Non-profit Clients

"How do we raise $500,000 to help rebuild the Lowell Library? Oh, and by the way, we've never done anything this massive before..." Actually TBH, $500,000 is not a large amount when it comes to capital campaigns. But the Lowell Alumni Association hadn't fund-raised at that scale before, so they asked for my expertise [...]

Designing for the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco was a highlight for me. Most people don't know this, but the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has one of the largest collections of Asian art in the world. They only show about 7-10% of the entire collection though. That's primarily due to limited [...]

Helping families who have children going through chemotherapy Koret Family House provides temporary housing to families who have children going through chemotherapy at UCSF. Since they're right next door to UCSF, the families stay at Family House for as long as the treatments last. This takes away the stress of having to travel to and [...]

Some of us would rather forget our high school experiences, letting them fade into oblivion, but not me, I have some fond memories of my time there. So when the Lowell Class of 1981's 20th Reunion event came up, I wanted to design something with humor and nostalgia for the event.Humor and nostalgia are very [...]

When the information is very complex, the design should be very simple. I've been working with the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UC Davis since the late 90's designing books and publications. The books are manuals for growing, harvesting, pest control, vineyards... all things agricultural. The information is very technical with lots of [...]

Donor recognition creates opportunities for... more donations! The East Bay SPCA is a non-profit animal rescue, shelter and veterinary clinic. They have facilities in Oakland and Dublin. As a non-profit, they rely on donations for a large part of their operating budget. They have fund raising events and regular solicitations, as well as reaching [...]

"What could we give to the ladies of the M-t-F transgender community that could be carried around easily; be fun, beautiful and functional; provide important health information; and be produced inexpensively?" No small order... Well, for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, I suggested creating an expanding fan. It could have several panels and be held [...]