About
Selected Work
C.V.
Current
Inzovu
Staff Designer
2024 - present
Flower Press
Founder
2019 - present
Freelance
Selected Clients: AIGA SF, Airbnb, California College of the Arts, City of San Francisco, Design Core Detroit, Detroit Historical Society, The Nature Conservancy, OpenTable, SFMOMA, Starbucks, The University of Utah, The Work Department
2009 - present
Previous
Bandcamp
Director of Design: 2021 - 2023
Interim Head of Design: 2020 - 2021
Senior Designer: 2017 - 2020
User Experience Designer
2014 - 2016
Airbnb
Contract Designer
2013 - 2014
Tomorrow Partners
Designer
2011 - 2014
Social Practice
Homeboat
Rural America • 2017 - 2024
So Many Hearts
San Francisco, CA & Online • 2023 - present
Accessing Queer Sanctuary through Printed Media & Digital Realms
Detroit, MI & Online • 2022
The Poodle Dog Good Food Pup Room Band, Eponymous
Chehalis, WA • 2022
The Take is the Take, Notes of Funk
Santa Cruz, CA • 2022
We Keep Us Safe: Alternatives to Police in Detroit
Detroit, MI • 2021
Kansas Highway 24
Kansas & Detroit, MI • 2021
Hot Mic, Notes of Funk
San Francisco, CA & Online • 2021
Detroit Area Writers Network, Co-organizer
Detroit, MI • 2020
Golem Dinner, Organizer & Chef
Detroit, MI • 2019
Beach Blanket Babylon, Co-organizer with Homeboat
Green River, UT • 2019
Flower Press, Founder
Detroit, MI • 2019
Creative Community Design Build with Homeboat
Granite Falls, MN • 2018 - 2019
Room Project Garden Dinner, Chef
Detroit, MI • 2018
The Changing Times Issue 12, Co-editor
Detroit, MI • 2018
SPACE SPACE SPACE Conference Dinner Series, Chef
Bloomfield Hills, MI • 2018
Detroit Kite Festival, Co-organizer & Board Member
Detroit, MI • 2016 - 2017
Peace Meal Kitchen, Co-conspirator
Detroit, MI • 2016 - 2017
Detroit Pop-up Alliance, Co-founder
Detroit, MI • 2016
Critical Conversations on Otherness, Co-organizer
Detroit, MI • 2016
Shoebox Project Iteration, Organizer
Bay Area Rescue Mission Women’s Center, Richmond, CA • 2016
Strut SF + Google.org Challenge Grant Workshop, Design Lead
San Francisco, CA • 2015
Cooking for a Cause, Project Lead
Berkeley, CA • 2015
Great Wall of Oakland: Writ Large Festival, Design Lead
Oakland, CA • 2015
Google Give: Compass Family Services, Organizer
San Francisco, CA • 2015
Theuerkauf Elementary School Garden, Project Lead
Mountain View, CA • 2015
Community Through Print, Project Lead
Victory Kitchen, Oakland, CA • 2015
Victory Kitchen, Founder
San Francisco Bay Area, CA • 2014 - 2016
Guerilla Lunch, Creator & Project Lead
San Francisco Bay Area, CA • 2014 - 2016
Airbnb Park, Design Lead
Austin, TX • 2014
Other Than, Co-director
San Francisco, CA • 2012
Shelter, Creator & Curator
San Francisco, CA & Green River, UT • 2011
Common Ground, Creator
San Francisco, CA • 2011
Guerilla Radio Hour: Serah and Zoe
San Francisco, CA • 2011
Project M Dinner Series, Chef
Greensboro, AL • 2010
A Current Exchange, Creator
San Francisco, CA • 2010
Painting & Drawing with Raymond Saunders Summer Abroad, Chef
Montreuil, France • 2009
Residencies, Fellowships, & Visiting Artist
Artist in Residence, Salmon Creek Farm
Albion, CA • 2023
Artist in Residence, Sou’wester Lodge (accepted)
Chehalis, WA • 2022
Artist in Residence, Sou’wester Arts Week
Seaview, WA • 2020
Artist in Residence, Ellipsis Open School
Tavira, Portugal • 2019
Artist in Residence, Blue Sky Center
New Cuyama, CA • 2019
Artist in Residence, The Sanctuary
Arcata, CA • 2018
Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI • 2018
Art Farm Fellowship, Oregon Country Farm
Brownsville, OR • 2013
Frontier Fellowship, Epicenter
Green River, UT • 2011
Sputnik Design Fellowship, California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA • 2010
Visiting Chef, Project M
Greensboro, AL • 2010
