Yo! I'm Cam – my friends call me Chaka, hence the name of the site.
I'm a designer, researcher, technologist, and occasional writer and photographer interested in technology, subculture, art, and community (and the blending of all of those), based in Harlem in NYC by way of Philadelphia (and second-gen Ivorian-American 🐘, by way of Abidjan.)
I was most recently at IBM Research as a Digital Designer in New York. Before that, I spent time at Little Giant Creative and the Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia as well as Four Corners Film in London. I count myself as part of Trust and the School For Poetic Computation as well.
I’m available for work - you’re interested in learning more about me and what I do (or just want to look at something more interesting than a black screen), check out some of my work, drop me a line via email and say hello.
Additional works available by request
IBM Research Events & Design
Merchandising and Branding
Design Research
Chapter 1: Transparency
Editorial Design, Layout, Writing
Art direction, cover artwork, print design, layout, lettering, photograph
NMZ Records
Graphic Design, Cover Layout, Merchandising and Bandcamp Storefront
- Photography - Teá Fish, Jordan Shteif, Mario Dante
- Packaging, Album Layout - Triple Dog Studio
As part of Trust's collective reading series I co-hosted a discussion panel on community, world-building, and fandom and how we can use fan communities as a guide to imagine better communities and worlds in "real life" on May 18, 2021. A recording of the session is available, please contact me or Trust’s email for details.
On October 14th 2021 I presented a talk in the Trust Discord space, “Until Everything Is A Starleague”, discussing the gamification of everyday life, esports, competittive gaming, celebrity, and lifestyle luxury brands. A recording of the session is available, please contact me or Trust’s email for details.