Hi, tell us about your project, what inspired it?

Yeah, so growing up in Northwest Arkansas, I’ve loved it, I’ll say that. But it’s a predominantly white area. So managing race and just being here, I wanted to create a project that tackles that while also going into the consumer market. So that’s kind of the idea around it. What I’m doing specifically is trying to target local people, specifically people of color are going within a predominantly white brick and mortars and how to best enhance their shopper shopping experience.

How do you see your project developing in the future specifically?

I would really like if just any type of takeaway from it, it can be beneficial to combating racial bias. Like I know that I’m not going to be able to solve all of the problems of racism. That’s not my goal. I just would like to highlight some of the factors and try to find some solutions that will actually be able to be taken on and actually implemented in some of these stores.

Tell us about your favorite memory or favorite project from art school.

Geez, I’ll say the thing that I’m going to remember the most about art school. It’s two a.m. sessions in the studio and grabbing the Bluetooth to the speakers and playing my music. That’s what I’m going to remember fondly.

What have you learned in the past four years that you would pass on to future designers?

Just to be confident in your work. You were chosen in the program for a reason and you just continue on developing. It’s best to design every day. That’s the only way you’re going to get better. And with that, you’re just going to have more confidence.