design

Branding, art direction, and logo design for the Himalayan International Film Festival based in Seattle – WA.

Brand identity and logo creation for a stealth startup in the Commercial Real Estate space. Creation of the brand mascot, Flippo the fleapop hippo.

Identity design for a boutique investment firm, Zambala Ventures. Zambala is the Tibetan “God of Wealth”. The main logo with the interlocking Tibetan letters – dZa and Ma – was created in the Tibetan Phags-pa Seal Script.

The clients wanted to nudge the design towards a more conservative, classic, and timeless design. The business cards were finished and printed at a letterpress printer.

A secret supper club was started during the pandemic with a few friends and neighbors.

Nam’s Natural Therapies is a Tibetan Wellness brand based in New Haven – CT.

The Buddhist idea of Samsara or Cyclic Existence is a cycle of aimless drifting, wandering or mundane existence. When related to the theory of karma, it is the cycle of death and rebirth.

Basically, Samsara is what we mean when we say, “It’s the matrix man.” It rests on the premise that reality is an illusion. I created this design playing on the idea of consumerism, samsara, and upcycling/recycling.

We started a secret film festival during the pandemic. Winter 2023 was the fourth and the last one we held. We built a community of local filmmakers and film enthusiasts. On average we had around 70 people show up to different venues in people’s private backyards all over Oakland.
All events were NOTAFLOF (No one turned away for lack of funds.)