A jacket that changes color based on your surroundings. Simply hold the color sensors on the gloves against objects to absorb their color.
Completed in 2015
Hackathon Project
Created using:
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
This project was created during the American Museum of Natural History's (AMNH) Hack the Dinos hackathon on November 20 - 22, 2015.
Through our exploration of AMNH's programs and research, we found that there was a lack of public awareness of the scientific expeditions conducted by the museum. While this is partly due to lack of marketing, the siloed and fragmented nature of how expeditions are catalogued and presented by different departments exacerbates the issue of access.
Our solution, titled "Lewis & Clark," is an interactive map that visualizes all of the expeditions led by AMNH around the world. The web platform provides both an overview of all past and current AMNH expeditions, as well as in-depth information on each expedition, including fossils and photos for each pit stop along an expedition route. Additional features include two timeline views that allow the public to compare the durations of different expeditions and cluster them by the nature of the expedition. A basic demo utilizing 38 past and current AMNH expeditions was created using leaflet.js.
These photos were taken in and around Doha, Qatar as part of TEDxSummit from April 16-20, 2012. TEDxSummit was a week-long event exclusively for TEDx organizers. Hosted by the Doha Film Institute, the inaugural event gathered TEDx organizers from around the world for workshops, talks and cultural activities.
Completed in 2014
Client Project
Created using:
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
As a volunteer visual editor at Visit.org, I conducted UX/UI research and benchmarking on competitors in the travel volunteering space. This was incorporated into a design guide for crafting visual narratives tailored to the organization's specific outreach groups. Some pages have been redacted.
Ongoing (2013-2015)
Website: http://www.eskuwelanow.com/
Created using:
- Illustrator
- Keynote
- Wii Remote
- Raspberry Pi
- Mini Shop LED Projector
- Canon T1i
Eskuwela Now is a $150 “pop-up” classroom in a shoebox that helps students and families transition back into their school routines after a disaster. The portable, low-cost package allows teachers to create makeshift classrooms by projecting an interactive whiteboard onto any surface. Traditional smartboard solutions cost well over $1500.
Researchers have found that natural disasters delay school enrollment by over 6 months on average, and in many cases result in the complete termination of schooling altogether, especially for females. Disasters are also correlated with malnutrition rates, PTSD rates, and stunted physical growth. At less than a tenth of the price of high-tech solutions, Eskuwela Now delivers education to the areas hit hardest by disasters.
The Eskuwela Now shoebox classroom can be created entirely from open-source code and available consumer electronics, requiring no custom items to assemble. The four main components are a Wii remote, a projector, an infrared pen, and a single-board computer or microcontroller (e.g. Raspberry Pi, Arduino).
Eskuwela Now was originally developed at NextDayBetter's Typhoon Haiyan Relief Hackathon in November 2013 as a SMS platform for teachers to coordinate pop-up schools in the wake of disasters. The shoebox classroom model was developed at The Feast's 2014 hackathon.
These photos were taken in Hong Kong, Beijing, Nanchang, and Hainan. The goal was the capture the paradise and poverty that existed in both urban and rural spaces.
Completed in 2014
Client Project
Created using:
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
I worked with CoderDojo NYC to redesign the branding, user interface, and user experience of their website. The focus of the redesign was to emphasize the organization's upcoming events and streamline the process of signing up for those events. Additional considerations were given towards providing resources for students, illustrating CoderDojo's impact, and gathering donations and support from the public.
Completed in 2014
Hackathon Project
Created using:
- Illustrator
- R
This project was created during the Extractive Industries Data Dive hackathon on April 11-13, 2014. The hackathon was jointly hosted by the United Nations Development Programme and Columbia University's Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences department.
Our particular challenge focused on exploring the relationship between extractive sector profitability ("rents") and fiscal revenues from resources ("government take"). Data cleaning and analysis was done primarily in R, and subsequent visualization was completed in Adobe Illustrator.
Additional visualizations were created after the hackathon by team member Tricia Jamison and can be viewed here.
I take too many pictures of food. Posted here is a small selection of my many food related photos.
Completed in 2015
Client Project
Created using:
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
I worked with Jobsuitors to create concepts and mockups for a single page beta website. The designs focused on communicating the value of Jobsuitors and capturing contact information for the beta list.
Completed 2012-2013
Client Project
Created using:
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- InDesign
I was the curator and license-holder of TEDxBerkeley from 2010 to 2013. The annual conference has featured over 3500 attendees from 16 countries and five continents, 1.5 million video views, and one video featured on TED.com. I have had the opportunity to work with over 50 high-profile speakers and performers, including top executives from Google, Autodesk, and Wired.
The event graphics consisted of 5 primary deliverables: an app, sponsorship deck, programs, flyers, and namebadges. The TEDxBerkeley app was created in partnership with AppBaker and Yeshua Adonai, while the program design was led by Brittany Cheng with small revisions made by me. I designed the sponsorship deck, flyers, and namebadges.
TED is an annual event where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. “TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design – three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.
These photos were taken during a spring break road trip to Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.