This poster was commissioned by UCLA Campus Events for their invited speaker, Dr. Dale Gieringer. Gieringer is a leading figure in the movement to legalize marijuana, and is the co-author of Proposition 215. In order to represent the controversy behind this issue, and the strong opinions citizens have about the legalization of marijuana for medical use, I decided to create a poster that could be read in two ways. If help right side up, the poster represents the perspective of those in favor of the legalization, providing the text of prop 215, and other language representing the positive aspects of the legalization of marijuana. If held upside down, the poster provides all of the cons of the drug confirmed by typography reading “no way” along with an exclamation point on the cannabis leaf.
Hello, everybody. It has been a long long time since I have last updated. This is probably because I have been too busy! I have recently applied for Art Center’s Media Design Program and am now waiting to hear if I made it to the next step! Today also happens to be my first day interning at Rebeca Mendez Design Studio. I am pretty excited about this, because I was actually asked by Rebeca herself to hop on board for a special branding project.
This quarter I have been taking a modern landscape photography class, and the following is a selection of work from that:
For my photography class, I am currently working on my final project which is an independent study. The topic I have chosen is the documentation of a place where recreation and desperation collide from the perspective of the tourist to highlight humanity’s oblivion to the struggles of others. The location I have chosen is the Imperial Sand Dunes just south of El Centro at the US/Mexico border.
I also have been taking classes on traditional Japanese theatre and the Holocaust. I just finished up both take-home midterms for these classes last night. Here is a quote from one of my essays for the Holocaust class that I was pretty proud of:
“The elimination of a body and the memory of it’s existence omits the ability to understand that individual’s disappearance, and acts as a complete annihilation of the most basic offering humanity has, temporality.”
Things at verynice have been going well also. We just recently finished up a couple of posters for Amnesty International, have seen our website for Youth Movement Records go live, have received a new assignment to create a t-shirt for “Alternative Spring Break,” and are currently finishing up the design of the new VietACT website.
My freelance work ahs slowed down slightly, btu none the less is going well. I am workign on the following:
-Brand Identity for Drew Schnurr (personal identity, non-profit organization identity, ensemble identity)
-Cover art for “Hijo De Mi Madre”
-Cover art for “The Bees and the Birds.”
-iphone application interface design for “IStudyToGo”
-Brand identity for SCR Technologies, a hosting and web development firm
-Website design for the portfolio of Erik Kristensen, a common collaborator with myself.
The following is a shirt design that a verynice design studio recently completed for cloud9. the shirt’s proceeds benefit homeless shelters. The shirt is set to be worn by celebrities on TLC to promote the cause.
This is another photo I shot for my landscape photography class. Surprisingly, the source of light is that of a street light and the photo was shot at 9PM.
This is a new photo series shot this morning called “Untitled (hustle and bustle).”
A photo series exploring the existence of solitude in some of the busiest places. I took a drive around Los Angeles on 101, 405, Sunset Blvd., Sepulveda Blvd., and the intersection of Highland & Franklin Ave. (Hollywood) between the hours of 3:30 and 4:30 am on a Tuesday to capture moments of complete vacancy in these proven busiest sections of Los Angeles. This is the first assignment in my landscape photography class, the prompt was to create a subjective photograph of a landscape of choice.
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With the show opening in less than a week, the past 39 out of 48 hours were spent in the New Wight Gallery at UCLA to set up. Here are some process shots/sneak peaks.
coming soon! be at the opening reception, january 14th, 2010 at 5 pm.
look what Beautiful/Decay has to say.
This poster was created for Campus Events Commission at UCLA for the screenings of “The Invention of Lying” and “The Informant!” on campus. The poster is a sort of Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde in terms of communication in order to match the juxtaposition of the two movie titles and plots. While the poster is informing its viewers about the showtimes and the place, it is also subliminally lying to the students at UCLA through the use of overlaid phrases such as “lose 30 pounds in 1 day!” and “free popcorn!”
I am writing this post to proudly announce that a verynice design studio’s beta site has gone live. Logistics are still being figured out, so donations can not yet be accepted, but if you are interested in volunteering on some projects please get in touch. Let me know how you like the beta site!
