MIMI’S BAKE CO. is a project created for a package design course I took in Fall of 2022. I used this assignment as an opportunity to showcase my skills in branding and package design that I sharpened during my time as an intern at Mellow Gold Studio.  

The overall design of the box is made to look like a small shop building. I wanted to incorporate aspects of classic French and American design from the turn of the century.

“Rise” is an original experimental gardening publication I created in Spring-Summer of 2021. The purpose of this project was to combine the subject of an original publication with the medium it is presented on. The publication focuses on gardening, more specifically hydroponic cultivation of wildflowers. I achieved this by printing all 24 pages on custom paper which contained wildflower seeds embedded within it. The paper was handmade and woven with the necessary nutrients for the seeds to grow and thrive by simply gentle misting and sunlight. I put an emphasis on the textural experience of the project as it relates to gardening itself. The paper is soft and non-uniform, including visible fibers and the seeds. Subscribers of the publication are encouraged to tear apart the booklet once finished and grow their own wildflowers using the paper.

“TURNTABLE” is a record publishing and distribution company. The company has a service in which they send curated packages of influential albums from a certain era of music. This edition is focused on influential hip-hop albums from the 1990’s. Included are Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest, The Score by the Fugees, and Things Fall Apart by The Roots. These albums have been given full jacket overhauls, each sporting full trifolds with refreshed takes on the original artwork, as well as insights to the creation of the album.

This package is called TURNTABLE 369. Each number represents the year the albums were released in order. To commemorate this, the box is decorated with references to the music as well as the title of the package.