My last project at Way to Grow was a fundraising campaign that celebrated caregivers of all kinds. Since the start of the pandemic, caregivers have had to be superheroes to their children—more so than ever before. Aligned with a 10-day state-wide giving campaign and Mother’s Day, we set out to raise funds to support Way to Grow families.
Read MoreIt’s a complicated thing, choosing to say goodbye when things still feel good. It’s that act of intentionally choosing rather than reacting that empowers us to take the reigns and chart a new adventure. One that is exciting and scary and filled with unstoppable momentum. Yet in that same fateful decision, you also choose to welcome grief. The sadness of letting go and the acknowledgement that what has been will no longer be.
Read MoreA good friend of mine, Ashley Fairbanks, reached out last month in need of an assist on a quick-turn-around project. Ashley Is a brilliant veteran of political campaigns and a designer, so I was thrilled when she asked me to design the identity for a new mayoral candidate in Minneapolis, Kate Knuth.
Read MoreMy team thought the world could use a little more love so we put together a Valentine’s Day campaign. This year, Way to Grow had a Valentine Wish—to spread joy and love to the community.
Read MoreA couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to put together a logo for a great candidate running for City Council in Troy, NY.
Read MoreMy fifth annual report for Way to Grow proved to be a challenge. Published six months later than anticipated due to COVID, it needed to incorporate not only 2019 and the 30th Anniversary, but also an update on all the changes and impacts of 2020 on programming, families, and the organization.
Read MoreWe did it. We fucking did it. All day I have been vacillating between joy and relief and tears. I had always hoped we would win. That we would fight back and reclaim our country and our future. But truth be told, I think this year had me so beat down I struggled to keep that optimism.
Read MoreThis quick little logo was put together for Nokomis Heights Lutheran Church's new initiative, Lifegroups. Meant to help connect members during the pandemic, it eludes to connections by blending shapes and colors. The center circles, colors, and font are part of the original identity system I put together for the church, keeping it within the broader brand.
Read MoreOn that solo London trip last November, I was walking back to my hotel from dinner and found myself down one of those strange streets that feels like a walkway, lined with doors with little more than a small step separating them from the rest of the world. Coming from an American city, this has always kind of freaked me out but they are ridiculously charming.
Read MoreIn November 2019, I took a solo five-day trip to London. On my final day, I found myself wandering through the sculpture galleries of the Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington. There were so many beautiful interpretations of humanity posed and put on pedestals, but one in particular caught my eye. It was simply beautiful and so quiet in the echo-filled hall. I’m that person who likes to stare at art for inordinate amounts of time and I took all the time in the world to look at this terracotta masterpiece.
Read MoreWhen I was in high school, I was obsessed with collaging. I had Mod Podge-covered binders and notebooks coated with packing tape. My closet was filled with the product of dozens of ink cartridges and teen magazines, and my walls and lockers were collaged shrines to pop stars and movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings.
Read MoreWhen I was 20, I lived on a tiny island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea without a cell phone and with very spotty WiFi. I was too tall, too pale, and too organized to be allowed, yet there I was and there I unexpectedly thrived.
Read MoreIt was a slow, gloomy morning in South Kensington—my last day in London and the first morning I woke up looking to intentionally ease into my day. My daily museum was a 15 minute walk away but I had awoken so unusually early that it wasn’t open yet. Unfortunately, it seemed I had too much time to kill and absolutely no plan. Some people would say that’s good for me. I would of course say otherwise.
Read MoreGeorge Floyd. Know his name and his face. Then, white friends, dig deep inside yourself and question why it is we stand behind institutions that continue to hurt, why we choose to believe the authorities we put in power rather than the people they oppress, and why this continues to happen even when we say "Black Lives Matter" on Facebook and sometimes cops are fired for murder.
Read MoreI’ve been spending a lot of time with myself and clearly lockdown might be getting to me just a bit.... When this was originally saved, it shuffled all the frames of the GIF. Now it's weirder than ever and it lives in infamy.
Read MoreHappy Easter, friends. We’ve got a lot going on, but Easter reminds us that light conquers darkness, and that the world we want to build after all this is possible.
Read MoreI’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek (if you couldn’t tell) and am really vibing with this Dreamscape. Gotta kill time somehow these days…
Read MoreProud of you for hanging in there, friends.
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