O Z I I O

Fixed for Fashion
A bicycle boutique with a focus on fixed gear & urban riding, Superb is a full service shop offering repairs and sales in an environment designed to stylize the act of bicycle shopping.  Expanding on the shop’s original 1900’s motif, the retail store is a marriage of Victorian esthetic and minimalist design further [...]

South End Loft Build-Out
As the excitement of  an open-plan loft space subsided and the realities of clearly defined spaces and storage solutions become a need rather than a want, our clients in the South End of Boston asked us to convert their 1000+ square feet of unfinished loft apartment into a functional two-bedroom for them [...]

A benefit for the homeless empowerment project.
Unite aims at bringing artists and musicians together for a night in support of homeless Americans.  Members of O Z I I O participated in preparing an exhibit of photography and street art during the end of summer street fair held in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA.

Pop-up Gallery Exhibition
Curated by members of O Z I I O, Locally Grown is a rotating gallery show of young, local artists in alternative art spaces around Boston.  Most recently: Fort Point, the seaport warehouse district of Boston.
The pieces chosen for the shows reflect the current DIY ethic and trends in parodied social commentary and [...]

SHIFT boston competiton
What if we could walk from Boston to East Boston?  A question we have asked ourselves for as long as we’ve been living in this city.  We propose a Harbor Walk bridge to make such a connection.  By linking both sides of the harbor it is our hope that disused urban fragments such [...]

A Lantern for the City
The ArtsUnion Beacon aims to create a symbol for Union Square that celebrates its multicultural and artistic richness while creating a landmark for Somerville and the city. The concept developed out of the analogy of a cultural quilt stitched together by different local culture’s ornamental patterns. We found this idea to [...]

Forgotten Urban Lots Competition
In a city whose infrastructure continues to change, the number of construction sites and abandoned lots provide nothing but wasted space. The goal in this competition was to created City Dwelling out of a forgotten urban lot adjacent to the service corridor behind Newbury Street and the emergency exit on route 90 [...]

O Z I I O’s proposal for the Swanboat Pavilion and Duck House recognizes the iconic nature of the swan boats as an image of Boston’s most significant qualities: tradition and innovation. Our intention is to use these two qualities to generate a legacy to future generations. The proposal recognizes the rich historic tradition of [...]

Branding / Marketing Strategies

This poster was designed for Net Impact’s kick-off event at Brandeis University. The event’s main feature was Jeffrey Hollender co-founder and chief inspired protagonist of Seventh Generation. The design goals for the poster were to reinterpret the iconic seventh generations graphics to generate interest and to celebrate the focus on sustainable business practices.

Various Branding / Logo Design

Graphic Design / Promotional Work

Thoughts on Designing in a Sub-Culture
In today’s design world, the possibilities to pursue a career in the field have become available independently from a traditional education. A new influx of non-formally trained designers has brought a new approach that invigorates the Industry through the eclectic artistry and unconventional methods of marketing that occur in subcultures.
Funktional [...]

For those not familiar, this Bi-annual event takes place on the National Mall in Washington D.C. amidst the political rallies and museum goers that make our nations capital what it is.  For two weeks in October the Mall becomes a stage for some of the most innovative and promising new technologies in passive, sustainable, and [...]