three screens against a pink background depict pink and white graphics outlining the data.
  • Poster about marijuana usage. The bottom panel is a green background with red and green gradient circles surrounding black text that reads "so, that's weed." The center shows two molecules comprised of red and green or blue gradient shapes with their respective names. The top panel is a blue background with two blurry monochromatic photographs of politicians behind white text that says "criminalized minority communities".
  • Image of a computer screen against a white background. On the screen is a white page with green stripes in the bottom right corner, a red logo in the top left corner, and black thin text in the center that reads "This is typography. This is poetry. This is a celebration. " The words typography, poetry, and celebration are all written in different fonts, with celebration being pink.
  • Generative political poster series. Depicts five posters laid next to each other against a white background. Each poster has large italicized white text and a photo edited with either a red or blue filter.
  • Main title sequence for a fictitious, virtual event for creative coders. At the bottom is a yellow and orange gradient text box with the blue and gold text, "if/Then 2020". In the center is the black textbox with the blue text, "This is the place to code". At the top are decorative geometric shapes in white, red, yellow and blue.
  • Digital posters coded using the OPENRNDR platform. Photo of a man looking at two posters with bold white text relating to politics. The left poster has a photo of Mike Pence with a blue filter over it, while the right poster has a photo of a smiling person with a red filter. Two text boxes to the left, one red and one blue, have more information about the project.
  • Close-up photo of six books laid out next to each other on a wooden table. The books are orange with large white text at the bottom that reads "Let's stay neighbors".
  • Digital image of a white poster on top of a pink background. The most notable details of the poster is brown text that says "Baby shower" and multiple decorative organic shapes with a pink, orange, brown, yellow, and tan color scheme.
  • Digital image of three posters on top of each other against a dark gold background. The bottom poster is white, the middle is pink, and the top is blue with bold black text that says "Don't cry about it."
  • Close-up photo of four spiral bound books on grass. The books are white with red or tan binding, with black stylized text on the side that says "Future History" On the cover is a yellow and pink rectangular sticker that says "Your peace of mind" in pink text.
  • Photo of a billboard during the day for a rebranding of Life Remodeled. The billboard depicts the bold black text "Durfee Innovation Society provides Equitable Opportunity" against a white background. The text is surrounded by dark green, green, and orange decorative shapes.
  • Photo of someone holding open a book against a black background. The two page spread shows a photograph edited to be only blue and pink. On the left is a battlefield and on the right is a couple embracing.
  • A black and white poster showing each letter of the alphabet digitally rendered in a unique, abstract way.
  • Open book against a green background. The two page spread depicts a large green cursive E on the left, and a Q on the right. The two letters are annotated in small black text.
  • Publication of Neighbor to Neighbor, a collaborative project with Quicken Loans Community Fund. Image depicts a collage of images, textboxes, and mock advertisements that relate to the project against a black background. The color scheme is yellow, light green, blue, and orange.
  • Brand identity for Life Remodeled. The photo is of a mural on the side of a building in an urban setting during the day. The mural depicts many black and white photos, inspiring phrases in bold black text, and decorative geometric shapes in blue, yellow, black, red, and green, all against a white background.
  • Top view photo of someone's hands splayed on a wooden cutting board. A knife if to their right, and a clove of peeled garlic is to their left. Depicted on a white background. On top of the hands is bold white text reading "Smash!"
  • Branding for the company Sand Mart. The photo depicts a paper, bussiness card, black pen, and envelope against a pale blue background. The paper, card and envelope are white with small black text, a red header, and the blue logo of the company.
  • Four different pink screens displaying a digital website against a white background. Blue and red graphics show a visualization of data tracking a person's movements during Covid-19 lockdown.
  • A mock client book for the company Detroit Make it Here. Two open booklets on a pale blue background show the information and brown photos inside. The top booklet has white pages with black text, and the bottom has brown pages with white text.
  • Complete rebranding of Life Remodeled. Photo showing a piece of paper with black text on a clipboard next to two black pencils, two binder clips, two dark green business cards, and a cd on a white background. Both the header of the paper and the bussiness cards show the white logo of the company with stylized text. The cd cover shows different different symbols associated with Life Remodeled, with a color scheme of yellow, white, dark green, orange, and white.
  • Close up photo of a woman's lips blowing into a deflated pink balloon with some words written on the side of it in black marker. The image of her hand is mirrored, making the photo look a bit distorted.
  • Two print cards against a tan background. The left card has blue, off-white, red, green, and pink borders around a black and white image of President Reagan depicted as a saint. The right card is dark purple and has red crosses, a yellow photo, and small white text. It is designed to look like a prayer card.
  • An extreme black and white closeup of the top of a tampon. In between the fibers of cotton is small white text that says "itch".
