PocketPeople

An app to keep all of your loved ones in one place!

I am always forgetting my friend’s birthdays, or how many pets they have, what movies they like, and the list goes on. I don’t mean to be a bad friend but sometimes my memory fails me. With PocketPeople, I can have all this information in a singular, dedicated place. Make personalized cards for all of the people you hold dear in your life, and take advantage of all of the memory tools and games for you to use to best remember the important information of their lives.

PocketPeople is awaiting AppStore verification and will be available for download soon!

Mockup of the Home View

Features

How it’s made

Additional features include sorting by Favorited people, a memory game to test yourself on a person’s facts (pictured below), and Reminders you can create for that special anniversary or that event coming up next week (also pictured below). Each person card is completely customizable, both during initial conception and later on (pictured left)!

This application was coded using Cursor, Expo, and React Native with the CSS components using Tailwind. The 32-bit stickers were generated using AI and touched up / cropped. I developed the design and layout in Figma (pictured below), before coding up the final product.

Social Media Redesign

Was tasked with redesigning the UI of the rapidly-growing social media platform widely used in over 180 universities in the country known as “Fizz”.

Not only, is this a mockup of my reimagined Fizz interface and universal color palette, but I also introduced the prospect of two new additional features that could possibly be implemented within the app: a custom tag for post related to those promoting student projects and looking to join them, as well as a new post design for a Job search section of the app. This Job section would provide students with an easy way to find on/off campus jobs, and give employers a straightforward entry to the student population.

Initial prototype demonstrating the implementation of new features using a manually created copy of the existing Fizz UI

Extreme redesign of the UI: dramatic color usage, complex comment section/post relationship, new layouts

Final product: New universal color palette and post interface, Job and Project search features fully implemented

INKD

*Work in Progress*

Welcome to INKD. Finally, an app made for tattoo artist AND tattoo lovers. Our mission is to create a platform that allows tattoo artists to promote their work to a wide range of audiences, that gives the resources and inspiration to tattoo lovers to find their next design or artist, and to make the tattoo industry more open, accessible, and available for everyone, no matter their experience, level, or position.

As a cofounder, I have been responsible with the coding, wire-framing, and prototyping of the iOS application and (coming soon) web app. The app contains some features that set us apart from other platform available, including not only our AI tattoo generation capabilities, but our “Local” feature to best aid any user with finding their next tattoo artist in their area (whether at home or when traveling!). This project requires my skill and understanding of Swift coding and digital product realization, as well as need finding, visual prototyping, and proper research to keep the app grounded to our mission.

Although INKD is not currently available on the App Store or Android, it is in progress, and the INKD team is working to create the best possible platform, containing all your needs to find your next tattoo, a possible artist, or your future client.

  • Explore View

  • Local View

  • Favorites View

  • Search View

  • Create View

  • Create - After Generating

  • Create - Previous Posts Tab

  • New Post View

  • Profile View

  • Profile View - Collections

“Vinnie Hager” Rugs

Worked in collaboration with Timothy Prieto and Nathalie Beatty to design the rug and wall pieces for the 8th Floor Lounges of the to-be-built Allied Apartments in Harbor Point, Baltimore, Maryland.

The doodle-like design is heavily influenced by the artist Vinnie Hager, and the color selection is to match the variety of apartment color themes.

Rendering of 18’x 14’ design, 2023

How it’s made

All renderings were created in AutoCAD, including the 28’ x 18’ design for the floor rug, and the 18’ x 14’ design for the wall-mounted decoration piece. Below is a sample of the rug, manufactured by Kebabian’s Rugs.

Rendering of 28’x 18’ design, 2023

Sample: “Strike-Off” Dimensions: 2x3’

Manufactured by Kebabian’s Rugs

The Periphery Podcast

Was commissioned to create the logo and cover art rebrand by The Periphery Podcast, who at the time of the task was a top 200 podcast in the country, and a forefront podcast in the law and financial genre.

The logo (above) represents the podcast’s goal of being the middle-man between two sides of a story, bringing them together through the form of listener and speaker.

The primary cover art (left) demonstrates the podcast’s intention of bringing the news to the people, which is commonly associated with the invention of the radio.

Designing the ‘P’

Brainstorming Ideas

Finalizing Sketches

Make a Note

Take a Note

Tasked with the assignment of creating a product for public good, and only a small stand to show it to a gallery, my partner and I made our stand the product for community building: Make a Note, Take a Note.

This social experiment prompts passerby’s to write a brief note for a future reader, categorize it, and take a note from that same category written by someone in the past. This anonymous, yet intimate, setting allowed for personal gifts and messages to be given between strangers, one of the most pure forms of community building.

Results of the experiment: An astounding success. The stack of notes and envelopes were depleted by the end of the testing week. Multiple users had commented on the craftsmanship and attraction of the prototype. Issues form when multiple notes were incorrectly placed in the same pocket, which signifies the need for clearer instructions or more labels/instructional text.

Brainstorming

Initial Sketch

Building the prototype

Video Essays

Participated in a class revolving around the creation of video essays and the art behind storytelling through the means of video and sound. I made three video essays for the class, ranging in style, length, subject, and style. Posted here is my second video essay, a commentary on the overuse and overstimulation of screens with the advancement of technology.