My career has been a series of projects.
Some for fun. Some for money. Lucky for me, many for both.
BettVR With Age
A series of Virtual Reality films aimed at enriching the lives of senior citizens. Featured in Wired and Vice. I won an artist grant and directed, produced, and edited the films. Later, the content and VR hardware was donated to a senior center in NYC. Watch the documentary →
Embarc
Working closely with a team of coaches, I designed and helped oversee development of a native app to help individuals self- coach through periods of career transition.
You’re Better Than Brunch
A weekend adventure club to build community around intentional living. I created it, designed monthly postcards for events I planned, and sent them out in the mail. As a community, we toured breweries, played capture the flag at the Met, went to parades, built snow castles in Central Park and more.
(The site was taken down in 2021. RIP.)
The Great Adventure
A weekend retreat I led to challenge our social scripts, find meaning, and create personalized visions of intentional lives. Sold out twice to groups of 15, I developed the structure and arc of the program and produced the event in upstate New York.
72andHungry
A website that only worked on the 72andSunny network, that would generate one of 200 places to eat and 2 people to invite. I curated the list and wrote the code for the site.
The Creative Department
Management training for a community emerging creative leaders. Our first cohort included creative leaders from companies including Lego, charity:water, Liberty Mutual, PicsArt, Misen, and more. Collaborated with Andre Plaut.
(The site was taken down in 2022.)
The Email Refrigerator
Every month (since Dec '18) I choose a theme and write an email with several short essays connecting things going on in culture, in my life, and in the news around that topic. Past topics have included Language, Risk, Windows, and over 70 other topics. Read the backlog and sign up here.
Breast Cancer Be Trippin’
An fundraiser comedy event with Sarah Silverman, Tig Notaro, Garfunkel and Oates, and Natasha Leggero. I co-produced the event, booked the talent, and designed all the branding and marketing. Collaborated with Eddie Quintana.
Once Upon a Pancake
A book of story starters for creative writers to work collaboratively, launched and funded on Kickstarter. In Collaboration with Rick Benger.
The List Maps
The List Maps is a collection of my recommendations and reviews of cities around the world in a map form for wherever you’re traveling.
People In My Life
A series of 150 illustrations of the coworkers, friends, and family members in my life. Based on the insight from Dunbar’s Number– the psychological limit to the number of relationships humans can keep (~150).
What’s Newswordy
A website that sweeps the data of the world’s top 8 news sources and shares back the most used word of the day. Also includes a database searchable by specific word and date. Collaborated with Natalie Sun and Ian Serlin.
3800 Days in LA
One of the first projects I ever coded, it’s a driving tour of LA. As you scroll/drive past monuments in the city, I share personal stories of my 10 years living there. Made of over 15k photos taken by Logan Muszynski. Nominated for a Webby.
100 Albums
100 3x3” watercolor paintings of some the greatest albums of all time. Done as part of the #100DayProject
45 Villains
45 Watercolor paintings of Donald Trump as famous cinematic villains.
Featured in NY Daily News and Huffington Post.
Americana
A series of watercolor paintings reimagining Norman Rockwell’s Americana style in modern times.
OBEYoncé
A parody of the famous Shepard Fairey Obey Giant I designed for Beyonce’s birthday.
Mural in Crete
During the height of the Trump presidency, I had a short artist residency in Heraklio, Greece to paint a mural. I chose the topic of immigrants and refugees. Thousands of middle eastern and European refugees seeking asylum, many of whose first stop was Crete. Read about my process here →
My Frasier Remake
Ahead of the new season of Frasier in 2023, I contributed over 200 AI-generated and hand-drawn frames to the My Frasier Remake, a complete episode of Frasier recreated by dozens of artists, directed by Jacob Reed.
The Power of Water
An unofficial collaboration with charity:water and their brand content lead Tyler Riewer, using watercolors to paint scene of the communities they serve. 24×36″.
Muppet Labs Poster
A spec poster design for the Muppets and Jim Henson Company showcasing all the ways Beaker has been abused by Dr. Honeydew in Muppet Labs from The Muppet Show.