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The Paleogeographic Hyperobject

Exploring deep time through transposition between browser-based, interactive and printed design

This project merges web design, graphic design, and creative coding to represent the complex journey of an ammonite fossil from the point that you find it high in an arid mountain range all the way back to the deepest reaches of geological time.

The journey begins with a huge printed poster measuring approximately 3' x 5' that invites the audience to engage with the website and their printer to complete a narrative by installing printed mini-posters (8.5" x 11") in the section on the left-hand side.

The array of printouts, found through an engaging 'treasure hunt' through a field of ammonite fossils on the site, tell the full story of a morphing geography burying and calcifying a once-dominant species.

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Expertise in geospatial analysis and data processing turned reconstructed scientific data (seen left) on prehistoric continents into elegant and engaging graphics and user experiences.

The full installation was demonstrated to graduate students at California College of the Arts in December 2025. 
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The choice to wear a Jurassic Park hat on that day was unintentional, but fitting.

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