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From the NYC area and now based in Dallas, I work as a Senior Art Director specializing in concepting, branding, brand strategy, print, and illustration. I prefer to design for the bigger picture, seeking to apply thoughtful, considered solutions that intersect with relevant issues and causes. My methods range from loose experimentation to detail-driven meticulousness, incorporating the authentic aspects of human behavior that drive us intrinsically, and help to define the deeper human experience. I am fond of rigorously questioning that which has become commonplace, striving not to make things prettier, but to make them better. When I'm not designing, you'll find me at the ranch training horses using Natural Horsemanship principles.
I graduated Summa Cum Laude from RIT, and hold degrees in both Graphic Design and Illustration, with concentrations in both Creative Writing and Photojournalism. I also studied at the School of Design at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany.
 
 

"Michelle is one of the most talented designers that I've ever had the pleasure of working with... She also may not actually be a human."

 – John Bielenberg


Awards & Publications

Just Design: Socially Conscious Design for Critical Causes
Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age
Graphic Advocacy: Traveling Gallery Show
IdN Magazine: Wayfinding Issue No. 17
AIGA's Cause/Affect Awards
Re3 StoryHack Design Award
Rochester Addy Awards

 

Orgs & Associations

Art Directors Club
AIGA New York
AIGA San Francisco
Type Directors Club
Project M
Maker's Club
Reporter Magazine
RIT Alumni

Workshops & Programs

Project M Alumni
Project M Participant
Hyperakt's Re3StoryHack
FuturePartners Collaborator
AIGA Compostmodern Facilitator
FuturePartners Creative Insurgent
New Bohemia Lettering Workshop