Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been exploring how social media has played a substantial role in many social movements. Whether it’s #Ferguson, Kony 2012, or the Arab Spring, social media amplified the voices of participants and enabled these… Continue reading

The more content I watch from “freelance graphic designers” creating brand identities and creative work for “cool, hot businesses” the more I’m convinced that their content, and the lifestyle they portray, is somewhat fabricated and exaggerated. I don’t mean to… Continue reading

One of the biggest enemies I face as a creator is the laziness to revisit my work after the initial attempt. It becomes easy to settle on a design and piece of content that is “good enough.”  But the issue… Continue reading

If I were to create another “label” for myself (although I am not very fond of labels to begin with), I would call myself a conscious creative. Recently, I’ve developed a deeper awareness of how technology is so pervasive in… Continue reading

One time, I was talking to a creative director, who, as skilled and talented in the field as he was, laughed at me when I mentioned that I liked print design. “Print is dead,” this individual proudly declared. “Everything is… Continue reading

If you think SEO is a completely different language, I can relate. It’s easy to get carried away with designing a website – either for yourself or a brand – while overlooking your search engine optimization. But although SEO is… Continue reading

Apparently, a 30-minute film named Kony 2012 was a big thing in, of course, 2012. But for some reason, I had never heard of it until now. The short-form was created by Jason Russell for his nonprofit organization, Indivisible Children.… Continue reading

People regularly ask me if I am a good illustrator, and they’re always surprised to hear me say that I’m not good at drawing. Designing, for some reason, typically gets equated to being a good illustrator. And yes, drawing is… Continue reading

Activism looks different in 2025. The use of social media when it comes to activism is controversial. According to Bart Cammearts in his paper “Social Media & Activism,” “The use of social media in movement contexts is not only widely… Continue reading

Social media gets more of a bad rap than it deserves. It’s easy to villainize social media. The facts aren’t on its side. Social media has been blamed for many negative things – detrimental mental health effects and cyberbullying, just… Continue reading