Looking Back: Chicago Design Milestones

Exhibition Design & Branding Chicago Design Archive (CDA) Archeworks, 2019 — In the first public event hosted by the CDA, this exhibit showcases highlights of the collection in Chicago Design Milestones. Developed in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago and Columbia College Chicago, the Chicago Design Milestones installation visualizes the evolution of Chicago design by…

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Where There Is Not

Branding, 2015 Where There is Not is an organization started by architect and educator, Jae Cha. The organization leads students in creating products that are meant to reach areas in the world that have a basic need for survival and social input. Research and case studies determine areas of focus and products are developed, sometimes as…

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Adventure Learning Center and Camp

Logo Refresh and Website Adventure Learning Center and Camp Nassau, Bahamas, 2018 http://www.adventurelearningcenterandcamp.org/ __   Adventure Learning Center and Camp (ALC Bahamas) is a place for students and families in Nassau, Bahamas, to come and engage in a camp experience. The camp and center have a petting zoo and other attractions appealing to young children…

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Open Engagement — SUSTAINABILITY

Print, Web, Collateral, and Site Design Open Engagement, A Socially Engaged Art Practice Conference New York City, 2018 — Open Engagement (OE) is an annual artist-led conference dedicated to expanding the dialogue around and creating a site of care for the field of socially engaged art. The conference highlights the work of transdisciplinary artists, activists,…

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Wabi-Sabi Creative Retreat

Event Branding Judson University, School of Art & Design Creative Retreat, 2017 — In the fall of 2017, Judson University’s Art & Design Department took their students to Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, WI, for a weekend retreat exploring the idea of Wabi Sabi. The Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent,…

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Open Engagement — JUSTICE

Print, Web, Collateral, and Site Design Open Engagement, A Socially Engaged Art Practice Conference Chicago, 2017 __ Open Engagement (OE) is an annual artist-led conference dedicated to expanding the dialogue around and creating a site of care for the field of socially engaged art. The conference highlights the work of transdisciplinary artists, activists, students, scholars,…

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Report to the Public: An Untold Story of the Conservative Vice Lords

Exhibition Design & Branding Exhibition at Art In These Times, 2012 — Regarded by some as innovative grassroots organizers and others as violent criminals, the history of the Chicago gang, the Conservative Vice Lords Inc. provides a lens for understanding the potential of grassroots organizing in urban communities.This evolving, multi-site project is a partnership between the…

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Unfinished Business: Art Education

Exhibition Design Hull-House Museum, 2011 — A community curated, participatory art exhibition that explores the importance of the arts and insists on cultural rights as part of a thriving democracy. The exhibit makes connections between Hull-House history and the contemporary moment, and seeks to unleash radical imaginations about a collective future. Interactive art-making stations throughout the…

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