In another collaboration with Hoog, I explained the forgotten plans for New York’s subway. This was my biggest project yet, involving intensive research about a dense urban planning topic. The result was a script that had to carefully balance complexity and clarity. This project was also a huge learning experience for integrating map-making into a video production pipeline.
This collaboration with Hoog was about a mid-century proposal to run highways through the middle of Amsterdam. Crazy! Sadly, there was a lot of fascinating material that had to be cut for the sake of a deadline. Nevertheless, it was a great experience in storytelling and working with maps in video production, and I'm proud of how the result lifted history off the page.
I collaborated with Hoog to write a screenplay about an ambitious young urban planner on a quest to build skyscrapers in the Netherlands' most important city. The infotainment piece uses character-driven storytelling to explain the complex social, political, economic, and geographical realities that can thwart urbanist idealism.
I used R to compile data from the U.S. Census Bureau, creating a nationwide dataset on housing and population characteristics. From this, I calculated the ratio of median house price to median household income, a standard way to measure housing affordability. I mapped the results across ~32,000 communities, grouping them into clear affordability categories. To make the map easy to read, I used a dark background for contrast, a high-visibility color scale, and kept labels and legends simple. The result is a national map that shows housing affordability patterns clearly and at a glance.
I digitized and redesigned an archival map of Paris that showed plans for highways through the city center. The original map used similar colors and symbols for different features, which blurred distinctions and created clutter. I corrected this by designing a new symbology that establishes hierarchy between map features, improving clarity and usability. The redesigned version employs an accessible, colorblind-friendly palette based on the work of Paul Tol.
