This poster series reimagines three hip-hop albums through bold typography, layered photography, and dramatic composition. Each design plays with scale and layout to capture the energy and personality of the music while creating a modern, collectible poster aesthetic.
This poster series reimagines three hip-hop albums through bold typography, layered photography, and dramatic composition. Each design plays with scale and layout to capture the energy and personality of the music while creating a modern, collectible poster aesthetic.
The goal of this series was to capture the energy and essence of each album by blending expressive typography with performance photography. I focused on using live tour imagery to reflect the emotion and movement behind DAMN. and IGOR, while My Krazy Life draws from alternative visuals that still communicate the album’s raw, personal attitude.
The final posters each reflect the feeling of their respective albums through layered imagery, dramatic composition, and bold type. By incorporating tour photos where possible, the designs highlight the artists’ stage presence and tone, and My Krazy Life uses complementary visuals to maintain the same sense of intensity. Together, the series creates a cohesive set that reinterprets familiar albums with a fresh, visually driven approach.
This poster series reimagines three hip-hop albums through bold typography, layered photography, and dramatic composition. Each design plays with scale and layout to capture the energy and personality of the music while creating a modern, collectible poster aesthetic.
The goal of this series was to capture the energy and essence of each album by blending expressive typography with performance photography. I focused on using live tour imagery to reflect the emotion and movement behind DAMN. and IGOR, while My Krazy Life draws from alternative visuals that still communicate the album’s raw, personal attitude.
The final posters each reflect the feeling of their respective albums through layered imagery, dramatic composition, and bold type. By incorporating tour photos where possible, the designs highlight the artists’ stage presence and tone, and My Krazy Life uses complementary visuals to maintain the same sense of intensity. Together, the series creates a cohesive set that reinterprets familiar albums with a fresh, visually driven approach.
This poster series reimagines three hip-hop albums through bold typography, layered photography, and dramatic composition. Each design plays with scale and layout to capture the energy and personality of the music while creating a modern, collectible poster aesthetic.
The goal of this series was to capture the energy and essence of each album by blending expressive typography with performance photography. I focused on using live tour imagery to reflect the emotion and movement behind DAMN. and IGOR, while My Krazy Life draws from alternative visuals that still communicate the album’s raw, personal attitude.
The final posters each reflect the feeling of their respective albums through layered imagery, dramatic composition, and bold type. By incorporating tour photos where possible, the designs highlight the artists’ stage presence and tone, and My Krazy Life uses complementary visuals to maintain the same sense of intensity. Together, the series creates a cohesive set that reinterprets familiar albums with a fresh, visually driven approach.
This poster series reimagines three hip-hop albums through bold typography, layered photography, and dramatic composition. Each design plays with scale and layout to capture the energy and personality of the music while creating a modern, collectible poster aesthetic.
The goal of this series was to capture the energy and essence of each album by blending expressive typography with performance photography. I focused on using live tour imagery to reflect the emotion and movement behind DAMN. and IGOR, while My Krazy Life draws from alternative visuals that still communicate the album’s raw, personal attitude.
The final posters each reflect the feeling of their respective albums through layered imagery, dramatic composition, and bold type. By incorporating tour photos where possible, the designs highlight the artists’ stage presence and tone, and My Krazy Life uses complementary visuals to maintain the same sense of intensity. Together, the series creates a cohesive set that reinterprets familiar albums with a fresh, visually driven approach.
The sketches explore multiple dashboard configurations, including split views, resizable widgets, and dismissible panels. I focused on how drivers might prioritize information differently depending on the trip, such as short commutes versus long highway drives.These concepts helped shape the idea of a flexible grid system and informed how widgets could expand, collapse, or remain persistent on screen.
To keep the in-car experience simple and distraction free, customization is handled through a companion mobile app. Drivers can create, save, and switch between dashboard layouts before starting a drive.
This approach allows deeper personalization without adding complexity to the CarPlay interface itself. Layouts can be tailored to different driving scenarios and recalled instantly when entering the car.
Through iteration, the design converged on a maximum of three widgets displayed simultaneously. This limit balances customization with safety by reducing visual clutter and keeping key information easy to scan.
A forward-facing 3D navigation view was introduced to improve spatial awareness and reduce the mental effort required to interpret turns, depth, and distance. The navigation experience was designed to feel grounded in the real world rather than abstract.
Each widget is designed to be resizable and dismissible with minimal interaction, prioritizing quick glances over prolonged engagement.
To explore a more realistic navigation experience, I built a forward-facing 3D map prototype rather than using a traditional top-down view. The goal was to reflect how drivers perceive space while moving, using depth and perspective to improve glanceability and spatial awareness.
I prototyped the map using Mapbox and JavaScript, iterating heavily on camera behavior. Small changes to pitch, zoom, and forward offset dramatically affected how immersive the experience felt. Starting navigation further down the route and bringing the camera closer to surrounding buildings helped the environment feel like “driving through” a city instead of observing it from above.
I also refined color, contrast, and route smoothing to keep the interface calm and readable in motion. These technical explorations directly informed the final CarPlay concept, reinforcing forward motion as the primary visual cue and reducing cognitive load during driving.
AI was used as a collaborative tool during this phase to accelerate testing and iteration, while all final design and interaction decisions were made intentionally.
The final concept presents a flexible CarPlay dashboard that adapts to different driving needs. Navigation, media, and secondary widgets work together within a consistent visual system designed for clarity and ease of use.
The interface emphasizes forward motion, spatial context, and minimal interaction, creating a calmer and more intuitive driving experience.
The redesigned system improves navigation glanceability through a forward-facing 3D map view. Drivers can customize their dashboard layout to match different driving contexts. Multiple widgets can remain visible at once, reducing the need for app switching. Widget resizing improves visual hierarchy and quick-glance usability. A companion app separates setup from driving, reinforcing safety-first design.
Overall, the concept demonstrates a more flexible, intuitive, and driver-adaptive CarPlay experience.
This project pushed me to think critically about interface design in high-attention environments. It reinforced the importance of hierarchy, restraint, and context-aware customization. If expanded further, I’d explore real-world user testing, voice-based interactions, and adaptive layouts that respond automatically to driving behavior.
