Punctuated Equilibrium

September 27, 2011

Punctuated Equilibrium

To begin our position-fixing aboard our Spaceship Earth we must first acknowledge that the abundance of immediately consumable, obviously desirable or utterly essential resouces have been sufficient until now to allow us to carry on despite our ignorance. Being eventually exhaustible and spoilable, they have been adequate only up to this critical moment. This cushion-for-error of humanity’s survival and growth up to now was apparently provided just as a bird inside of the egg is provided with liquid nutriment to develop to a certain point. But then by design the nutriment is exhausted at just the time when the chick is large enough to be able to locomote on its own legs. And so as the chick pecks at the shell seeking more nutriment it inadvertently breaks open the shell. Stepping forth from its initial sanctuary, the young bird must now forage on its own legs and wings to discover the next phase of its regenerative sustenance.

- Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

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Hi there. I'm a design & code creative living, working and studying in sunny Brooklyn, NY. I'm currently finishing my thesis project at ITP and looking forward to what comes next.

Keywords: Design, User Experience, Interaction Design, Product Design, Visual Communication, Branding, Processing, Data Visualization, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python

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Education

2010.09 — 2012.05 (expected)

Master of Professional Studies
Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP) Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

2010.09 — 2004.05

BA Visual Communications with minor in Art History
The George Washington University
Graduated Cum Laude
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Spring 2003 semester at Sydney University, AU

Work Experience

2012.01 — present

Interaction Designer & Developer, SumAll, New York, NY

I'm currently working on an amazing data product with an incredible team here in SoHo. Check us out!

2011.06 — 2011.09

UX Designer, Microsoft Bing, Bellevue, WA

Worked with design, editorial, dev and program management teams to scope, design and develop prototypes for soon-to-be-released Bing.com feature during a summer internship. The internship culminated in two presentations of the feature prototypes to senior leadership at Microsoft as well as the Bing design team.

2007.02 — 2010.08

Graphic & Interaction Designer, Empax, Inc., New York, NY

Created a range of environmental, print and interactive materials to promote nonprofit clients and their causes. responsible for designing and presenting brand strategies, identities, print collateral, environmental signage, animation, user experience and interface, content management system setup and third party plug-in and data integration, search engine optimization, user analytics and testing.

2006.12 — 2011.08

Freelance Graphic & Interaction Design Consultant, New York, NY

Worked as a sole proprietor with various clients from retail, music, film, nonprofit, real estate and technology industries to create and improve existing brand and user experiences across many platforms and media.

2004.04 — 2006.01

Graphic Designer, The George Washington University Communication & Creative Services, Washington, DC

Worked with project management and external production vendors to deliver a range of print and interactive material related to university publications and communications initiatives. responsibilities included design and implementation of print collateral, posters, animation, environmental signage, web publication and press checks.

Selected Publications

2011.07

Freakonomics (Web),
“What Would it Be Like to Climb 26 Years of Federal Spending?”

2011.04

Flowingdata (Web),
“Physically climb over budget data with Kinect”, by Nathan Yau

2011.02

Logo Lounge 6 (Book),
by Catharine Fishel and Bill Gardner, Rockport Publishers - Gedenk Logo

2010.12

“A Bartender That Pours The Perfect Shot, Every Shot”, by Matt Buchanan

2009.11

Basic Logos (Book),
by Index Book - The 2007 Gotham Awards Logo

2008.10

Print Magazine,
“Dialogue: Martin Kace”, by Steven Heller - The Alliance for Climate Protection Website

Selected Exhibitions

2010.12

ITP Winter show 2010, NYC

2011.04

Data Viz Challenge Party, hosted by Eyebeam and Google, NYC

2011.05

ITP Spring Show 2011, NYC

Other Experience

2006.01 — 2006.12

English Teacher, NOVA Japan, Kure-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan
Taught and mentored students of all ages and abilities in small to medium-sized classes to improve proficiency in english linguistics and conversation.