ibm: icons of progress, vsa parters

 

big builder magazine: design annual mailer, pressley-jacobs design

 

 

 

 

nec technologies: brand poster, leapnet

 

 

visible language: issue 40.2

 

 

 

leo burnett annual report, leo burnett

 

 

 

adaptation: effects of habit

My contribution to the Graphic Hug project/publication, "Adaptation ______"

This past year, it seems, I've been struck time and time again by moments that gave me pause. Nagged by an inexplicable feeling, I found myself compelled to document these places and events.

The theme of adaptation and the coincidence of Darwin's 200th birthday in February 2009 provided an appropriate link to the curation of select photos. The photos, upon first glace, seem mundane, yet further investigation reveals an absurdity in each; a serene park bench at sunset rendered unusable by floodwaters, a well planned neighborhood where houses were never built, and finally an abandoned gas station, one of four in my immediate neighborhood.

These images come from a collection of photographs I've taken over the course of the year. They clearly illustrate the occurrence of change in our environment, our economy, and our lifestyle. Threaded throughout and between the images are selections from Darwin's On the Origin of Species, echoing the call for adaptation.