  • Brand system of the Exclamation System. Shows two posters, two business cards, a pink binder clip, and a green pen against a blue background. The left poster is white with pink and yellow decorative text and small black informational text. The right poster is yellow with white decorative loops and an image of an open mouth with blue lips. The business cards show the same images in a smaller form.
  • Photo of the book The Condon Report: Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects. Shows a book with a yellow cover with a large black dot in the middle with a thin black title reading "the condon report". Depicted against a black background.
  • Branding system for Life Remodeled. Photo of a billboard depicting an ad for the company with the name in white text, a color photo of volunteers, a dark green background, and decorative shapes with a yellow, white, and orange color scheme.
  • Book layout using content from In And Around: Cultures Of Design And The Design Of Cultures by Andrew Blauvelt. Depicts a white page with average black text, resembling a novel, with the header "Imagining the Other".
  • Compositions created from the text and hierarchies on a package of Jiffy corn muffin mix. Shows a white and yellow background with large, bold black text and small, thin red text.
  • Rebrand for Detroit based non-profit, Life Remodeled. Photo of three Instagram screenshots showing an account for the company and their green logo in the profile picture. Their first post is an orange screen with the white text "Join us @ Durfee". The second post is a white screen with a black and white photo, two blue decorative shapes, and black text that says "Better together".
  • Photo of two identical books laying on a wooden table. The books are white, with a large black stylized title at the top that says "Condon Report".
  • Detroit History Riso Prints. Red and blue ink on white paper. The most notable details are a blue title reading "Why people came" and a series of red images and statistics at the top.
  • Detroit History Riso Prints. Red and blue ink on white paper. The most notable details are a blue title reading "1900-1940 Promising Jobs. Delivering tax evasion", and a red head in the top left corner with text in its mouth reading "I don't want to pay taxes".
  • Branding for a toy-related virtual event. At the top is black text that says "Tinker Inc" against a yellow background. Behind it are several three dimensional yellow, orange, and green shapes floating in mid-air.
  • Rebranding for Neighbor to Neighbor. Image of a dark blue shirt on a blue background. The shirt has large yellow text that says "Save Your Home", which repeats four times underneath in different languages.
  • Rebranding for Life Remodeled. Shows an orange poster on top of a yellow poster against a black background. In the center of the orange poster is the bold white text "Humble Words, Bold Action" surrounded by yellow abstract geometric shapes that resemble housing units.
  • A promotional package for a conference focused on women entrepreneurs in Detroit. There is a red boom with the black title "How to Kick Ass In Your Industry", a pink book with the red text "FemPwr", a string of pink cards with a white female symbol underneath the red text "FemFest", and a purple package with the multicolored repeating text "FemFest". Pictured on a maroon wall.
  • Photo of an augmented reality experience. A woamn
  • Still of a video promoting virtual music festival Behind Glass. Three panels show various warped textboxes displaying stylized red or white text. The color scheme is grey, red, pink, white, and black.
  • Stickers against a dark green background with strong language and iconography for the community organization Life Remodeled. The stickers are circles, rectangles, and pentagons with a color scheme of black, white, orange, and bright green. The circles have various abstract abstract shapes. The pentagons have white text which reads "Rooted in Silence" underneath a flower symbol. The rectangles have bold text that says "Radical hope, sustainable change".
  • Poster showing the brand guidelines for a conceptual 826 tutoring center in Nashville. Shows a large black poster with many different graphs, photos, symbols, and text. The color scheme is orange, red, pink, green, light blue, and a bit of purple and white.
  • Poster depicting the final letterforms of the typeface NuFraktur. Shows an aged paper poster with the alphabet written in black . The poster is against a green background.
  • Pink two page spread from a publication about the corporate influence on US media sources. Depicts an image of Garfield the cat's head above large text that says "You are not immune to propaganda". To the left is a white textbox with small black text.
  • A blue peeling sticker on a white background. The perimeter has small red text that says "Scavenger hunt in the cityscape". The center has stylized yellow text that says "Detroit in Plain Sight".
  • Full brand identity rebrand for Life Remodeled and Durfee Innovation Society. Four cards in the corners of the frame are either green, blue, orange, or yellow and have the same white and black stripe pattern. Two cards have different slogans in place of shapes. The bottom center card has a photo of volunteers with a green filter. The top center card has a photo of a volunteer and a green text box with white text that reads "99% of volunteers felt a greater sense of connectedness during the Six Day Project"
  • Risographed zine about imposter syndrome of first generation Americans. Shows a pink pamphlet with blue ink in a plastic baggie. The title reads "We Raised Ourselves, So You Don't Have To!" and below is an image of an American passport.
