work

001 constructed language: neighborly Typeforce 14, Co-Prosperity Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA

002 half day at the lake  STA 100, Society of Typographic Arts Finalist, Communication Arts Typography Competition 2026 Award of Excellence in Poster Design, Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) Silver, Graphis Design Awards 2026 Award of Excellence in Identity Mark, Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) Award of Excellence in Collateral Design, Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) 68th ADAI Annual Design Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa, USA   67th ADAI Annual Design Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Graphis Design Annual 2026
003 a chicago flag Flag Feast at Field Day Outdoor Sustainability Festival, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, USA Flag Feast at Taste of Chicago, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA Winner in Signs+Environmental Graphics, GDUSA American Graphic Design Awards 

004 of tomorrow: the coffeeshop Award of Execellence in Poster Design, Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) 68th ADAI Annual Design Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa, USA  
005 usipb trophy Best of Category in Collateral Design, Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) Award of Execellence in Collateral Design, Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) 68th ADAI Annual Design Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa, USA  
006 workplace of tomorrow  Gold Award, PosterFor International Poster Competition Honorable Mention, Graphis Poster Award 2026 Honorable Mention, Graphis Design Award 2026 Award of Excellence in Poster Design, Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) Shortlisted, B.I. International Poster Biennial PosterFor Exhibition 2025 at Times Square, New York, USA 67th ADAI Annual Design Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Poster Quadrennial Bardejov-Krakow, Krakow, Poland Graphis Poster Annual 2026 
007 machine to replace myself 
008 designing for connection  Best of Category in Announcement/Invitation Design, Art Directors Association of Iowa Award of Excellence in Announcement/Invitation Design, Art Directors Association of Iowa Silver Award, Graphis Poster Awards 2026 Shortlisted, B.I. International Poster Biennial Winner in Announcement+Invitation, GDUSA American Graphic Design Awards   Graphis Poster Annual 2026 GDUSA American Graphic Design Awards 2026 68th ADAI Annual Design Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
009 space, junk A Rhode Island School of Design MFA in Graphic Design Thesis
010 expressions of the holiday spirit  Hide & Seek Ornaments You Keep, Greater Des Moines Partnership, Newton, Iowa, USA 
011 paul sahre visiting designer lecture 
012 the doors, the walls, and the peephole  Finalist, Poster Stellars 2025 Great Ideas of Humanity: One of a Series, Design Museum of Chicago   013 what will remain?  Finalist, Poster Stellars 2025 Rose Gold Award, PosterFor International Poster Competition PosterFor Exhibition 2025 at Times Square, New York, USA IFIC International Art for Healing Biennale/PosterFor, MeiMen Art Museum, Beijing, China
014 kenosha city church 
015 the graduate student lounge 
the design practice of brandon olsenlocation: the midwest © ordered mass 2025