I love big ideas, little ideas, the speck of an idea. Ideas are possibilities and possibilities are endless.

 

So many possibilities and yet just one really good perfect one for each challenge that comes along. Transforming these possibilities into a real experience that immerses, informs, educates, excites — does what it needs to do — simply makes me happy (and clients, too!). 

For over 20 years my work life has been all about design: the art of listening and processing then systematically and creatively working an idea, a vision, a hope, into a real thing, a real place, a real experience that impacts people in some kind of way.

Whether through flipping the pages of a book, scrolling through an app or wandering through a museum, it’s the full and complete experience that matters. (And, most of all, consideration for who’s doing the flipping, scrolling and wandering.)

Any given day, you’ll find me steadfast and focused, working away, championing a project’s aspirations with enthusiasm and smiles all along the way. Oh, and maybe, just maybe, making the world a better place through design, one idea at a time.

My expertise:

 

Creative &
Art Direction

Brand &
Identity Design

Experience &
Exhibit Design

Print &
Package Design

Digital Media &
Interactive Design

Strategy, Planning
& Research

Communication &
Marketing Design

Project Management
& Collaboration

A few clients/projects:

 

@ Freelance

Museum of Us // Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // Smithsonian Books // Trade Root Music Group // Nelson Mandela Foundation // Ralph Appelbaum Associates // Second Story Interactive // D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities // Melcher Media // SPEC Entertainment // K Studio

@ Renate

Museum of Us // Corvallis Museum // Moab Museum // Burke Museum, University of Washington // Oregon Historical Society // Mercy Corps // Juno Therapeutics // Levi Strauss & Co. // Mobius Science Center // Water Resource Center // Providence Academy // W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory // Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

@ RAA

Expo Zaragoza // Nelson Mandela Day // Anchorage Museum // Blue Ridge Music Center // H.Stern Museum // House & Home, National Building Museum // Autostadt Azzurro, Volkswagen // Museum of Portuguese Language // Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center

And, my work experience:

 

Creative Director
@ RHC/Vanguard Group

Philadelphia, PA
Feb 2021-present

 

Creative Director & Designer
@ Renate

Portland, OR / Philadelphia, PA
Nov 2010-May 2020

Art Director & Designer
@ Freelance / Public/o

Brooklyn, NY
Sept 2008-Oct 2010

 

Lead 2d & Media Designer
@ Ralph Appelbaum Associates

New York, NY
June 2004-Aug 2008

Graphic Designer
@ Universal / USA Network

New York, NY
March 2003-May 2004

 

Graphic Designer
@ Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.
April 1999-July 2002

Be in touch!

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