Hi! I’m Todd.
I am a multi-disciplinary designer and artist living in Philadelphia, PA when I’m not traveling the world.
“So, what do you design?”
It’s a difficult question to answer. It used to be that designers were expected to be able to design everything from “a spoon to skyscraper.”
I like to think of myself as that type of designer.
Over the course of my highly-varied career I’ve done, or worked in: fashion design, furniture design, product design, graphic design, brand design, website design, information design, packaging design, interior design, UI/UX design, service & operations design, human-centered design, and strategic design.
(Phew, that was a lot.)
Frequently Asked Questions
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Born in Hong Kong and raised overseas by diplomatic parents, I grew up moving through and absorbing cultures that were not my own — China, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, and Russia — before returning to the United States. (This means there’s a lot of pre-2004 American culture that I just missed, like The Simpsons.)
As a result, I have at some point studied : Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Russian, but I don’t speak any of them fluently any more.
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In my professional work as multidisciplinary designer, I seek to combine:
Humanistic Thought: through deep empathy for specific subcultural audiences to bear on:
Multi-disciplinary Design Practice: creating sustainable, humanistic, and compelling design interventions across a range of media in order to effectuate:
Cross-functional Business Strategies: made possible through a combination of qualitative and quantitative reasoning.
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I’m looking to join a small- to mid-sized design-led company as a Senior Individual Contributor, Entry-Level Manager, or Creative Director.
Ideally I’m looking to join:Architectural/Interior Design Firm
B2C Retail (Furniture, Fashion, Design, etc.)
Strategic Design Consulting
Human-Centered Design Team in the Technology/Healthcare Space
Non-Profits Utilizing Human-Centered Design
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You’re in need of Swiss Army knife-style talent
You’re a design-led organization, or looking to integrate design in your business practice
You’re a small- to mid-sized company
You’re a small- to mid-sized team with a specific mandate operating within a larger organization
You’re in early- to mid-stage growth
You’re interested in running (and funding) small, targeted, and strategic interventions and learning from what happens
You’re in
retail, strategicconsulting, architecture/interior design,luxuryfashion & design, furniture design, healthcare, or technology industriesYou’re dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace
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Driving (or more likely restoring) my 1974 MG MGB GT
Searching through odds and ends at estate sales and thrift stores with my partner in crime
Painting or experimenting with some newly acquired craft-based skill
Reading very dense works of fiction (e.g. Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, etc.)
Reorganizing my kitchen and/or devising new improved organizational systems throughout my home.
Playing guitar way too loud and pretending I’m Kurt Cobain.
Traveling throughout Asia
Clients
Role
Deliverables
Web Designer
Website & Brand Guidelines
Product & Brand Designer
Product Design, Logo, & Branding Deck
Design Researcher
Design Research, Exhibition Design, Deck
Design Research Consultant
Design Research Deck & Strategic Recommendations
Design Editorial Writer
Editorial Articles
Design Researcher
100 Greatest Designs (List) & Analysis
Design Editorial Writer
Editorial Articles
Employers
Title
Vertical & Skills
Dir. Business Development
Branding, Design, Sales, Growth Strategy
Manager, Sr. Consultant
Consulting, Design, HCD, Healthcare
Sr. Growth Strategist
HCD, Design, Growth Strategy, Technology, Healthcare
Account Executive
Luxury Retail, Interior Design, Furniture, Sales
Furniture Builder
Furniture, Production
Marketing Associate
Luxury Retail, Design, Marketing, Communication, Furniture
Business Analyst
Growth Strategy, E-Commerce, Luxury Retail, Fashion