Visual story of who I am as a designer.

1. Who am I?

2. Pretty much what I wear
to work everyday (in my mind).
Currently I am a wayfinding and signage designer at
Perkins+Will, Eva Maddox Branded Environments,
Chicago. I enjoy working at the intersection of the built
and social environments - bringing creative problem
solving, design, and thoughtful empathetic design ideas to
real issues and problems. I enjoy the challenge of working
with diverse teams of not only designers and architects,
but with a variety of team members to holistically
approach problems and bring new perspectives to design.
Preferably wearing a space helmet.
Ready to : imagine, innovate, learn, work with a team, learn with a team, teach
with a team, and design with a team - ready to make a difference.

3. Neighborhood Watch
[Watch Us Now]
Citizenship ceremonies
for Americans
Open House Project
Can-Do Kit
Teacher Performance + Student Performance ...
Sesame Street
for Adults
I have a lot of ideas in my head.
As a designer I want to work with communities, people, and places to facilitate
the opportunities we seek for ourselves and in turn for our neighbors, our
communities, and the people we may never know.

4. Neighborhood Watch
[Watch Us Now]
Citizenship ceremonies
for Americans
Open House Project
Can-Do Kit
Teacher Performance + Student Performance ...
Sesame Street
for Adults
I observe my community, where I work, live, and make my way.
I think about not only how I affect my surrounding community, but also how
the larger environment affects me. People and places I know,
may never know, and the places I think I don’t need to know.

5. “hi!”
Neighborhood Watch
[Watch Us Now]
Citizenship ceremonies
for Americans
“hello!”
Can-Do Kit
Teacher Performance + Student Performance ...
Sesame Street
for Adults
I have a passionate desire to have a conversation with these unknown
people and places.
I like to think, “How do we know each other? How could we know each other?
Do I need their help? What could we teach each other? Are they from
Texas...?”
I feel asking these kinds of questions as often as possible helps designers
(of all kinds - even those who don’t think of themselves as designers)
to really position ourselves within the issues we are designing for. I believe
in having a stake in what I am doing - knowing how I am involved and
affected.

6. Yep.
Sure
do.
Hey! We have stuff
in common!
I think that as designers we should stop trying to put ourselves in someone
else’s shoes, and instead change our shoes.

7. And when we change our shoes - we can shift our frame of reference.
Change our perspective - the way we approach a problem, look at an issue,
or engage with a community.
This is what I love to do.
to share
with you.
We
have
ideas
Me too.

8. What I like even better is joining forces.
I value working with other designers who may at first
seem unconnected to an issue.
A mechanical engineer and a graphic designer
working together on an educational campaign
for animal health?
Sure. Why not?
!
!
!!!
!
!

9. Working with others - building a ‘collective whole’ that we all belong to.
No matter where, or what, or when, or who or how.
We all have common goals we share - as a designer I want to work towards
a more global and universal understanding that :
I benefit when you benefit.
Designers + Community
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