nice to
meet you!
I’m Andey! A graphic designer based in Boston, I graduated from Lesley University with a BFA in graphic design, May of 2024. My work focuses on sustainability above all, and as a climate optimist, I believe we already have the framework to bring forth a clean, just and bountiful future, for everyone.
Communities with the lowest carbon emissions are already facing the brunt of climate change, this is undeniable. As designers I think it’s imperative to take accountability for past pollutive practices, take those strong emotions and use them to propel us forward, welcoming a new sustainable way of design.
When I work at continually staying informed and furthering my own education, my designs take into account material waste, pollution, carbon emissions and longevity. This keeps me confident in my ability to put out good in the world.
Environmental
book club
Here you’ll find a collection of my favorite social and environmental justice books. I believe that as designers we have a responsibility not just to the user but also to the earth. These books have helped shape the framework by which I both design and live my life. Please enjoy these highly recommended, educational and inspired reads!
What If We Get It Right?
by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
What If We Get It Right? is a collection of interviews conducted by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on climate optimism, solutions, and what the world might look like if we get it right. This is an excellent introductory book to climate activism, and finding your footing in these uncertain times. I recommend going through this one with a highlighter and tabs, take note of what makes your angry, sad, happy, but most importantly what lights the fire under you and inspires you to get to work.
Remember there’s a place for all of us in the future, because the future lies within us.
All We Can Save
edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
& Kathrine K. Wilkinson
All We Can Save, illuminates the expertise and the insights of dozens of women leading the charge on climate change in the United States. Scientists, journalists, farmers, lawyers, teachers, activists, innovators, & designers, spanning generations, geographies, and race aim to advance a more representative, nuanced, and solution-oriented public conversation on the climate crisis. These women offer a spectrum of ideas and insights for how we can rapidly, and radically reshape our society.
Caps Lock
by Ruben Pater
CAPS LOCK uses clear language and visual examples to show how graphic design and capitalism are inextricably linked. By sharing examples of radical design practices that challenge the supremacy of the market, it hopes to inspire a different kind of graphic design. Even speculative design and social design play their part in fueling the economic system. Capitalism has brought tremendous wealth, but it has not done so evenly. Extreme income inequality and environmental destruction is the price future generations have to pay for unbridled economic growth. The question is whether ethical graphic design is even possible under such conditions.
Extra Bold
by Ellen Lupton, Jennifer Tobias, Josh Halstead, Leslie Xia, Kaleena Sales, Farah Kafei, & Valentina Vergara
Extra Bold, is the inclusive, practical, and informative (design) career guide for everyone, filled with stories and ideas that don't show up in other career books or design overviews. Both pragmatic and inquisitive, the book explores power structures in the workplace and how to navigate them. Critical essays that rethink design principles and practices through theories of feminism, anti-racism, inclusion, and nonbinary thinking. Interviews, essays, typefaces, and projects from dozens of contributors with a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds, abilities, gender identities, and positions of economic and social privilege.
The Black Experience in Design
by Anne H. Berry, Kareem Collie, Penina Acayo Laker, Lesley-Ann Noel, Jennifer Rittner, & Kelly Walters
The Black Experience in Design, is an anthology centering a range of perspectives, spotlights teaching practices, research, stories, and conversations from a Black/African diasporic lens. This text exemplifies the inherently collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of design, providing access to ideas and topics for a variety of audiences, meeting people as they are and wherever they are in their design knowledge.