Strategy, Design, Photography, Multimedia
transcultural
transcultural
An informal collection of transcultural projects I have been involved with, both professional and personal.
frauenstärken
In Freiburg, Germany, women come together at FrauenStärken, with gatherings taking place weekly at a number of locations across the city. The group’s goal is to start conversations, brainstorm ideas and create local networks — a central focus being on personal and professional development. The nationalities of the participants range widely, including Turkish, Indonesian, Guatemalan, Ukrainian, Croatian, Moroccan, Romanian, Afghan, French and German, among others. Funding comes from a variety of sources, the city of Freiburg itself being a sponsor. At one regular gathering point, a project formed to establish a sewing cooperative. These postcards were created with the aim of promoting the organization’s work and demonstrating the pride and engagement of the group’s members. I photographed the project participants and designed the postcards. I also established a website for the group as a whole, one that allows the different meeting points to more effectively share their local projects and promote their activities to a wider audience. See frauenstaerken.com.
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pepy cambodia
PEPY — “Promoting Education, emPowering Youth” — aids rural communities in Cambodia to improve standards of living, with a focus on increased access to quality education. I have been working with the organization on a consulting basis since 2008, especially in helping them focus their visual branding strategy. Most recently, I assisted PEPY in the process of designing a new logo. PEPY does wonderful work and is especially noteworthy for its open discussion and organizational transparency. See PEPY online at pepycambodia.org.
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community supported film website
Community Supported Film is a nonprofit organization that provides training in non-fiction filmmaking to storytellers from poor and developing communities. The organization works primarily in Afghanistan. For CSFilm, I completed an end-to-end website redesign, including site strategy, design concept and execution. Online at csfilm.org
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solidaile website
I designed this trilingual (French-Spanish-English) website for Solidaile, a French NGO working to support education and training programs in Peru. The site was created with the idea of incorporating a responsive design structure — one that accommodates viewing on devices of different sizes, ranging from smart phones to large monitors. Online at solidaile.org
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vernacular typography
Signage and other vernacular typography capture the mood of time and place, telling a story about technology and economy as much as they do about personal and cultural values. It is one of my passions to photograph typography when I travel, as it becomes part of my multi-sided memory of where I have been.
numbers
For years I have been photographing representations of numbers during my travels. House numbers, numbers scratched into graffiti, license plates, seat numbers — they are ubiquitous. And yet, what they measure and how they count is both unique and culturally-specific in meaning.
sense of place
What qualities make a specific place memorable, distinct or recognizable? What will I see? What will you see?
