graphic design, curation, cultural storyteller
Exhibition, Publication Design, Generative Coding, Curation
Awards/Recognitions:
Core77 Design Awards 2024, Design for Social Impact Student Runner Up
The project positions Ebonics as a complex linguistic and cultural system — one that carries history, identity, and community authorship, yet is often misunderstood, appropriated, or dismissed.
Through typography and archival research, the work reframes Ebonics as both a language and a design system.
Publication & Visual System
Typography becomes the primary vehicle — reflecting the rhythm, grammar, and tonal qualities of Ebonics, while challenging traditional typographic conventions.
Archival imagery anchors the work in cultural and historical context, forming a visual framework that reinforces the language’s legitimacy and depth.
Together, these elements construct a system that resists simplification and rejects the commodification of Ebonics as aesthetic without context.
Poster Design(s)
Referencing the visual language of film and concert posters, each piece serves as an entry point — inviting audiences into the publication’s themes while functioning independently as its own statement.
Across the series, typography and image work together to position language as both message and medium, reinforcing Ebonics as authored, expressive, and culturally rooted.
Each poster engages directly with language, using repetition, rhythm, and phrasing drawn from Ebonics to create tension, affirmation, and reinterpretation.
Exhibition Design & Generative Coding
Through interaction, the publication unfolds into space — inviting viewers to engage with Ebonics through sound, touch, and movement.
Prototyping with tools such as Processing and Arduino, I explored how technology could support the experience while remaining unobtrusive, keeping the linguistic narrative central.