Magazine
A bimonthly Christian publication produced for the thinking Christian. Topics include culture, geopolitics, science, technology, and theology. The magazine endeavors to promote relevant and informed Christian living by pursuing clarity in Christian thought. The identity draws from ideas such as fragmentation in thought, tension in perspectives, and the effort to bridge gaps in knowledge.
World Religion Infographic
Census information sourced from the World Christian Encyclopedia, a reference work published by Oxford University Press. The database provides world membership statistics for major and minor religions. Poster detail highlights population sensitive multi-ring graphs. Each ring represents one of seven distinct regions of the world and its relative population size by width.
Interactive Concept
UI and UX concept
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GardenPlanner is a multipurpose interactive website where new and experienced gardeners can learn, share tips, and of course plan their own gardens with the help of GardenPlanner's Grow Software. The Grow software helps by guiding you through all of the steps in the planning process. From locating your specific USDA hardiness zone, to choosing your garden's unique size, shape, and plant make-up, GardenPlanner will make this season's gardening a sinch! The incorporation of square-foot gardening methods including pest and plant companion science, coupled with an extensive library written by the pros, gives gardeners the upper hand and the boost in yields they've been looking for.
Book
This accordion style book was inspired by my Polish heritage and my love for world history. "Polski" (Polish) aims to tell a broad and vibrant story of Poland that any reader can find interest in, especially those normally bored by history. Polski follows an illustrated timeline which hops a couple hundred years per spread and covers topics including Polish food, music, religion, and astronomy. Polski can be read like a normal book, or opened accordion style to reveal a thousand year long timeline of Polish culture. Red and white, Poland's national colors, were appropriate to link the book to state materials.
Infographic
Twenty-two years making music and loving music. This three foot tall poster visually represents every musical item in my possession and measures the personal impact of each by way of quantity and estimated monetary value. The items are categorized by instrument type (blue) and genre (green). A comprehensive linechart tracks the prevalence of item types year-by-year until present-day.
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The Faith of A, a god unto oneself
(an experimental art piece)
This piece was designed to communicate what atheism is as worldview and to comment on some of its logical implications.
'A' is the greek prefix meaning without. When paired with the greek word for god, translated 'theos', we get a-theos; without-god. This is the root of our English word atheism. Atheism is a worldview without an eternal transcendent being, and is therefore a worldview without a transcendent and objective measure for truth, morality, and purpose. Nothing can ultimately be right or wrong, nothing is ultimately good or evil, and no endeavor can logically be argued to be purposeful.
King Solomon spoke of this atheistic life as being vain or meaningless. Of course, Solomon only says this in context to a life lived “under the sun”, his description of a life without God. The image of a sun-like symbol, an image that carries a connotation of deity, is deliberately used as a rejection of the notion that one can be without a god. A removal of supernatural deity is always followed by self-deification. Thus the piece becomes a symbol of atheism. The god called 'A' or 'without' is realized as a void, and filled by the atheist. What results is a faith in oneself, a culture of moral relativism, and an intolerance for exclusive truth. This relativism is rejected as an illusion. The 'A' is convincingly blurred to grays at a distance, but can be properly discerned as black and white elements upon closer inspection.
(The letter alpha chosen is an early variant of the letter used before the standardization of the Greek alphabet and during the time of the first records indicating atheistic thought in Greece.)
The Forever Waltz
The play follows a man who recedes into the confines of his own mind after experiencing the death of a loved one. His imagined world is a seaside town that he must explore in order to find the memory that haunts him.
Madrigala
An annual university Christmas event with desserts, drinks, and festive entertainment from university musicians and singers.
Illustration
Muskets 101. Short and sweet project illustrating how to load and fire a late seventeenth century musket. Completed for a section on semiotics, the study of signs and symbols.
Minority in the Academic Workplace
Proposed logo for a university faculty group.
Sucro
Prepared for a line of sugar based medicines and products such as bandages, lip balm, and burn treatments. Product line emphasizes molecular structuring.
Ferdon Landscape Architecture
Focus
Prepared for Focus Magazine