Sketch and model studies of Santiago Calatrava's work, culminating in a large-scale model of the Sundial Bridge in Redding, CA.

Collaborative credit: Blake Freitas and Derrick Louie

Renderings and graphic client presentation for a cultural leadership center on a prestigious University campus in New Orleans.

Initial schematic design with respect to local zoning and building codes and site restraints as well as client preferences.

A 14-acre farm plot is a solitary remnant of more rural times surrounded by suburban developments in Mountainview, California. Instead of another housing development, the alternative proposal suggests a mixed-use urban farm focused on connecting to the community through providing public spaces and forums, creating opportunities and engaging through education.

The City of the Arts was designed with the intent of revitalizing the immediate area while expanding the already present artistic centers and using the surrounding environment to create piazza-like public spaces. Integrating the greater community, the complex includes an auditorium, artist studios with apartments, a rooftop garden, a tower of exhibition galleries and a museum dedicated to the adjacent Tiber river.

Coffeetable design based on maximizing production materials: CNC routed plywood frame using a single 4' x 8' sheet, tempered glass or plexiglass top. Aluminum pipe connectors. 

Matching bench design based on maximizing production materials: CNC routed plywood frame using two 4' x 8' sheets, aluminum pipe connectors. 

Crafted from nylon-coated silver wire and beautiful collections of colored beads, these strands can be wrapped as necklaces, chokers and armbands. Elegant and structural while still remaining light and comfortable.

Pages from my sketchbooks, from travel, research, and design exercises. 

A layered graphite rendering of architectural landmarks of Rome, including the tower of St. Ivo, the Pantheon, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Piazza del Campidoglio and Nolli's map.

SPQR stands for "Senatus Populusque Romanus"; the Latin phrase meaning "the senate and people of Rome." This initialism appears throughout Rome even today, emblazoned on coins, drain covers and on public inscriptions.

Lettering and typographic exercises.

"Nola in Bloom"  Illustration/T-shirt Design for You Know Who. For every shirt purchased, an identical copy goes to a shelter in the artist's hometown (New Orleans). To purchase a shirt, click here.

Wine label design for Ascension Ridge Winery based in San Mateo, California. 

Photoshoot, art direction and graphic design for New Orleans Clarinetist Gregory Agid's debut album.

Art direction and graphic design for New Orleans Jazz Band Kristina Morales and the Bayou Shufflers' debut album. 

Photography by Katie Paisant Ray

Company rebranding effort, pushing towards a more refined web/digital presence both internally and externally. Creation of an iBook client pitch book template as well as an internal company blog.

Images of the built environment. Structure, detail, pattern. 

Landscape photography, inspired partially by the work of Ansel Adams.

Photos from various travels through the US and Europe.

As Mies van der Rohe once said: "God is in the details"