I'm a designer and creative leader. My work lives in every Home Depot in America. I craft wayfinding and shelf-level solutions that elevate customer experiences.
It hit me a while back that I've been creating things long before I knew what design even was. As a teenager I was painting murals on the walls of my high school in Colorado, cutting aspen branches into chess pieces (to go with the chess board I was making in wood shop) and hand-writing, illustrating and binding my own RPG books.
Nothing compares to solving a problem or finding an idea that nobody else seems to have seen yet. It's genuinely the only sort of life I can stand to live. If I don't have a deep dive project to invest some time in, I don't feel complete.
So what's next?
I want to do more design that is destined for the physical world. That could be signage (for retail or otherwise), packaging, experiential design, even a bit of product design. I want to work with brands that I believe in. Tools, home improvement, niche rugged outdoor stuff, food and beverage/liquor brands.
I've also been painting with watercolors and shooting still photography for a documentary crew that has been following our local soccer team.