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Don't grow up. Don't ever grow up. Grown ups sit idle, content in their own knowledge. Grown ups tell you that the sky is blue. They tell you that's the truth. Curiosity begs you, why? Who said it can't be red? Some days it's gray. Some days it falls.

Fail large and fail unashamedly. Nobody ever invented anything by playing it safe. Push yourself to the limit and fail. Then pick up the pieces, learn your lesson, and push back to the edge.

Never be content with your work. Publish it, send it off, but never finish it. Always be willing to reopen it, restart it or build on it. Always be willing to merge it into other work.

Use your hands to make things. Ones and zeros are only one material out of a catalogue. Enjoy the tactile nature of reality. Embrace the uncontrollable characteristics of the real. Sameness is dead, in its place, a slightly crooked new day approaches.

Be passionate in everything you do. If you don't love what you're doing, step back. Everyone can see through the facade of false enthusiasm. Fall in love with your work over and over again and it will fall in love with you.


White Rose

| Published on September 20th, 2011

X Marks the Spot

These postcards were created to advertise the opening of the X Marks the Spot show at the Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery. X Marks the Spot gathers type related works in other mediums, from black light ink to vomit.

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| Published on January 27th, 2011

Dirty money

I hate the Jones’. Who decided that we had to keep up with them? Let them enjoy their fancy new Dodge Stratus and designer sconces. I for one, want to echo the words of the poet Notorious B.I.G. when he said, “Mo’ money, mo’ problems.”

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| Published on January 26th, 2011

All our dreams…

Everything wears down eventually. That’s not to say it’s a bad thing. Decay is a gorgeous process marked by wonder and new discovery. Used objects show so much of the people that used them.

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| | Published on January 26th, 2011

Black Birch Root Beer

What if root beer were to be made with the same care as craft beer? Black Birch returns to the roots of the all-American beverage, with a strong punch of sassafrass and subtle sweetness of black birch sap.

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| | Published on January 26th, 2011

Countdown

Numbers are amazing things. We trust them with so much information, but have you ever just looked at them? The shapes can be more intoxicating than the dollar sign people always want to precede them.

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| | Published on January 26th, 2011

Wake up.

Using a full 26-letter alphabet made of different sleeping positions, the poster warns of what life can become if we don’t take a step back every once in a while.

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| | Published on January 26th, 2011

Nomad

Travel has changed since the days of the vacation slideshow. No longer do we travel just to take home pictures and check destinations off of a list. We travel because we crave that authentic experience. Nomad speaks to that desire, providing immersive coverage of those places that don’t offer post cards.

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| Published on January 26th, 2011

Richard Meier

Most people can recognize Richard Meier’s style in an instant, from the persistant use of squares, bold but simple geometric forms, and that overwhelming white. With so much emotion already attached to his architecture, a poster needs to add precious little to the discussion. To that point, the architecture creates the grid of the poster. Its shapes define where all the other elements line up in space.

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| Published on January 26th, 2011

Black Tea House

Your little sister can keep her cute little tea party. Black Tea House is here give real men a place to relax with tea and be proud of it. Black is about unwinding with the bold flavors and spices of tea, not cuddling up with a chamomile or fruit-infused blend.

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| Published on January 26th, 2011

Pass the Can

Every year, around 600 volunteers set out amongst the 90,000 in attendance at the USC football Homecoming game.They pass cans down every single row in stadium to raise money for USC Troy Camp, an organization that helps mentor local children. These shirts identified all of the volunteers and helped start the discussion about the organization.

| Published on January 26th, 2011

Recent Work

White Rose

T-shirt

White Rose

X Marks the Spot

Event invitation

X Marks the Spot

Dirty money

Ink on “fake” money

Dirty money