FUN LAB

Flight of Flora

2022

This maximalist ceramic vase critiques our romanticized relationship with nature and highlights the irreversible damage caused by human activity. Designed to hold only dried, dead flowers, it symbolizes environmental decay and our futile attempts to preserve beauty while severing it from its source. Dystopian flora climb the vessel’s surface, serving as a daily reminder of ecological loss. Hand-built using slabbing, coiling, and slip-casting techniques.

Happy Hangover!

2024

This digital zine, Happy Hangover! is a satirical guide to surviving the morning after a wild night out. Through humorous advice and a deliberately loud, vibrant design, it offers readers a laugh while ironically intensifying their hangover experience. My intention was to design this zine to be as entertaining as it is ironic.

I approached this project as a means for me to sharpen my photoshop, illustrator, indesign, composition and branding skills.

Creating my own Biomaterials

I undertook the task of formulating and testing biomaterial recipes with a focus on enhancing material strength and achieving diverse color variations. Employing glycerin, gelatin, and starch as base components, I systematically substituted water with various viscous liquids and experimented with different starch sources in adherence to a 6:6:6 classic bioplastic recipe. I demonstrated how substituting water with viscous liquids and cornstarch with various starches in the 6:6:6 classic bioplastic recipe enhanced material strength and diversified color options. This highlights the potential for innovative, sustainable material development.

iPad Kid!

Film | 2024

" Prior to the pandemic the average full-service restaurant had just under 1% of their orders consumed in a car while parked. But in Q4 of 2022, 8% of fine dining orders were consumed in a car while parked." (Restaurant Business Online, 2023)

This film was created to encourage conversation and thought towards the post-pandemic issue of people still preferring to eat meals in isolation and passing on social events. Have we all turned into iPad kids?

Designing and Prototyping