Designing for Social Good

I use design across various mediums to make engagement with social issues inviting and accessible. My work tackles topics like feminism, racial justice, politics, and the rise of artificial intelligence, ranging from the digital to the physical to reach people where they are.

 

The American Dream Collection

Inspired by the historical use of fashion as a political tool, this collection—exhibited in NYC Fashion Week 2017—documented the rise and fall of my faith in the American government during the 2016 Presidential Election that elected Donald Trump. 

 
 
 

The 1619 Project education programs

The 1619 Project was a special issue of The New York Times Magazine that reexamined the legacy of slavery in the United States while highlighting the immense societal contributions of Black Americans. The brand identity of the Pulitzer Center 1619 Education Programs—the official education partner of the project—drew from the original visuals to expand the reach and accessibility of the work to educators throughout the country.  

 

The Venus Collection

Drawing from the Venus of Willendorf, a seminal archeological find from Austria, I explored ideas of belonging, feminism, bodily autonomy, and symbolism by imposing feminist iconography on a historically masculine article of clothing—the letterman jacket. This collection further explored the power of apparel design to control a personal narrative.

 
 
 

The AI Accountability Network

As artificial intelligence continues to infiltrate all aspects of our lives, the brand identity of the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network strives to make this imposing subject approachable and inviting. Drawing from the journalism produced by reporting fellows who are holding governments and corporations accountable by using and reporting on artificial intelligence, this network’s visuals encompass events and trainings that make the field of AI reporting more democratic.

 

The Trophy Collection

This sculptural collection built off of the triumph of hunters’ mounted taxidermied animal heads to comment on the “taboo” nature of radical feminism. Again playing with the idea of using fashion design as a political statement, this collection emasculates phalluses and glorifies yonis to make a statement on bodily empowerment.

 
 
 

The StoryReach U.S. Fellowship

The Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach reporting fellowship is an innovative approach to empowering local journalism to reach Americans directly affected by systemic issues from climate change to housing insecurity. Because this initiative prioritizes audience engagement, this brand identity is meant to be energizing, fresh, and universal enough to be replicated in locations outside the U.S.