Desire Manufactured

A pop-up store experience that explores how branding and advertising shape consumer behavior by influencing what we like and how often we buy.








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Thesis
Branding
Packaging

2026

 
Tum Tab

Tum Tab is the only on-the-go enzyme for lactose intolerance relief offered in both blister-pack and blotter formats.








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Branding
Packaging

2026






Au-Late 

A canned coffee brand designed for people energized after hours.








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Branding
Packaging

2026







Get Out SF! 

Get Out SF is a daylong hiking event that helps city dwellers reconnect with nature. 









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UX/UI
Branding

2025



Flourish

Flourish is a skincare brand crafted from repurposed bread waste.










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Branding
Sustainable
Packaging
Photography
 
2025






MEAT

I was the lead designer for a dark thriller student film titled Meat. The story follows a 1960s teen pageant queen and uses the metaphor of 'award-winning meat' to explore the objectification and treatment of women, both in that era and today.








Visual Identity
Prop Design

2025







OMC Internship
 
Design work done in my time at The University of San Francisco’s Office of Marketing Communications (OMC). 













 


Graphic
Publication
Illustation

2023 - Present





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