Passion Projects

Design Gallery

For me, inspiration often strikes in the ordinary moments of daily life – from the patterns of nature to the interactions of people in bustling city streets. Drawing from my everyday experiences enriches my work with a sense of authenticity and relatability. Creating in the realm of personal projects allows me the freedom to explore innovative ideas and experiment with unique design solutions.

Here's a starting point!

Spatial

I am interested in designs for the built environment!

User Experience

I am curious about your UX design ideas outside of work!

Graphics

How come there are fruits everywhere on this site?

User experience

Suggested

MOBILE UX DESIGN FOR CLIENT

Unibus.

Unibus is an advanced digital transportation solution for university students to track shuttles around campus, focused on accessibility and sustainability.

Problem Space

#Transportation #Mappping #Accessibility

MOBILE UX RESEARCH & DESIGN

Grapevine.

Grapevine is a new dating app that adopts traditional values of meeting "on the grapevine". This app allows users to match friends with other friends for the benefit of safety, accountability, and entertainment.

Problem Space

#SocialMedia #DatingApp

WEB UX DESIGN FOR START-UP

Mire.

Mire is a transaction platform that serves to connect fans with their favorite up and coming online personalities through premium subscriptions, exclusive content, and 1-on-1 conversation opportunities.

Problem Space

#Payments #ContentCreation #Streaming

MOBILE UX CASE STUDY

MeetFriends.

Making friends after moving to a new location is a struggle of adult life. MeetFriends aims to close the gap between likeminded people in the same city and destigmatize the idea of meeting people from a digital interface.

Problem Space

#SocialMedia #Friendships #Statistics

Graphics

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Graphics.

Iconography, physical merch design, and a little bit of everything!

Problem Space

#GraphicDesign #Iconography

PUBLICATION DESIGN

Campanile.

As the Editor-in-Chief of the Rice Campanile publication, I led a team of talented staff to create a cohesive design theme (Layers), meet deadlines, and produce a successful final book.

Problem Space

#Journalism #Leadership #Budgeting #DesignSystem

Architecture

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Post-Post.

Post-Post reimagines the normative condition of the post office and mail processing facility as a public service for the community, while questioning the notion that mail service is about pure “delivery efficiency”.

Problem Space

#Architecture #LogisticsDesign #MailDelivery

SPATIAL DESIGN & MASTER PLANNING

Commons House.

Commons House examines the life of a nomadic, transient worker as a relationship between live, work, and storage. By combining worker housing with personal storage, we are re-imagining the place of storage as a celebrated space.

Problem Space

#Architecture #LiveWork #MasterPlanning

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