Book Cover: The Maker's Manual
Fabrication, styling, and photographic illustration for The Maker's Manual book cover.
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Maker Shed eCommerce Redesign
Creative direction, design direction, photography, and copywriting. Over the first half of 2014, I revamped the branded presence of Makershed.com while engaging with developers and front end designers to overhaul the commerce site. We launched a responsive commerce platform and nearly tripled our email campaigns in 2014.
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Design Direction: Nancy B's Science Club
Toy product design direction, packaging art and design direction, photography art direction, and creative direction for Nancy B's Science Club line of educational science toys for girls.
- industrial/product design management
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- materials and deco spec
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2014 New Products Catalog
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App Development: Hot Dots Jr. Preschool Card Game
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