Current Inspiration
The first question is not if one should be designing something but how…Then... does this (product) help people or incapacitate them? Does it make them more free or more dependent?
Dieter Rams, ‘Die Rolle des Designers im Unternehmen’ (1980)
Personal Essay, a Poem
2025
Poetry
Reflection
What events in your life have informed your unique perspective towards your work, your research?
Bard’s Town Poetry Pop-Up
2025
Poetry
Local Community
Contributing to local book pop-up shop “Bard’s Town Books”, I along with two other Nashville-based poets, acted as featured speakers. Reading materials relating to the theme of “Tall Tales”, my work related to not only the idea of retelling a tall tale but also to the retracing the tale as an oral history and the use of tall tales to perpetuate stereotypical views of others.
An Adaptation of Dieter Rams’ 15 Product Questions
2024
Inspiration
Product Design
Taking on the 15 Questions all designers must ask themselves, posed by Dieter Rams in a 1980 talk on product design, I have adapted and reimagined the 15 prompts for the issues facing product designers in the modern age.
Re//Collection 2023
2023
Zine
Reflection
Re//Collection 2023 is a zine, retrospecting my year in 2023. Cataloguing progression in my creative process, personal friend and family events, and the artists, music, and ideas I collected along the way, this zine was designed, written, printed, and bound by me then sent to those who really made an impact on my year.
Geoffrey Beene
2023
Inspiration
Fashion
Notes on Geoffrey Beene a New York fashion designer between the early 60's and late 80's. Specifically, I take note on how his fashion designs encourage character and altered movement from those that inhabit them.
Rome & Jewels by Rennie Harris
2023
Inspiration
Theatre
Hip-Hop
Dance
Notes after watching Rennie Harris's 'Rome & Jewels' a performance piece that mixes American theatre, urban dance, and music in ways that take the well-known narrative of Romeo and Juliet and then apply them to the struggles young African Americans still face in the U.S. today.
Georgia O'Keeffe, The Mother of American Modernism
2023
Inspiration
American Modernism
Rediscovering this pioneer in American Modernism, these are some quick notes as to why I love her imagery.
Matsumoto Taiyou
2023
Inspiration
Illustration
Ink
Notes on Matsumoto Taiyou a Japanese illustrator who makes mundane scenes whimsical and whimsical scenes ordinary. Outside of his technique, I also love what details he chooses to include and exclude.