A gluten-free guide to Austin's food trailers (cell phone application)

Independently owned food trailers are a rapidly expanding industry in Austin. For entrepreneurs, they represent an accessible pathway to self-ownership. For customers, they provide a quick and affordable dining option in a rough economy.

This proposed cell phone application is a user-friendly guide to Austin's food trailers for people with gluten and sugar sensitivities, or for those on a low-carbohydrate diet.

The application allows users to narrow their search by location and type of dietary restriction. Selecting a particular food trailer brings up basic information about the business, including their address and the type of food they serve. The user may then to choose to view the menu items that fit their dietary specifications, or return to the list of food trailers.

Click here to view a larger pdf, as well as a site map and wire frames

A field guide to corrosion

The idea behind this project was to create an informative, design-conscious guide to an unusual topic. I chose to design a guide to corrosion because it something that I find visually interesting and love to photograph. The book cover is featured below with a couple of sample spreads, as well as a link to view the book in its entirety.

Click here to view a pdf of the book

Parking proposal

These are my contributions to a group project outlining a hypothetical proposal to improve the parking situation at St. Edwards University. The group decided on a tiered parking system with a valet option. I was in charge of the implementation portion of the proposal, which included:

1. Color-coded parking lot signs

2. A poster to promote the new parking system

3. A newspaper ad

4. A sign for the valet stand

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Locating place: a motion piece

This is a short motion piece that attempts to capture the mood of a particular neighborhood. The objects and images were taken directly from the neighborhood and re-framed in a new context.

Locating place postcards

These are stills from the locating place motion piece.

Locating place book

The idea behind the locating place books is to address the general question of what creates, identifies, and defines cities and places, and then focus in on a particular neighborhood.

In order to reflect the idea of the city as an ever evolving entity with no beginning and no end within the actual structure of the book, I used a book structure that also had no beginning or end. It is essentially a wooden dowel with three book sections hanging on metal rings, allowing the pages to be viewed in many different combinations, without a significant opening or closing point.

Click here to view a pdf of the book

How to change a tire

This design piece outlines the basic steps required to change a tire. The idea behind this project was to create a form of instructional design that is both useful and aesthetically appealing. In its final form, the instructions are laminated and functional. The poster can fit under a car floor mat and and can also be used to kneel on while changing the tire.

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Austin AIDS website header

This is a header that I created for a hypothetical redesign of the Austin AIDS support website. It incorporates the Austin skyline with repetitions of a new logo.

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Freshwater conservation concept map

The idea behind the concept map is to plot out essential information about a given subject in a manner that is easily understood and visually appealing. The topic in this case is fresh water use.

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Weather report motion piece

The purpose of this project was to create an animated weather report for four cities over a three day period. There are three reports within the movie, each presenting the same weather information categorized in a different manner. The information in this video is organized by location, population, and alphabetical order, respectively.

Dada buttons

The idea behind this project was to create buttons for a hypothetical museum exhibit on the Dada movement. The designs include visual qualities derived from the original movement, with a more modern take. Also included is a promotion poster for the exhibit.

Click here to view a full-sized pdf of the buttons

Melange poster

This poster is a visual representation of the word melange, as well as a promotion piece for a hypothetical art show.

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Amendment postcards

These postcards are composite postcards illustrating the amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.

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Documenting the letter H

The objective of this project was to explore different interpretations of the letter H as a design element.

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Transformations

The idea behind this project was to use pieces of scanned objects and images to create something entirely new. For example, images of gas pumps and fragments of scanned household tools were used as limbs for some of the creatures.

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Design culture now poster

This poster was created in order to promote a hypothetical event featuring the works of different designers. The theme of the event is "modern design," and the focus was on creating a visually appealing and appropriate piece that incorporated all of the necessary information.

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Symbol methodology

The goal of this project was to create a series of abstract symbols that enhance and clarify the concept of conservation. The final symbols were derived from a process of creating, combining, and refining various elements.

Click here to view a small interactive flash piece with the symbols

Scavenger hunt

The idea behind this series of captured photographs is that each image is linked to the image to the left of it through one of the design elements, such as shape, color, and texture, and positioning.

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