Selected Work
Selected Work
Selected Work
No Cops at Pride
No Cops at Pride
Merch
Merch
Sticker
Sticker
Office of BS
Office of BS
2023
2023
Description
Description
A matte black & white sticker illustrating the breaking of police handcuffs; custom designed typography
A matte black & white sticker illustrating the breaking of police handcuffs; custom designed typography
Concept
Concept
/// Pride began as an uprising against police brutality in NYC. Historically, queer people have been mistreated by police, so a large police presence at Pride events does not bring safety, but the opposite.
/// Pride began as an uprising against police brutality in NYC. Historically, queer people have been mistreated by police, so a large police presence at Pride events does not bring safety, but the opposite.
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
/// If presented in my portfolio, this can be a polarizing force. And yet, as an avid abolitionist with personal familial roots in enslavement in the Deep South (Alabama), I don't want to work with clients who would be offended by such a message.
/// If presented in my portfolio, this can be a polarizing force. And yet, as an avid abolitionist with personal familial roots in enslavement in the Deep South (Alabama), I don't want to work with clients who would be offended by such a message.
Solution
Solution
/// Rep it unapologetically, but don't sell it. Get it produced with the idea in mind that it's given away at Pride events.
/// Rep it unapologetically, but don't sell it. Get it produced with the idea in mind that it's given away at Pride events.
