CURRENT MISSION

I'm excommunicating myself from the corporation. I don't know what I'll find out there, but I bet it'll be a lot better than what my friends are trying to spook into me.

ABOUT ME

Graphic designer specializing in web design. Based in New York City. Sufferer of major wanderlust.

Places I want to go in my lifetime:
The Grand Canyon
Petra
Persepolis
Cuba
Easter Island
Machu Picchu
Cairo
Space

PHILOSOPHY

"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."
-Oscar Wilde

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I'm looking for couches to surf on. I can't host anyone at the moment but I'm always down to hang out.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed with a friend in Tromso, Norway in 2012.

Interests

Traveling (obviously), local food, movies, music, art, baseball

• arts
• design
• graphic design
• dining
• movies
• traveling
• music
• baseball
• animation

Music, Movies, and Books

Last 5 that I loved

Movies - Boyhood (Richard Linklater) Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach) Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche), The Grand Master (Wong Kar-Wai), Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn)

Music albums - Beacon (Two Door Cinema Club), La Roux (La Roux), More than Just a Dream (Fitz and the Tantrums), The Electric Lady (Janelle Monae), Dive (Tycho)

Books - Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi), Vagabonding (Rolf Potts), Hey Whipple, Squeeze This (Luke Sullivan), Shenzhen (Guy Delisle), White Teeth (Zadie Smith)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swam in the Mediterranean, Saw the first Major League Baseball game ever played in China, Climbed Mt Fuji in the middle of the night to watch the sunrise, met a film director in New York who told me to work harder at the things I love.

Teach, Learn, Share

I offer lessons in graphic design in exchange for a couch. This includes Adobe programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign as well as design aesthetics.

Also, if you want to know where to find the best pizza in New York City, I'm your guy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States