2024

What an extra $500 to $1,000 a month did for 8 families (Business Insider)

An interactive photo feature that profiles 8 recipients of basic income and how the stimulus changed their lives for the better.

  • Methods: UI design and prototyping (Figma); front-end development and implementation (Svelte, HTML/CSS/JS)
  • The Monochroming of America (Business Insider)

    A data driven story, as part of a Discourse series on autos, that explores trends in car exteriors, namely muting everything to monochrome as a measure of cost cutting.

  • Methods: Data visualization design and prototyping (Figma, Illustrator); data cleaning and processing (pandas); front-end development and implementation (Svelte, d3, JS, Scrollama).
  • GPS America (Business Insider)

    A data driven story, as part of a Discourse series on autos, analyzing which models and makes are most popular within different area codes.

  • Methods: Data visualization design and prototyping (Figma, Illustrator, DataWrapper); exploratory analysis (Visidata, pandas); front-end development and implementation (Svelte, Mapbox, JS).
  • Heat at the Fringes (Apport)

    A catalog by Apport, a used bookstore and small press based in eastern PA. Catalog selections include art, objects, and titles drawn from fringe topics like UFOs, the occult, and other unknowns.

  • Methods: graphic design (Photoshop); copy editing.
  • 2023

    Candidates for Oblivion (Apport)

    A catalog by Apport, a used bookstore and small press based in eastern PA. Selections are eclectic, with titles drawn from the three major vanity presses, Exposition, Vantage, and Dorrance.

  • Methods: graphic design, layout (Photoshop, Figma); copy editing.
  • FOIA - Child and Domestic Abuse Central Registry (Data Liberation Project)

    The Central Registry is a database maintained by the Department of Defense in order to record and track incidents of domestic and child abuse within the military. This FOIA request is a collaboration with the Data Liberation Project.

  • Methods: exploratory research; reverse-engineering; search engine query optimization; technical writing.

    The Safety Net of Safety Nets: Peer-to-Peer Mutual Aid (Lede)

    An analysis performed on scraped and processed Facebook mutual aid group data contextualized by government and non-profit social programs. I was the IC (individual contributor).

  • Methods: data collection, cleaning, and processing (Python, pandas, lxml); machine learning (scikit learn, GPT); data visualization (matplotlib, Observable JS); graphic design (Photoshop); interviewing and sourcing.

    Westminster's Top Dogs (Lede)

    A visual story analyzing the Westminster Dog Show's Group and Best in Show winners beginning in 1924, as framed by the organization's 146 year history. I was the IC.

  • Methods: data collection, cleaning, and processing (lxml, pandas); prototyping (Illustrator, RAWGraphs); graphic design (Photoshop, Figma); front-end development (d3, HTML/CSS/JS, Scrollama); interviewing and archival research.

    Class, Sensibilities, and the Gilmore Girls Literary Canon (Lede)

    A data-driven essay on the 300+ books referenced in the Gilmore Girls 7 season run. Breadth of literary work was examined in the scope of class and social capital. I was the IC.

  • Methods: data collection, cleaning, and processing (lxml, pandas, OpenLib API); design and prototyping (Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma); front-end development (d3, HTML/CSS/JS); research.

    FLYWHEEL (Lede)

    A full page graphic visualizing spin class data. This graphic was the companion for a D3 fundamentals tutorial that I ran, covering JS basics and the notorious general update pattern.

  • Methods: data visualization and front-end development (d3, HTML/CSS/JS).

    They Want to Program the Human Computer (Apport)

    A cybernetics themed catalog culled and offered by Apport, a used bookstore and small press based in eastern PA. Selections include a PKD 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' first edition, rare D. Ewen Cameron titles, and curiosities like the Turner MIND CONTROL documentary on VHS.

  • Methods (tools): graphic design, layout (Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma); copy editing.
  • 2022

    A collection of different graphics I developed in the process of learning D3. All graphics were implemented using SVG to leverage its robust animation capabilities.

  • Stack: HTML/CSS; Javascript; D3; anime.js; tachyons.