↓ Selected Works
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KACHI-BUWA, 2020 (ongoing)
11 images
KACHI-BUWA investigates how graphic representation can communicate the nuances in connotations and culture-specific contexts expressed by onomatopoeia in the Japanese language. This project exists as a body of typographic work orbiting around a conceptual variable Katakana typeface which aims at bridging sound, form and signification while being embedded in Japanese visual culture.
✷ Onomatopoeic expressions speak their meanings through both sound and form, breaking linguistic barriers and granting a strictly iconic form of communication.
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Apart—Together, 2020
6 images
Given the spatial and material constraints of the COVID-19 quarantine, designers Rebecca Wilkinson, Eric Francisco and myself wondered what it would look like to collaborate on a storytelling project from a distance during a time of social isolation. Taking inspiration from a point on John Baldessari’s 1970 CalArts assignment sheet, the project’s co-authors took turns photographing, writing, and combining the two to create new, unexpected meanings from these fragmentary pieces.
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fettle Typeface, 2018 (w-i-p)
10 images
A typeface in which the design and typographic details of the letterforms are inspired by trimming and cleaning tools used in ceramics. As a display and text typeface, it is intended to complement ceramic-related photographs and content both in print and on the web. The letterforms represent the tools that are used to shape ceramic work, and concurrently, they are the tools that shape the message about that ceramic work.
• 27 Glyphs
• Bold and Regular Weight
• Type Specimen Book
• Type Specimen Posters
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Richmond-Adelaide Cycle Tracks, 2019*
5 images
The data story aims to inform about the recent success of the Richmond-Adelaide Street cycle tracks in Toronto, which is measured by an increase in security and a significant growth in cycling demand. We hope it will make people who currently do not cycle reflect on the state of Toronto’s cycling infrastructure and ultimately encourage cycling as a means of transportation.
• Data story newspaper: 11"x17"
• Data intervention in the city: 30"x40" (3 panels)
* Collaboration with Tyler Job
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Seeing Lines, 2018
7 images
Seeing Lines is a small collection of photographs exploring linear details found in the city of Copenhagen. The book is divided into three sections: Below, In Between and Above. They weave into each other to evoke the feeling of wandering the streets of Copenhagen, starting from looking at the ground, then looking across from you, and finally looking up to the sky.
• 44-page booklet
• Dimensions: 4.5"x7"
• Edition: 15
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ANSWER, 2016
2 images
A growing distrust in the media at a time of increasing social and political tensions has left people looking for answers elsewhere. This typographic installation reflects this sentiment and contextualizes the word “ANSWER” in a larger picture, the sky of an urban landscape.
• Corrugated coroplast covered with newspaper
• Dimensions of word installation: 40’’x9’’
• Photographed on location on 35mm film
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KACHI-BUWA, 2020 (ongoing)
9 images
KACHI-BUWA investigates how graphic representation can express the nuances in meaning and the culture-specific uses of onomatopoeia in the Japanese language. This exploration led to a body of typographic work orbiting around a conceptual onomatopoeic Katakana font.
→ View project website
→ View project video
fettle Typeface, 2018 (w-i-p)
10 images
A typeface in which the design and typographic details of the letterforms are inspired by trimming and cleaning tools used in ceramics. As a display and text typeface, it is intended to complement ceramic-related photographs and content both in print and on the web. The letterforms represent the tools that are used to shape ceramic work, and concurrently, they are the tools that shape the message about that ceramic work.
• 27 Glyphs
• Bold and Regular Weight
• Type Specimen Book
• Type Specimen Posters
Richmond-Adelaide Cycle Tracks, 2019*
5 images
The data story aims to inform about the recent success of the Richmond-Adelaide Street cycle tracks in Toronto, which is measured by an increase in security and a significant growth in cycling demand. We hope it will make people who currently do not cycle reflect on the state of Toronto’s cycling infrastructure and ultimately encourage cycling as a means of transportation.
• Data story newspaper: 11"x17"
• Data intervention in the city: 30"x40" (3 panels)
* Collaboration with Tyler Job
Seeing Lines, 2018
7 images
Seeing Lines is a small collection of photographs exploring linear details found in the city of Copenhagen. The book is divided into three sections: Below, In Between and Above. They weave into each other to evoke the feeling of wandering the streets of Copenhagen, starting from looking at the ground, then looking across from you, and finally looking up to the sky.
• 44-page booklet
• Dimensions: 4.5"x7"
• Edition: 15