A concept for a shoebox in two different sizes, meant to limit the use of materials into one rectangular cardboard piece without any adhesives. The box features an X as sides to embody the brand that it was designed for, which uses a large X motif. In doing so, the X is not only used for brand purposes but, more importantly, is the structure of the box. On display, the boxes can be stacked to form a beautiful patterned wall.

The Advertising & Design Club of Canada (ADCC) hosts an event every year called "Like This" featuring 12 top designer and the one piece of work they like most.

To showcase the work, we created a newspaper documenting the designers' choice. To bring the notion of the name alive, the word "This" filled the front as a simple, dramatic way of indicating what was to "like" within the newspaper and the word "That" filled the back to describe what you had just read.

A tattoo designed for a friend. Preferring the phrase, 'oh hell no', be written in a script typeface, I explored an approach playing with how the phrase is read and a signature approach.

I designed the first tattoo as an ambigram purely based on the nature of where she wanted the tattoo which was right below her elbow. This way, it is always the right side up whether her arm is held up or down.

The second appraoch was the signature approach, playing with the attitude of the phrase.

Raster is a magazine that documents process, play and experimentation. This issue, subtitled Das Bauhaus Issue, showcases the final product of a workshop that deconstructed old magazines into new unconventional magazines; however, Raster is a playful attempt at imitating the workshop. From beginning to end, RASTER is creating itself. Thus, the cover begins with garbage bins filled with scrapes of the old magazines and the last page is the cover. The pages within the magazine are flipped upside down, mirrored and rotated to the side, making the reader conscious of the playfulness (or restrictions) of a magazine.

Depicting conflict and betrayal, this motion piece visualizes the feeling of being so emotionally hurt, it feels physical. To visualize this, a chemical reaction is fragmented throughout the video to show emotional pain while images of body parts and pins depict physical pain. On a happier note, the video resolves on a positive outlook and suggests letting go.

A motion bumper for a documentary that looks at the sense of community in YSDN (York/Sheridan Program in Design). The documentary promotes a co-creative approach to overcoming challenges and the bumper is driven by that same idea; When simple lines and shapes cross paths, a different colour is created. Particularly interesting is that the wordmark is drawn at an angle where none of the shapes are actually touching but when the individual shapes come together, letters are formed.

The Official Meteorology Handbook for the Institute of Serious Learning is an introductory book about weather and climate. Featuring simple hand constructed images to show complicated subject matter, this book is inspired by science textbooks from the 1980’s. Consisting of 97 pages, the book is filled with text as it is with imagery.

A portrait sketch studying facial features, light/shadow and texture.

This is a poster and ticket design for an experimental typeface exhibition. The typeface is called Sheldon + Dukakis and utlizes elements that are hinted in the poster without revealing the typeface itself.

poster size: 16.5 x 23.4 in (A2)
ticket size: 2 x 7 in

This is the typeface exhibition held to release the new typeface, Sheldon and Dukakis; a typeface that is made out of metal rods. It utilizes hexagonal shape, 30-60 degree angles and perspective but more importantly, it is an experiment with spacial typography.

I was intrigued by analog photography not too long ago and the process of capturing and developing my own photos. Here are a few of my results. Keep in mind they are traditionally developed and then scanned in.

moHoly is an experimental film that explores juxtapositions between images, textures, colours, shapes, sounds and mixed media. The task was to create a short film that Bauhaus students would create if they had the technology we have today. I decided to use a photogram by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and put it in a completely different technical context. The result uses photography, a 3D structure, filmed footage, projection, editing and projection (again) to depict the indefinite cycle of what is possible with today’s numerous technologies.

More about the method:

I first created a video for projection using photos of different textures taken around Europe during the winter of 2008 and designed it based Moholy-Nagy's photogram.

Then, I built a 3D structure using the same elements of the photogram and projected the video onto the structure.

While doing so, I filmed the process from two different angles and compiled my footage into a new video.

This new video was then edited more extensively syncing each movement based on a track that my good friend, James Babalos, put together which fused together the different steps of the production method.

▬
Recognition
Backup_Festival (Germany), 2009
PAGE Magazine (Germany), 2009
Marke. 6: Bauhaus trifft Bauhaus und baut sich ein Kino (Germany), 2009 April - July

← back to top →

A story about the consequences of stealing. This video depicts how children can be so frivolous and naive and eventually, they will experience the consequences of their actions.

A wordmark designed for three exchange students to depict their oddly shaped flat. (The street name was Graben)





A wordmark designed for a Canadian film titled Take This Waltz, directed and written by Sarah Polley starring Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman.











One of the preliminary wordmarks designed for CBC's sitcom Men with Brooms.

Paulin is a hardware company that sells small items such as nails and screws. My goal was to unify and embrace the relationship between aesthetics, usability, functionality and convenience and in doing so, continue to be environmentally friendly.

Specs:

5" x 2.5" x 2"

Made from recyclable material

Constructed from one sheet without glue or adhesive

Fully collapsible (good for shipping and storage)

Interlocks to form a stable, personal storage unit

REVERSIBLE!!! Can be reused for the home or office

Designed for a magazine that discusses new technologies, this article addresses a new device that uses the tongue to help the blind to see. The design features a custom typeface and illustrates different textures to simulate how it may feel to use different senses for other purposes (ie. using your tongue to feel textures.)