I’m a Brooklyn-based designer and illustrator with over 10 years of experience creating visual identities, books, illustrations, lettering, and art direction. My work sits at the intersection of graphic design and illustration, combining thoughtful typography, color, pattern, and storytelling to create visual work that feels distinctive, expressive, and full of personality. I’ve worked across publishing and brand design with clients including Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Scholastic, HarperCollins, and Rifle Paper Co.
I’m especially drawn to projects rooted in food, culture, and storytelling, and I love finding the details that make a visual identity feel unmistakably its own. When I’m not designing, you’ll probably find me exploring new restaurants, hunting for mushrooms, running, reading a book, playing piano, or coaxing the swans at Prospect Park.
WHAT I’M DRAWN TO:
I’m especially drawn to projects rooted in food, culture, and storytelling, and I love finding the details that make a visual identity feel unmistakably its own. When I’m not designing, you’ll probably find me exploring new restaurants, hunting for mushrooms, running, reading a book, playing piano, or coaxing the swans at Prospect Park.
︎︎︎ Have a freelance design or illustration project? I’d love to chat!
WHAT I’M DRAWN TO:
- Food
- Culture and diversity
- Product design
- Pattern design
- Storytelling
- Brands with personality
- Design for good
- Children’s design
- Hand-lettering
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