Our cultural landscapes are ‘visual storyboards’ that inform and inspire. Notebook and camera in hand, I document what is and what can be—often found in the foundation and thread of my work. An early iPhone image—flared and grainy—informed the visual language for a Levi’s catalog. A palette for a start-up, noted while wandering the beautifully unsaturated and damp streets of London. The letterbox format combined with the broad views of farm and sky—Marin Organic’s new brand is brought to life. Images of farmers photographed in black and white—the viewer encouraged to question austerity. A graffitied wall in Brooklyn inspires layers of conversations in a handmade book.
To quote the noted designer Chip Kidd, “Design must always be in service to solving a problem, or it’s not design, it’s art.”
Design is the arrangement of those visual narratives—the problem to be solved always in the forefront. And yes, I am a perfectionist. I work to make brands and individuals meaningful, relevant and unforgettable. When I’m not at my desk, I arrange flowers and dress tables: meadows.studio. I like to find dusty gravel roads to follow, to forage in fields and flea markets, linger in cafés and travel—Nevada, NYC or Florence preferred.
ABOUT + CLIENTS
Art direction and design
Pitch and presentation decks
Book design
Corporate collateral design
Website design
SERVICES
CLIENT HISTORY
THE ARTS + FILMMAKERS
Berkeley Sound Artists
Canobie Films / The Test and the Art of Thinking
Delnaz Abadi / The Secret Fatwa Film
Denise Zmekhol
Children of the Amazon
Skin of Glass
ZDFilms
Esme Films / Hannah Wilke: I Object
Jed Riffe Films:
Frances Causey / Is Your Story Making You Sick?
KarinaFilms / Finding the Gold Within
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir / One Voice
Luke Griswold-Tergis / Pleistocene Park
Maureen Gosling / The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Marlene Morris / Undocumented Justice
Stanford University
Terra Productions / After Winter, Spring / Après l’hiver, le printemps
TurningTime / Dogtown Redemption
CORPORATE + FOUNDATIONS
Charles Shaw
Kasana / KasanaCare
Kikkoman, California Strawberry Board + ConAgra } Ketchum
Levi’s } SF Digital Studio
Marin Organic
Park Winters and Park Winters Flower Farm
Robert Mondavi Winery
Smith & Hawken
Sonoma Land Trust
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
Sutter Home Wines
The Trust for Public Land } StandingStone Design
UNICEF / WHO
Williams-Sonoma
BOOKS + PUBLISHERS
Academica Press
Chronicle Books
Heyday Books
Sunset Publishing
Ten Speed Press
University of California, Berkeley } SF Digital Studio
Weldon Owen Publishing