Imaginarrative Adventures is an exploration into a possible version of future storytelling in an emerging interactive and mobile culture. The goal is to revitalize the role narrative plays in growing and expanding our imaginations. This is accomplished by combining elements of storytelling, soundscape design, and locative media to create a unique way of navigating and experiencing stories.
Imaginarrative Adventures begins with a story that is translated into an immersive soundscape...
The university produces an annual research journal called Current with the The university produces an annual research journal called Current with the purpose of sharing articles by both faculty and students that discuss design research at Emily Carr. This large team project resulted in the third edition of both a print and digital publication.
As a co-art director I worked to guide the publication toward visually dynamic shapes and editorial photography, to improve upon the...
The rebrand came out of an assignment to create a typographic logo for a local festival or event. As a member of a local folk band, I felt like I had good insight into the Vancouver Folk Music Festival which has historically been lacking in branding.
The main concept behind my final design is the theme of common strings which is representative of the festival’s long and rich history, dedicated audience, and commonality of string instruments within folk music itself. The modular...
This project was a challenge to tell a story using only typography. The story was chosen from Arthurian legend and I considered how the story would have been originally told using the oral tradition. I constructed the typography in a way that would put emphasis and feeling into the words and allow the reader to tell the story aloud with expression.
I also used the opportunity to explore the craft of book binding and embossing which resulted in a very personal feeling small hardcover...
This project began as a kinetic typography project for class, but once it was uploaded to Vimeo, it caught the eye of the marketing team at Costa Farms. They contacted me to have their branding applied to the video.
The video is a promotional piece on houseplants and the benefits of having them in your home. I began with a storyboard, created icons and type, animated those in After Effects, recorded the voice over, and had a friend help with the music.
Absent is a geometric modular typeface that is friendly and bubbly but the missing pieces add a sense of unease. I conceptualized a personality for this typeface which was a kid who tries hard to be cool by pretending they are not really good at something when they are, so they create purposeful imperfections in their persona to fit in which ends up being a little silly and awkward.
The process for a year-long project is bound to be extensive. This is just a sample of some of the process I went through to get the grad project to the final stages.
