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
@ RED / Vanguard
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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