Graduating in the year of covid and trying to get into employment has been many things... I’ll save most of it for therapy and just say it’s been hard. One thing I stopped doing was designing, which created a lot of demotivation. Going into this second UK lockdown, I wanted to not fall into that same trap, so I’m giving myself quick design projects to keep myself going. Thinking back to university, all ideas don’t get picked up and I remembered one. “Spiritual Garden.”

Inspired by a Janet Jackson song (because that’s how my mind works) it was a campaign idea to encourage self care and mindfulness through gardening, providing people a place to buy and learn to nurture houseplants as well as learning to nurture themselves at the same time. I gave myself 2 days to plan out and design everything, could definitely push it further but proud of the result.

SPIRITUAL GARDEN

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FIVE YEARS DESIGNING ACROSS MUSIC, MEDIA, AND BRAND. FOUNDER OF TASTE MAGAZINE, AN INDEPENDENT R&B EDITORIAL.

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Graduating in the year of covid and trying to get into employment has been many things... I’ll save most of it for therapy and just say it’s been hard. One thing I stopped doing was designing, which created a lot of demotivation. Going into this second UK lockdown, I wanted to not fall into that same trap, so I’m giving myself quick design projects to keep myself going. Thinking back to university, all ideas don’t get picked up and I remembered one. “Spiritual Garden.”

Inspired by a Janet Jackson song (because that’s how my mind works) it was a campaign idea to encourage self care and mindfulness through gardening, providing people a place to buy and learn to nurture houseplants as well as learning to nurture themselves at the same time. I gave myself 2 days to plan out and design everything, could definitely push it further but proud of the result.

UX/UI, APP DESIGN

THE TASTE MAG

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