MISSUNDERSTOOD

Using on-screen depictions of Blackness as a guiding framework, Missunderstood explores the effects of reductive media portrayals on the psyche as it highlights multilayered representations of Black women’s realities through various platforms.

FLOTATION SLEEP

Zine detailing the social history of the waterbed, specifically underscoring how the flotation mattress came to play a key role in the sexual revolution of the 1970s.

PROTEST PRINTS

Posters inspired by Spike Lee’s 1989 film, Do the Right Thing, that highlight the film’s central theme of racism as well as its powerful representations of Black culture.

SMILE

An identity created in response to the social issue of telling women to smile, crafted with a mission to combat gender-based street harassment and the culture that perpetuates it.

LOVE THE CURLS

Found imagery and personal work collaged together in a diary-like book that underscores the relationship between hair and identity within the black community.

DATING IRL

The cover of a satirical dating zine accompanied by several tear-out posters that explore the nature of modern day relationships and the sometimes confusing, sometimes absurd problems that arise.

SAY IT WITH COLOR

Packaging created for a mock nail polish collection.

IS THIS YOUR TRASH?

Flyers cataloguing the numerous pieces of trash discovered at the Meeting Street Steps in Providence, Rhode Island. Done in collaboration with Kian Motamed-Zaman.

SOUVENIRS

Posters designed to illustrate how technology has transformed the ways in which people document their travel experiences.

BREAK IT DOWN

Poster advertisements designed for Providence-based music artist YourFriendStark and the debut of his single, "Break It Down," on Spotify.

THE COLOR OF MY SKIN

A series of explorations inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” which discusses how generalizations are complicit in the perpetuation of stereotypes and single stories.