AVA Creative

Greening the Beige is an annual eco-arts-fashion-music event held to promote environmental awareness in the Beijing area. As Creative Director, I did the logos, initial website design, business cards, etc, as well as helping to coordinate the fashion show and art displays at the event.

Managed accounts, created lead art, crafted visual identities and strategies for clients such as Coca-Cola, The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Cresta Motor Yachts, The Republic of France and Alliance Francaise, among others.

Re-designed an entire 3-floor multi-cultural cafe in Wudaokou, Beijing, China!

Designed exclusively for YY Sports, including recoloring their logo for the 2008 Olympic Games period. The "warm" version of the logo was used in the YY Sports shops, bags, media. I helped with a lot of their internal presentation materials too.

Worked with writer / director Patrick Pearce on his amazing 798-Dashanzi documentary.

Beijing's best literary cafe, the Bookworm, was the site where a troupe of international poets (Subterranean, now DRIFTWORDS) held a weekly open mic night. The event was started by poet Bob Marcacci, and I took over as host when he left the country. We had many poets perform, including both famous award-winning writers and hobbyists. Languages included Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese), English, Italian, French, Tibetan, Russian, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Gaelic, Latin, and many more. VERY multi-lingual, VERY much a melting pot. Lots of live, improvisational verse and translation, lots of group participation. Very fun :)

Restored wonderful scandanavian-styled homes designed and built by famous architect Edwin Lundie. Minnesota, Grand Marais / Lutsen area, on Lake Superior. Lots of hand-crafted wood elements and hand-laid irregular stone masonry.

Field Journalist for several radio stations in Minneapolis, MN. Traveled all around the North American continent, chasing the most harrowing and dangerous stories. Reported back by telephone, calls were recorded, and broadcast.