Hi there! I'm Brandon and I graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a BA in graphic design. Since then, I've moved to Seattle and put my design skills do a different use, working as a picture framer.
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Illustrator
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InDesign
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Photoshop
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HTML + CSS
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Aura & Commodity
Final design project from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Having read "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" by Walter Benjamin, we were tasked with creating a book based on whether we agreed with his ideas or not.
Client:
Self
Date:
2012
Service:
Book Design
Ai Pass
Fast passes for Kawaii Kon, Hawaii's largest anime (Japanese animation) convention
I was feeling a little homesick, so I worked through it with art. Each "aloha" contains something that comes to mind when I think of Hawaii.
Also partially based on one of my Instagram posts:
A design project where the task was to ask what if history had been different. I chose to look at what if Okinawa hadn't been annexed by Japan, but remained its own independent country.
Client:
Self
Date:
2011
Service:
Graphic Design
Hospital Brochure
Used by the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu to educate patients and their family about the importance of personal protective equipment. A joint project with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing.