Every project has a story—let us help you craft yours. At Verkstad we combine clear language and visuals into compelling design stories that articulate why your project matters. Projects are multi-faceted, nuanced, and often difficult for the audience to understand. With our planning background we speak your language, but we specialize in translating it for the public. Our design strategies are based on universal design principles that enhance audience interest and information comprehension, broaden participation among diverse groups of stakeholders, and lead to stronger public support.

Workshop is a furniture and product design studio based in Portland, Oregon. We specialize in modern, yet playful goods made with care from solid, time-tested materials.Workshop is not a fast furniture company - pieces are designed to last, and all crafted in our home state. That's why our motto is Goods worth a damn.

As a designer with the Visual Communication Team, my background in urban planning gives me a unique perspective that allows me to communicate planning ideas visually to build a compelling story around possibilities. I specialize in developing infographics and graphic-rich planning documents that are geared toward increasing the public's understanding of the planning process, possible outcomes, and potential tradeoffs. My passion is for translating complex planning data and analysis results into a concise and approachable format that improves audience comprehension and retention. As an adjunct professor at PSU, I demonstrate how to apply these same visual communication techniques to planning work in the Visual Communication for Planners course I offer each summer.

Visualization not only helps people better understand concepts, but also increases overall retention of the material being presented. However, planning students are not always taught any hard skills for visually explaining complex processes or planning alternatives. Titled, Visual Communication for Planners, the course seeks to develop students’ understanding of visual communication techniques and their application in professional practice. Students that participate in the course are given hands-on instruction and the opportunity to work independently with Adobe CS, and Sketchup to develop materials for a faux upcoming open house.

At Alta I had the opportunity to work on a range of bicycle and pedestrian plans and projects. I specialized in designing innovative solutions for on-street bikeways at constrained locations, in both the urban and rural context.