Joy Of Cooking

A redesign of the classic cookbook, The Joy Of Cooking. In order to bring out the “joy” in the title, I designed letterforms in the form of different types of food: salad, meat, bread, and soups.

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Waiting For Godot

Two concepts for Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting For Godot. The first concept is playing off of Godot’s subtitle: A Tragicomedy In Two Acts. While there are slight changes in the two acts, it is essentially the same story repeated. The second concept is an illustration of the barren tree the two protagonists converse under.

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Manchu NY Times Op Ed

A postcard series for the Op Ed section of the New York Times. The editorial was about the decline of the old Chinese language, Manchu. The first two illustrations depict the Manchu culture in the form of mother and son being devoured by the Chinese language. The third illustration shows a glimmer of hope with the child, as Manchu is being taught again in schools.

Little Professor Syndrome

“The Little Professor Syndrome” is a magazine article on Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism which makes children super intelligent but lacking in basic social skills. The headline and illustration are rendered in crayon to convey the feeling of a child having Asperger’s.

Coffee Cup Identity

The objective of the project was to design a coffee cup based on the person whom you get your coffee from in the morning, whether it be a spouse, coworker, or deli server. This cup is based on my friend Marc, who is both a coffee connoisseur and former graffiti artist.

Godard Posters

A poster series of films by director Jean-Luc Godard. The French New Wave was seen as a revolt against traditional cinema, so the concept behind the posters was to depict the radical feel of Godard’s films in a punk rock, D.I.Y. collage form.

Breathless (1960)

A Woman Is A Woman (1961)

My Life To Live (1962)

Week End (1967)

Lush Life by Richard Price

A dust jacket design for Lush Life, a novel by crime novelist, Richard Price. The novel is about a murder in downtown New York, and the concept of the design is to illustrate the conflicting sides of the Lower East Side.

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