Kanji Pictographix is a collection of visual mnemonics for learning over 1,200 characters of the Japanese language. Winner How Magazine International Design Award, Publishers Marketing Association Benjamin Franklin Award, and showcased in International Typographic Design No. 2 and WIRED Magazine.

Kana Pictographix is a guide to learning the hiragana and katakana syllabaries.

Fifty States of Mind and  Imagine Nations, teach U.S. and world geography through mnemonic illustrations.

The Atom Families makes the periodic table of elements easier to remember.

Running (marathons, triathlons), photography, music composition, illustration, kanji, caligraphy, writing, geography, demographics, psychology, wine, bicycling, swimming, eating, playing with fire, people watching.

Art Center, Pasadena

Information Design, 1998

American Film Institute Hollywood

Photoshop, Illustrator, 1994

Chaminade University Tokyo

English, 1988

Threestory . Palo Alto

Created print, web, advertising, and identity work for a clients such as Jazz Pharmaceuticals, The Tech Museum of San Jose, Pacific Property, and Borel Bank.

9.04 - 12.05

Design One . San Francisco

Designed print, web, and multimedia projects. For over five years I designed and art directed nearly every project for this small studio with big clients. The work was varied: print, websites, credit cards, Olympic posters, Look and Feel programs. Clients: Visa, Dolby, Wells Fargo, Moody’s, salesforce.com

6.99 - 9.04

The Rod Dyer Group . Los Angeles

Worked as an art director and designer primarily on entertainment accounts for the movie industry. Created movie marques, video packaging, premiere invitations, and the style guide for The Simpsons. Clients: Polygram, Fox, Disney, Seagrams

6.97 - 9.98

Rucker Design . San Mateo

Worked as a designer for Silicon Valley clients on interactive work and identities. Worked on the interface design for Apple’s iMovie. Clients: Apple, Excite.

1.99 - 6.99

Calliope Interactive . Santa Monica, CA

Served as the design director for a publisher of interactive CDs.

Responsible for company identity, literature, interface design, and packaging.

3.95 - 9.96

Art Center, Pasadena

Digital retouching and lettering

1991, 1992

California State, Fullerton

BA, Communications, Honors, 1985

Barstow College

AA, Humanities, Salutatorian, 1982