center for design practice

green patterns

these patterns are for this book i am making, where the patterns are the opposite page of these diagram type info graphics about my life. they are simple and one color.

abode pamphlet

these are some photos of the pamphlet for the abode ipod cases i made

urban forest project opening more

this is our GROW booth, were we had people sign up for trees and do the following.
this banner is the urban forest project logo naked, without any leaves or dots, and the idea was to show support for baltimore's tree canopy and helping trees and to sign one of the dots and put it on the tree. we then took their photograph which will be used in the closing event. below you can see a little boy putting his sticker on it.


we ended up getting quite a lot of people to sign the stickers. the tree is thriving.

urban forest project in baltimore's opening event

a group of us helped plan the urban forest project in baltimore's opening event at the johns hopkins beach. we came up with a concept for it and helped develop the graphics used. below is the main big banner that you can see from the street.

since the whole event is to about the trees and to double the tree canopy in baltimore by having the city donate about 1000 trees to city residents, we decided to use the trees as part of the event. one of the groupings is seen above. there are 5 events that urban forest is doing for the next three months in different parks around baltimore, and since this was the opening event, we decided to promote that with the tree sections. each one is in the shape of a horse shoe with the banner promoting one of the coming events at the top of it. in between the trees were various tables, and at the bottom was a stage where bands were playing.
this is a close up of the banners.
these little circles were put in all the trees and around the older, actual trees that were there. they each had different large dollar amounts, that were to show how much money people would be saving if there were more trees in baltimore. so, if people help the tree canopy grow, then they will be saving money.

urban forest project banner

here is my urban forest project banner. it is up at johns hopkins on the corner of little charles or something and art museum dr. it's a good location, i am happy about it. and it wasn't too difficult for me to photograph it, even though for the top one i was in the street.

leaves

new leaves, think of it for the spring.

colorways

this is a printed fabric of the colorways for the forest series. it was actually the piece that was up in bunting for the fab lab show.

and now for something completely different

i was going through this sketchbook i had when i was in london and traveling, and scanned some of them in for a project i am doing and thought i would upload them to the blog. i dont really draw like this that much, so they aren't really that great. i just like the trees above.

new patterns

i got this scandinavian design book from the library and it inspired me. i love sandinavian design and decided that i am going to go to sweden one day. the top pattern is daffodils, then strawberries, and then cattails.

sneak peak

these are some images from a book i am going to be making about los angeles freeways. i started this project about a year ago when i was in london, and never quite finished it. the project was supposed to be a cultural project about where you are from, and i chose freeways since they aren't such a prevalent part of life anywhere else but los angeles. in between these images, i collected stories from friends about experiences they have had on los angeles freeways. the stories are all in the person's voice and are like the stories in the book "twillight" (which is about the los angeles riots, but from the perspective of a ton of different people all still keeping the way they talk).

here is one of the stories:

"I had to meet my dad for dinner after work and we agreed to meet at home. As soon as we got on the 5, I decided to see if I could beat him home. I merged onto the 2 thinking I was so clever, and when I excitedly turned onto the main road, I saw my dad pulled over by the cops because his fog lights were on. And then I laughed because I won."

victoria vox

this weekend i got to see my cousin, Victoria Vox, play in baltimore. she plays the ukelele which is awesome, and she has this little drum set and little piano which her producer played with her. i loved the little drum set, it was very cute. she was really great, she has a lovely voice. victoria has a new album coming out, the first image, and if you are interested in checking it out, you can go to her myspace.

VDQ

these are some pages out of a process book for the project Virtual Design Quilt, or VDQ, i did last year. i finally got it reprinted on lulu, which took forever because either my internet or lulu was being impossible.

VDQ was an interactive project where i asked artists and designers to email me a small square of any artwork, which was then put together on a website creating a "quilt" of the artwork mixed together.

beeeehive

and also here are two product designs and the bags i made. i am very proud of the bags, i used the textile printer and then dyed them gray. im going to upload a better photo of them later. AND now i have three bags that i made that i can use at the super market. terrific.

beehive

here's some of the plates i did for the group project beehive market.

jumping?

so i googled my name and it came up on the blog jumping in front of artwork, which is this blog where people send in photos of them jumping in front of art. the photo above is from the blog, and the piece that looks like she is about to grab off the wall is mine. it is a from the Fab Lab show in the Pinkard Gallery at MICA, which was exploring the fabulous world of the new digital textile printer at our school. i guess some MICA students jumped in front of it and then sent it in. our names are all listed on the blog, hence how google found it.

palm sunday

palm sunday because it i made it today on sunday and its palms AND it's almost palm sunday, but that has nothing to do with it.

sometimes

sometimes i make things that i can't use for the project. like this.

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new patterns

i've been inspired. AND i had a small, small lull in homework. AND the weather is crappy and farrrrr too cold for me to even think about going outside.