Hi, I’m Lexi, a NYC-based graphic designer exploring the intersections of advocacy, education, storytelling, and design.

Hi, I’m Lexi, a New York-based graphic designer exploring the intersections of advocacy, education, and design.

A is for Access

Gif of a spiral bound book titled, "Amid Access" flipping through different spreads.

How do we as designers control the narrative and visual meaning of accessibility?

Focusing on accessible design beyond function, A is for Access highlights work emphasizing delight, personal expression, and innovation for people with disabilities. The project is composed of three complementary projects: a digital archive, a book, and a manifesto.

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︎︎︎ Course: CD Thesis
︎︎︎ Role: Writing & Research, Editorial Design
︎︎︎ Deliverables: Spiral-Bound Book, Mini Design Manifesto

From Print to Motion

How can motion activate existing posters and tell more of the story with design?

Bringing to life the original work of Studio Two Three, the project includes type, historical ephemera, and print-collaging techniques to expand on Angela Davis's passion and important message.

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world and you have to do it all of the time.” – Angela Davis

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︎︎︎ Course: Motion Graphics Studio
︎︎︎ Role: Motion Designer
︎︎︎ Original Poster Design: Studio Two Three
︎︎︎ Music: "Swinging Sofas Remastered” by Lobo Loco

Motion Work for Darcy Miller Designs

Animation of 12 people at a dinner table with calligraphy reading, "Happu Holidays."

animation of a pool and related icons that spell out "Summer" and smaller type that reads, "30 Ways to Celebrate Summer."

Animation of golf cart moving with three people on it celebration a birthday.

What does centering celebration look like across multiple mediums?

Collaborating with illustrator Darcy Miller, I designed and animated select illustrations for various campaigns and holidays, for both print and digital media.

Select holiday illustrations in collaboration with Town & Country magazine for their December ‘23 issue.

*All illustrations and text are copyrighted to Darcy Miller Designs.

︎︎︎ Client: Darcy Miller Designs
︎︎︎ Role: Graphic & Motion Designer
︎︎︎ Collaborators: Darcy Miller (illustrator)
︎︎︎ Deliverables: Stop Motions, Editorial, Strategy

Speculative Fridays For Future Exhibit

Video flipping through a speculative museum catalog titled "Fridays" for a Fridays for Future exhibition.

Speculative Fridays for Future catalog cover.

Detail shot of "Fridays" speculative museum catalog showing two grayscale photos of Greta Thunberg protesting in 2018.

On the left is a detail shot of speculative "Fridays" museum catalog with dates of Fridays for Future protest since 2018. On the right is an inside of the book, with display of the grid with primary and secondary text from climate speech, with a photo.

Detail photo of Fridays for Future protest dates folio.

Speculative MoMA exhibition website screenshot.

Merch design of a black short-sleeve tshirt with the fridays for future chant, "climate justice is what we need, not billionaires or corporate greed." To the right is a white baggu design with green text that reads, "FRIDAYS" in a linear pattern.

Two white t-shirt mockups for Fridays for Future.

How has the Fridays for Future movement grown and impacted climate policy today?

This speculative MoMA PS1 exhibit ‘Fridays’ explores a closed-loop exhibition experience and experiments with a historical timeline data project of the 195+ weekly protests held around the world.

︎︎︎ Course: Multiple Editions
︎︎︎ Role: Graphic Designer
︎︎︎ Deliverables: Exhibition Catalog, Merch

REPLY Magazine

A quarterly edition design magazine covering pop culture, innovations, and reflections.

REPLY Magazine sends out a recap and digest of design innovations, celebrations, and reflections each quarter, written for creatives and design-savvy audiences.

A special edition is published each month, highlighting a specific theme/topic from that REPLY issue. The special edition is titled RE: _____.

These two publication timelines and formats allow a range of voices and various topics to be discussed timely to current events + discoveries.

Additionally, special editions on themes or elements provide opportunities for intersections within the whole creative field, and new understandings of what design is and what it includes.

︎︎︎ Course: Multiple Editions
︎︎︎ Roles: Editorial Designer
︎︎︎ Deliverables: Magazine + Cover Concepts

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