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Project Play

Project Play is an initiative of the Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society Program that develops, shares and mobilizes knowledge that helps build healthy communities through sports.

I was contracted to design an overview publication of  the governance structure of the world’s leading national sports systems. Each country has a very different (and often convoluted) sports governance structure. I had the fun challenge of translating each of these systems into understandable flow charts.

NCTQ

The National Council on Teacher Quality is a research and policy organization that collects data and makes recommendations to help ensure that every child has an effective teacher and that every teacher has the opportunity to be effective.

I have designed a number of reports and papers for NCTQ, including several reports that needed a separate iteration for each of the US states and districts they collected data for. I created templates for these reports in Adobe InDesign, and used its Data Merge functionality to use spreadsheet data to generate up to 51 separate reports from a single template document.

Here are some samples of the reports I have designed.

Home Grown

Home Grown is a national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care.

I have designed several articles and reports for Home Grown. Below are some examples.

I have designed a number of reports, briefs, articles, and other data-driven publications for various nonprofit organizations. Here is some of my work for Project Play, the National Council of Teacher Quality, and Home Grown.

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Digital Vibez Covers
Report front and back covers
Digital Vibez Pages 3-4
Mission and Programs
Digital Vibez Pages 5-6
Community Activities and Program Statistics Graphic
Digital Vibez report pages 7-8
Financial Graphs and Accomplishments
Impact report layout for Digital Vibez, a technology, arts, and wellness nonprofit serving youth in South Florida.
 
The goal was to design an informative report while maintaining the organization’s playful style guidelines. The report combined text blocks, photos, and infographics.
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Community Greening covers
Report front and back covers
Community Greening Table of Contents
Report table of contents
Community greening numbers and map
Statistical infographic and tree map
Community Greening milestones
Timeline of organizational milestones
Community Greening board & revenue
Board of directors and graph of revenue
Community Greening City Partnerships
City partnership pages
Community Greening How to get involved
How to get involved graphic & photo collage
Impact report layout for Community Greening, an urban forestry nonprofit.
 
The goal was to create a dynamic and eye-catching publication within the current brand guidelines of the organization. I designed multiple infographics to be presented along with text, quote blocks, and photo collages.
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Rest cover photo
Book cover
Rest interior photo
Interior Illustrations

Cover and individual illustrations

I was commissioned by Dane Kuttler to create the cover and a series of interior illustrations for her book, Rest.

This is the fourth in a series of books exploring Jewish themes, this one focused on Shabbat (the sabbath).

The previous books had paper cutout illustrations for the cover art, and I endeavored to remain consistent with this style. These illustrations were created digitally, primarily in Clip Studio Paint and Adobe Photoshop.

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Dog of Ulthar Logo

Business cards

Clothing tags
Logo and brand styling for a costume designer’s cosplay and custom clothing commission work.
 
They were content with their current online presence, but wanted business cards to hand out at events and clothing tags to attach to their commissions. I created an offbeat logo to suit their style, while using art deco text and style elements to add a sense of luxury.
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This project was for an advanced digital photography class. Inspired by the photomontages of the Dadaist artist Hannah Höch, these are a series of digital photomontages that critique how gender, race, and sexuality are portrayed in the mass media.

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