This series of posters were created for four CCA Graduate Visual Critical Studies students. They will be featured in their senior thesis exhibition.

Wayfinding is an innate human ability. GPS technology augments this natural ability and is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. Before getting lost becomes a thing of the...

A prototype interactive visualization that explores data about urban birds. Various approaches to creating compelling interactive visualizations were explored...

I used low-fidelity prototyping to recreate the key modes of interaction for WeatherMob, a popular social weather app. For several days, I asked studio mates to...

This is a first in a series of posters for CCA's Graduate Alumni Salon. Martin Venezky spoke about the role of the designer in the creation of books.

This interactive data visualization shows the depletion of California's groundwater level over the past 100 years. As the user drinks water from a bottle, water...

This video was created for the Interaction Studio class of California College of the Arts, Design MFA program 2012. The assignment was to design a speculative...

As a fan of Fernando Botero's sculpture, I've been looking for an excuse to create something inspired by his work. And here it is—a blend of stout letterforms and...

An e-poster for an AIGA Austin Small Talks by freeleance photographer Woody Welch. I liked the idea of overlapping abstract eyes to represent the fusion of the...

This semi-biographical novel begins during the Dust Bowl and follows the lives of three generations of rough-and-tumble Texan men. Unused designs:

What does 'satire' look like? These are cover ideas for a a satirical novel about corporate backstabbing (both literal and figurative). Featuring deadly fountain...

A visual compilation of recent typographic work.

I was asked by my BFF to create a card for her. She planned a romantic weekend with her boyfriend in a treehouse and wanted a card to announce it. I found a...

This title combines fashion and the high-dollar business of celebrity product endorsement. Imagery was a bit difficult to find—most red-carpet shots are for...

Concept for a series of seasonal book catalogs. The dramatic images are of photographs of altered books and represent the four seasons. The quiet typography keeps...

A typographic exploration based on QR (quick response) codes. A group called the Black Book activists use these 2D bar codes to combat censorship in England. In the...

This is a self-initiated piece inspired by the work of one of my favorite Constructivist sculptors Naum Gabo.

A series of posters for AIGA Austin's Creative Mass happy hour. The common message is that socializing with fellow designers is gratifying because they get why you...

This book espouses a conservative viewpoint but is not strongly partisan. Midterm elections are here and bookstore shelves are overflowing with histrionic political...

A novel about the roller coaster ride that modern dating has become. The lipstick Xs and kisses are arranged in a tic-tac-toe game which either side can still win....

The novel is about a serial killer whose murders are recreations of Salvador Dali paintings. The story opens with the discovery of the body of a college student...

Author Sam Brannan's second book in the series.

From Amazon: "The Mat Companion series provides you with beautifully illustrated, step-by-step instructions on how to use scientific principles to obtain the...

There's many ways to travel 'round the world! (Unfortunately none of these covers ever made it out of the gate.)

A highly-visual best-selling series of yoga books with a focus on anatomy. Featured in the Print Regional Design Annual 2011

The young soldier at the center of this Civil War novel has divided affections and divided allegiances. The title comes from Lincoln's Gettysburg address: "It is...

From Amazon: "Kind, a clinical bioethicist, shares tools and strategies in this step-by-step guide for making health-care choices for those who can't... [and]...

Logo design for Brass Knuckles Media. BKM was founded to meet the needs of unique businesses, artists, and non-profits–organizations that go against the grain,...

A beach-read novel about a lascivious globe-trotting personal trainer to the wealthy. Unused designs:

Diving into strategic thinking.

From Amazon: "Set against the chilling backdrop of Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, The Last Train from Paris tells the story of forbidden love between an artist turned...

From Amazon: "Readers will appreciate the author's perfect balance of playfulness and sincerity as he takes them from the ground to the air and back again....

This book explains why market research on women often misses the whole truth. The die-cut on the cover emphasizes that what goes unsaid can be more important than...

From Amazon: "In Complete Without Kids, Licensed Clinical Psychologist Ellen L. Walker examines the often-ignored question of what it means to be childfree, by...

From Amazon: "Packed with the authors' firsthand observations, case studies, and valuable templates, this book details a step-by-step approach to successfully...

Really?! The idea you never expect to get client approval sometimes gets approved—in this case the audacious lion. The author's unpredictable choice may have had...

This title is a health book that covers a broad range of topics—from the expected advice on diet and exercise to the less obvious beneficial health effects of...

This book is a success guide from a tanning bed entrepreneur. Like the aphorism of selling ice to an Eskimo, this man made millions selling the sun to everybody...

From Amazon: "Who are these ''new experts''? A generation of ruthless customers empowered by three lethal weapons: instant access to information, immense choice,...