Director + Designer
Brookline, MA
2023
Brookline, MA
2023
Hand-Me-Down is a project on community, collaboration, and collective. On April 15, 2023, it culminated in an interdisciplinary runway show blending music, fashion, and community at a local church in Brookline, MA. Centered on conversation as research, the project uses design to connect people, disciplines, and narratives into a shared moment.
Hand-Me-Down was made possible by the Massachusetts Cultural Council︎︎︎, Brookline Commission for the Arts, and Thrifty Threads at United Parish Church.
Hand-Me-Down was made possible by the Massachusetts Cultural Council︎︎︎, Brookline Commission for the Arts, and Thrifty Threads at United Parish Church.
[Identity]
At the intersection of history and the hand-made, Hand-Me-Down creates a visual language rooted in the architecture and communal spirit of the church.
At the intersection of history and the hand-made, Hand-Me-Down creates a visual language rooted in the architecture and communal spirit of the church.
United Parish, built in 1900 in the Gothic Revival style, serves as the foundation for the design system. Drawing from its ornate architectural elements—stained glass, window tracery, and stone-carved type—the identity reinterprets these details through a contemporary lens.
Blending the dramatic elegance of Gothic Revival with the raw energy of DIY community flyers, the typographic system fuses bold punk aesthetics with expressive, gothic-inspired lettering—honoring both the grandeur of the space and the grassroots spirit of the community it serves.
[Promotion]
Each flyer set featured multiple visual iterations of the same message to appeal to diverse audiences and aesthetic sensibilities. Promoting the flyers around Coolidge Corner—both in print and on social media—helped root the design in the local landscape, making it feel familiar, visible, and alive within the neighborhood.
