San Francisco is teeming with productions and collectives specializing in situational, immersive or narrative design, which is reaching an exciting point in sophistication and public accessibility. Though I can’t show photos from a lot of the things I’ve been involved in, you can be sure I’ve made quite a few digital and physical items for immersive theatre, LARPs, parties and other spaces and events.
A deep sea anemone and marine snow, with fading text that says “LIMBO”.
A square deck of cards. The top card says “Please knock trhree times, take a deep breath, and push the door open. Remember: Cut and Brake.”
A grid of square cards that each say “You have died. You are now hovering between lifer and death. You have memories of your life and recall what has brought you close to death,” each with a different cause of death, such as “Mugging”, “Sex”, “Old Age” or ”Space”.
A collection of tickets that each detail the time and date of the event, and a final destination, such as “Reincarnation”, “Gates of Hell” or “One with Nature”.
Stylized star chart of the sky above San Francisco on October 13, 2018. In the foreground it says “Journey to the End of the Night: Sun, Moon and Stars”
A starfield blurred outward as if the viewer is traveling at warp. Text in the center reads “Three Weeks Left Until Journey to the ENd of the Night”
A starfield blurred outward as if the viewer is traveling at warp. Text in the center reads “One Week Left Until Journey to the ENd of the Night”
Left: Insignia of Nox Aeterna, with a blue ribbon over an arched frame containing a shining crescent moon, an eye flanked by arrows and phases of the moon in a simple linear style.
Right: Insignia of Sol Keepers, with a red ribbon over a triangular frame containing a shining sun with two crossed keys and a lock buried in clouds in a simple linear style.
Black and white map of downtown San Francisco with stars labelling points of interest for a game. Part of the map is obscured by a black swirl and legend boxes give more information about the rules.
A round sticker in the style of “I Voted!” stickers, saying “I ran!” in english, mandarin and spanish, and “Journey 2016”
A large pile of “I ran!” stickers.
The words “Night at the Auction” in an art deco typeface, framed by an ornate vector picture frame and a tiled, fancy gold background.
A hand holding a character card for Steetie Hughes Pritzker van Straalen.
A hand holding an action card for the Auction.
Collection of action cards including “Buy!”, “Appraisal”, “Forgery”, “Sell!” and “Sabotage”.
Monopoly money in a colorful art deco style in extremely high denominations, $50,000 to $10,000,000.
A lineart bookplate design with an ornate frame showing two birds and the phrase “Ex Libris” at the top, an open book that appears to shine upward, and the name “Beryl Y. Zantium” flanking a crystal.
The Beryl Y. Zantium bookplate on the inside front cover of a book.
Three variants of a hexagonal logo with intersecting lines forming a diamond in the middle. One in gold linework, one with jewel tone gradients, and one with white and grey colorblocking.
The hexagonal logo at the top of a letter on a clipboard, on the back of a business card, and imprinted onto a leather journal.
A drink menu with fancy gold and black lettering on a simple clipboard. One business card sized ticket reads “The Speakeasy” and another shows the back, which says “Present this card to the bartender for 1 drink on the house”
Cover of “Wood Boys Quarterly Gazette” showing article titles against a photo of a sawn log.
