Place-Keepers book cover
I was commissioned by University of Minnesota Press to design the book cover for Jennifer Lopez Lyman’s Place-Keepers: Latina/x Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities.
From the publisher:
“In Place-Keepers, Jessica Lopez Lyman examines how Latina/x artists in the Twin Cities navigate and challenge the region’s deep-seated racial injustices. Using “Inter-Latina movidas”—subtle yet strategic actions through which Latina/x artists forge solidarities, mobilize for justice, and reclaim space—these artists respond to systemic oppression through public performances and behind-the-scenes negotiations with the state, nonprofits, and other institutions.”
I was commissioned by University of Minnesota Press to design the book cover for Jennifer Lopez Lyman’s Place-Keepers: Latina/x Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities.
From the publisher:
“In Place-Keepers, Jessica Lopez Lyman examines how Latina/x artists in the Twin Cities navigate and challenge the region’s deep-seated racial injustices. Using “Inter-Latina movidas”—subtle yet strategic actions through which Latina/x artists forge solidarities, mobilize for justice, and reclaim space—these artists respond to systemic oppression through public performances and behind-the-scenes negotiations with the state, nonprofits, and other institutions.”
Nov 2025
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Culinary Palettes book cover
I was commissioned by University of Texas Press to design the book cover for Lesley Wolff’s Culinary Palettes: The Visuality of Food in Postrevolutionary Mexican Art.
From the publisher:
“Postrevolutionary Mexico City was a site of anxious nation-building, as rampant modernization converged and clashed with the nation’s growing nostalgia for its pre-Columbian heritage. During this volatile period, food became a meaningful symbol for a Mexican citizenry seeking new modes of national participation.”
I was commissioned by University of Texas Press to design the book cover for Lesley Wolff’s Culinary Palettes: The Visuality of Food in Postrevolutionary Mexican Art.
From the publisher:
“Postrevolutionary Mexico City was a site of anxious nation-building, as rampant modernization converged and clashed with the nation’s growing nostalgia for its pre-Columbian heritage. During this volatile period, food became a meaningful symbol for a Mexican citizenry seeking new modes of national participation.”
Apr 2025
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Bookstand 2125: Matriarchal Design Futures
I was invited to submit a speculative book cover design for Bookstand 2125: Matriarchal Design Futures. My cover for La Chancla: How a Symbol of Motherhood Inspired a Protest Movement explores the cultural semiotics of ‘la chancla’ (sandal), a symbol of discipline and care in many Latinx households, and its transformation into an emblem of resistance. This title weaves personal stories with history and activism to reveal how this object united communities to fight for justice, equity, and social change. A powerful tribute to the strength of mothers everywhere and the impact of grassroots movements.
From the organizers:
“Bookstand 2125 is a collaborative design fiction project that invites artists and designers to imagine and create books from the year 2125. In this speculative future, knowledge and creativity flourish within systems centered on care, nurturing, and collective well-being rather than competition and scarcity.
Contributors were encouraged to explore bold, even preposterous ideas that challenge current paradigms and light the way toward preferred futures.”
This work was sekected to be included in the Typeforce 13 exhibition in Chicago, IL, January 31–February 16, 2025.
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I was invited to submit a speculative book cover design for Bookstand 2125: Matriarchal Design Futures. My cover for La Chancla: How a Symbol of Motherhood Inspired a Protest Movement explores the cultural semiotics of ‘la chancla’ (sandal), a symbol of discipline and care in many Latinx households, and its transformation into an emblem of resistance. This title weaves personal stories with history and activism to reveal how this object united communities to fight for justice, equity, and social change. A powerful tribute to the strength of mothers everywhere and the impact of grassroots movements.
From the organizers:
“Bookstand 2125 is a collaborative design fiction project that invites artists and designers to imagine and create books from the year 2125. In this speculative future, knowledge and creativity flourish within systems centered on care, nurturing, and collective well-being rather than competition and scarcity.
Contributors were encouraged to explore bold, even preposterous ideas that challenge current paradigms and light the way toward preferred futures.”
This work was sekected to be included in the Typeforce 13 exhibition in Chicago, IL, January 31–February 16, 2025.
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Jan 2025
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Mockups by Heather Snyder Quinn and Ayako Takase
Mockups by Heather Snyder Quinn and Ayako Takase
A Technomoral Politics book cover
I was commissioned by University of Minnesota Press to design the book cover for Aradhana Sharma’s A Technomoral Politicts: Good Governance, Transparency, and Corruption in India.
From the publisher:
“Good governance is meant to empower citizens, increase democratic participation, and make states transparent and accountable, yet this liberal democratic imperative can also promote populist authoritarian rule. Bringing together discourses on ethical goodness with the technicalities of governance as expressed in laws and policies, Aradhana Sharma develops the concept of “technomoral politics” to navigate this fraught topic. With a focus on the work of activists, citizens, and state officials, she offers an ethnographic account of the contradictions and dangers of good-governance politics in twenty-first-century India.”
I was commissioned by University of Minnesota Press to design the book cover for Aradhana Sharma’s A Technomoral Politicts: Good Governance, Transparency, and Corruption in India.
From the publisher:
“Good governance is meant to empower citizens, increase democratic participation, and make states transparent and accountable, yet this liberal democratic imperative can also promote populist authoritarian rule. Bringing together discourses on ethical goodness with the technicalities of governance as expressed in laws and policies, Aradhana Sharma develops the concept of “technomoral politics” to navigate this fraught topic. With a focus on the work of activists, citizens, and state officials, she offers an ethnographic account of the contradictions and dangers of good-governance politics in twenty-first-century India.”
Nov 2024
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Designing Your Research Agenda 4.1
I was invited by Design Incubation to participate as a panelist for the Designing Your Research Agenda series of talks. My presentation, titled Connecting the Dots: Networks, Community, and an Improvised Approach to My Research Agenda, provided an overview of scholarly activies, creative work, teaching, and service. I also presented my experience regarding institutional support, as well as the tenure and promotion process.
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I was invited by Design Incubation to participate as a panelist for the Designing Your Research Agenda series of talks. My presentation, titled Connecting the Dots: Networks, Community, and an Improvised Approach to My Research Agenda, provided an overview of scholarly activies, creative work, teaching, and service. I also presented my experience regarding institutional support, as well as the tenure and promotion process.
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Nov 2024
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Promotional graphics by Design Incubation
Promotional graphics by Design Incubation