JJ is a graphic designer and web developer—making websites (1), graphics (2), and books (3) for projects about art, reading, and organizing.
Most recently art directed at the L.A. Times for special digital builds with director Alex Tatusian. Collaborated with the Data and Graphics team, a multi-disciplinary team of journalist-coders. What was made? A feature about commuters on the Metro (4), a digital memorial for the victims of the Monterey Park shooting (5), a starter kit for mental health in Mandarin Chinese (6), and a wild visual poem with A.I. images and Los Angeles literature (7)—to name a few. Major project have "full spreads" accessed via the table of contents.
Nothing gets going on its own. Years ago, many projects were made for friend of a friend, Hoda Katebi, a writer and organizer based in Chicago, including Blue Tin Production, a worker-owned apparel studio; Believers Bail Out, a Muslim bail-fund organization; and Because We’ve Read, an international book club focused on radical texts.
Nowadays at a new project with long-time friends and collaborators, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, an art archive for contemporary art.