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Please Don’t Tell
Brand Identity, Spatial, 3D



Please Don’t Tell (PDT) is a speakeasy bar located in New York’s East Village, hidden behind a phone booth inside Crif Dogs. This rebranding centers on the contrasts that define the experience of entry from loud to quiet, bright to dim, and public to private, translating that shift into a restrained visual identity.


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02The Governors Ball
Brand Identity, Typography, Spatial



The Governors Ball is a music festival rooted in New York, and this rebrand reimagines the visual identity through a system inspired by musical annotation and cymatic geometry. By translating sound into form, the design explores how rhythm, frequency, and movement can exist as visual structures. 


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03Frank Gehry
Brand Identity, Typography, Spatial



Custom typeface draws directly from the bold, deconstructed shapes of Frank Gehry’s Vitra Design Museum. Four distinct architectural elements—curves, twists, edges, and bases—were isolated and transformed into letterforms, celebrating Gehry’s interplay of deconstruction and fluidity. 


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04ORB
Brand Identity, Packaging, 3D



Oxygen Recovery Breathing (ORB) is a modular breathing device designed in response to the growing instability of modern air. It consists of a reusable actuator paired with eight air canisters, each formulated for a specific condition.


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05The Seed Archive
Editorial

The Seed Archive is a conceptual editorial publication that examines the relationship between nature, systems, and cultural memory through the lens of seeds. Positioned between a research document and an art object, the book brings together poetic writing, visual experimentation, and material exploration to create a contemplative reading experience.


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06Wellbeing Chronicle
Editorial

The Wellbeing Chronicle is a contemporary newspaper that explores the science of happiness through research, personal stories, and cultural perspectives. Focusing on themes of community, purpose, and well-being, the publication presents happiness as a shared yet deeply personal human experience.


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