  • Series of motion assets created for a speculative digital music festival. Rectangular black cards with either blue or purple borders lay in a line on a white background. In white warped text, it says "Lo-Key Lo-Fi Remote Music Convention. Free Livestream".
  • Poster that shows a white and purple image of a house on a white background. It is crossed with two white drawn chains, and surrounded by purple, green, and red spots. Below in a black text box is white text that says "Why do you still fear missing out, even when everything is canceled".
  • A campaign identity created for a program called Housing First. Depicts a series of cards taped or push-pinned into a tan board. The bottom two cards are photographs of different run down living situations. The top two are business cards with the program logo (on a tan background) and title (on a red background). The largest card to the left is a white card with a black logo surrounded by multicolored dots with various motivational slogans.
  • Social media post for #Stop Asian Hate campaign. It is a collage of black and white photos of protestors outlines in white against a yellow and salmon-colored background. They hold posters with slogans such as "Not your model minority", "We belong here", and the main hashtag.
  • Photo of three brown paper bag packages of rice against a white background. each have a different rectangular label- the left is off-white, the center is yellow, and the right is pink. Each has different abstract shape decorations with a rice grain motif. The center bag reads "Have you eaten rice today?" in large blue text. The right bag reads 'A meal without rice isn't a meal." in large black text.
  • Close-up of a stack of white pamphlets on a black backdrop. The bold red title says "The Media." Below is black text that reads "a cross-cultural comparison of Korea and the United States". The text is decoratively surrounded by four circles.
  • Brand Identity for Life Remodeled and Durfee Innovation Society. Six cards on a white background. Three depict black and white photos of community members surrounded by either orange or yellow abstract shapes. Two posters have either a green or yellow backgrounds with bold text that reads "Rooted in Detroit. Growing Together." The last card has orange and green stripes with bold white text that reads "Life Remodeled Innovation Society"
  • Rebranding for a non profit dedicated to providing opportunity hubs to Detroit residents. The text says "Life Remodeled" in bold black text surrounded by pink, orange, green, and black abstract shapes that resemble houses on a white background.
  • Eight posters on a background of a black and white photo of Angela Davis. Four posters, that vary in yellow, orange, red, and off-white colors, have a geometric minimalistic portrait of Davis with a striped background. The other four are also the same varying colors, but have different black and white photos and statues of feminist icons. Their names are written in bold text over their face.
  • Image of two posters against a background of a cloudy blue sky. The posters are wrinkled with warped white text that says "Balloon Fest". The posters are blue, orange and white gradients with blue and orange spots. The posters are inverse colors of each other.
  • Image of a large ad on a wall in the center of a city. It reads "In 2019 alone more than 11,280 households had their water shutoff. We need water. This is a right to water issue. This is a human right issue. Stop the water shutfoffs.. Visit withwater.org" in blue text. The left of the ad is blue with tan, orange, light and dark blue abstract shapes. The center of the ad is yellow with blue water droplet shapes. The right of the ad is dark blue and some text is highlighted orange, blue, or light blue.
  • A yellow store front with a blue cartoon bear and orange branch sticker on the display window. The bear is sitting, smiling, reading a book, and wearing a scarf and glasses. There is also a sticker that reads the store's name, "Woodland's Writing Co." in lowercase letters.
  • Digital illustration of a ship with white sails on a black sea. The background is dark pink. Behind the ship are four large octopus tentacles.
  • yellow, blue, and pink dally in the alley poster
  • black type in the center of blue lines on a white background
  • red type overtop of a red gradient background
  • skewed yellow type on a black background
  • an arm reaching out holding a camera lens on a black background
  • an orange and white poster depicting the struggles of woman
  • a joan of arc game of analogy as a set of cards
  • a blue and white map of the businesses in cass corridor
  • disorganized black and white type overtop of a mixing bowl
  • a collection of student work various communication design classes
  • four people interacting with student work
  • a motion/animation exploration over twenty four days housed in a web based user experience
  • an image being projected onto the wall with a computer on a podium on either side
  • print publication and video experience about the work of marshal mcluhan
  • grey, white and turquoise poster on alternative comedians selling out
  • user experience using micro-computers to engage a user to reconnect with their childhood
  • a white box overlapping black serif type
  • a black organic serif ampersand
  • a digital and print catalog of detroit based organizations with a collective mission
  • print publications that document research conducted on Pentagram Partner, Eddie Opara.
  • print publications documenting the research conducted on the Pentagram Partner, Eddie Opara.
  • brand identity for a shop supports and hosts events for students
  • a series of print publications documenting the research conducted on the Pentagram Partner, Eddie Opara.
  • maps of six different neighborhoods in detroit and their various businesses
  • a catalog of detroit based organizations who foster art centered initiatives in their neighborhoods
  • an installation that documents the art and design organizations within detroit

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