Lust Workshop
Written responses to a conversation, first captured across handwritten pages and revisited as typographic posters. Repetition, hesitation, crossings-out and changes of direction remain part of the work.
The first “meaningful” is crossed out; the second is smudged. The edit stays visible as part of the design.
01 / Original work
Five recovered photographs of the handwritten source pages. The original marks and page arrangements are preserved here.
View the original pages (5)
02 / Reconstruction
The blue reconstructions revisit the placement, rhythm and wording of the handwritten work. They are reconstructions, distinct from the source photographs above.
Explore the blue reconstructions (14)
03 / Reclaimed posters
The typographic interpretations give the notes a new visual form while retaining repetition and uncertainty. The sequence moves between personal perception, the role of a designer, and design on a global scale.
Explore the poster interpretations (5)
Open the black poster studies PDF ↗
Earlier “A Meaningful Life” study
04 / Reflection
Personal reflection forthcoming. This visual record is assembled for revisiting the project; a spoken reflection and transcript will be added here.
Recovered / documented
Emoticons / A Rhetoric of Images
Early design criticism on emoticons as visual language shaped by technology; later connected to a personal tattoo and a proposed Emoji follow-up.
The project left the page
One of the emoticon marks became a tattoo after the project.
Tibor Kalman
Long-form history paper focused on design ethics, cultural responsibility, authorship, and why designers design.
Marey and Muybridge
Photography as art, science, motion study, visual evidence, and precursor to cinematography.
Japanese Tea Aesthetic
Study of tea ceremony, shin/gyo/so, wabi-sabi, calligraphy, flowers, painting and Zen; later tied to Japan travel and future tea ceremony participation.
Studio Dumbar
49-page designed research publication on Gert Dumbar, Dutch design culture, clients, education, studio structure, public design, history, structure and play.
Someone needs to make an impact.
Transparent posters intended to incorporate their surrounding environment into the graphic and call to action.
Original + revisited
Economic History Timeline
Original 1776–1919 timeline paired with a 2026 redesign prototype.
Digital Hopscotch
Remembered concept for playful digital hopscotch in staircases, libraries, coffee-shop lines and other transitional spaces. No original artifact recovered yet.
Known / pending recovery
Squares → Letter Squares → King Richard’s → Bodoni
Learning sequence from abstract form, to letterform, to identity, to publication. Bodoni documentation planned.
REI Brand Research
Online brand analysis plus in-store walkthrough. Artifact pending.
Language Beyond Words
Emoticon → Emoji → meme → hashtag → other visual and conceptual communication forms.
Designers / Studios / Movements
Studio Dumbar and Tibor Kalman as founding candidates for researched, designed critical monographs.