Research

Insights



Headlines from 2019 on big tech



Memes from Silicon Valley

Because the general public widely and openly accepts the habits of big tech companies

Cover & Theme

The Theme

Corrupted Data

The Fall 2019 issue of the Burr explores how digital culture has fused with the physical world to produce severe and unintended consequences.



Communication Tone

Narcissistic
Distant
Blunt


Cover Explorations

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Final Cover

By bringing the iconic Facebook reaction emojis into a 3D environment and appropriating their expressions to slowly warp into more insidious and disturbed expressions, we hope to convey the way in which global data conglomerates like Apple, Amazon, and Facebook hide their self-serving intentions behind the cutesy, smiling facade of emojis – which, in and of themselves have becomes tools of misinformation that further increase the red/blue divide and halt real meaningful discussion about news on social media.

Interior Spreads

Illustration

Additional assets I created to aid as visuals for stories.

Final Magazine