Painting & Drawing with Raymond Saunders Summer Abroad, California College of the Arts
Montreuil, France • 2009
Design Research & Facilitation
Creative Community Design Build Primary Research with Homeboat
Granite Falls, MN • 2018 - 2019
Community Research with Corbin LaMont
New Cuyama, CA • 2018
St. Etienne Biennale Debrief with Design Core Detroit, Facilitator
Detroit, MI • 2017
1967 Detroit Rebellion Co-Labs, Detroit Historical Society, Facilitator
Detroit, MI • 2017
Chi Hack Night: Re-entry Impactathon, Consultant & Facilitator
Chicago, IL • 2016
Field Work, Organizer & Researcher
United States • 2016
Google Play UX Design Research
Mountain View, CA • 2014 - 2016
Google Play Baseline Study
Seoul, South Korea • 2015
Strut SF + Google.org Challenge Grant Workshop
San Francisco, CA • 2015
Google Accessibility Innovation Workshop
Mountain View, CA • 2014
DesignBuildBLUFF Primary Research
Bluff, Utah • 2014
Barefoot College Primary Research
Tilonia, India • 2013
OpenTable Primary Research
Denver, CO • 2013
San Francisco Business Portal Primary Research
San Francisco, CA • 2013
Stories of Change Impact Lab
Berkeley, CA • 2013
Teaching & Talks
Paper or PDF?
Mid America Print Council • 2024
Accessing Queer Sanctuary through Printed Media & Digital Realms
Detroit, MI & Online • 2022
Spinning Plates: Cultivating a Multivalent Practice
Maryland Institute College of Art • 2021
Validation Loops: A Case Study in Failure
Portland State University • 2020
Visiting Critic: Graphic Design II
Lawrence Tech University • 2020
Say Yes to the Yes
Seaview, WA • 2020
The After Hours Hours: Why My Bar Tab is a Valid Expense
Rural Arts & Culture Summit, Grand Rapids, MN • 2019
Say Yes to the Yes
Tavira, Portugal • 2019
Peripheral Practice
Beach Blanket Babylon, Green River, UT • 2019
The Connective Kite
Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI • 2017
Power to the Pop-up
Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI • 2017
Critical Conversations on Otherness
Detroit, MI • 2016
Stone Soup Workshop Series
Oakland, CA • 2014 - 2016
Girls Inc. Classroom Aide
East Oakland, CA • 2014 - 2015
Brownsville Art Association Youth Program, Curriculum Lead & Instructor
Brownsville, OR • 2013
Inneract Project, Curriculum Lead & Instructor
San Francisco, CA • 2012
Interviews
Flower Press Stockist Highlight
Deem Newsletter • 2022
On Collaborating on Equal Footing
The Creative Independent • 2022
How Detroit-Based Flower Press Elevates + Grows Artists
The Sill • 2020
Curation & Production
All Possible Futures, Production Assistant
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA • 2014
Shelter, Curator
Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA • 2011
Wide White Space: Sincerely, Kirsty and Emma, Co-curator
The Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA • 2011
Group Exhibitions
Signs of the Time
Playground Detroit • 2019
Walking with Serpents
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI • 2017
A Call to Place: The First Five Years of the Frontier Fellowship
Utah Dept. of Arts and Heritage, Salt Lake City, UT • 2016
msaolepwol: a poetry show
The Arbor, Oakland, CA • 2012
Solo Exhibitions
Everybody’s Inside
Oregon Country Farm, Brownsville, OR • 2013
Awards & Recognition
I am grateful to have had my work recognized by The Cannes Film Festival, GD USA, the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council, The White House, Google, Awwwards, and Real Ideas Studio. My work has been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, AIGA Eye on Design, Detroit Free Press, Curbed Detroit, Detroit Metro Times, and on NPR, Michigan Radio, and WDET.
Formal Education
BFA in Graphic Design, Honors
California College of the Arts • 2011