Cloth Face Mask Cards for CHA Residents Design & Riso PrintingStudio Brazen + National Public Housing MuseumMay 2020 As cases of COVID-19 spread throughout Chicago, those who were marginalized before began feeling it even more. Access to PPE was not being provided to folks living in public housing in Chicago. Studio Brazen + the National […]
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Looking Back: Chicago Design Milestones Exhibition Design & BrandingChicago 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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Belonging: Place, Power, (Im)Possibilities Exhibition Physical + Virtual Exhibition DesignTonika Lewis Johnson / Chicago Justice GallerySeptember 2020 Tonika Johnson chronicles the ways in which nine young people have been made to feel they don’t belong in their own city in a series of portraits and interviews. While Johnson’s portraits of young peoples’ experiences paint a […]
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National Public Housing Museum Preview Exhibition Exhibition Design & BrandingNational Public Housing MuseumArcheworks, 2019 As a startup museum, the National Public Housing Museum installed a preview of the future exhibits to be included in the permanent museum upon its opening slated for Spring 2024.
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History Lessons: Everyday Stories from Chicago Public Housing Exhibition DesignNational Public Housing Museum, Summer 2018 Named #6 in the Chicago Tribune’s top 10 exhibitions in Chicago in 2018. Instead of showcasing rarefied objects in the standard museum fashion, this one put on display mundane things from public housing residents — a mason’s tools, a Pyrex […]
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Wabi Sabi: Design in Nature Retreat Event BrandingJudson 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 […]
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