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A group of us ditched our
smartphones for a month. It changed us.


An interactive feature for The Washington Post’s Local desk following journalist Brittany Shammas as she embarks on a month-long social experiment hosted by the group Month Offline, trading her smartphone for a flip phone. The piece examines how disconnecting reshaped her routines, relationships, and sense of connection in an always-on digital culture.

I led the art direction of the project, defining its visual language and narrative pacing from concept through publication. I coordinated photographers to capture isolated object imagery that anchored the story’s aesthetic, and guided development from Figma mockups to the final live build to ensure design fidelity across the experience.






Before establishing the color palette, I collaborated with photographer Kaitlyn Dolan to capture all story assets, ensuring they could be cleanly isolated and adapted as spot illustrations throughout the piece.
 

I dissected Month Offline’s branding to develop a custom display typeface inspired by its materials, pairing it with a Post-approved color palette to maintain brand cohesion while giving the story a distinct and fun visual identity that paid hommage to the social experiement.


All assets were first mocked in Figma, 
refined in Adobe Illustrator, and ultimately 
translated into HTML for publication across 
desktop and a custom mobile experience.


I collaborated with Brittany to shape the story flow and narrative structure, creating section breakers from object photography and insights drawn from her experience. Each graphic adhered to the established stylistic system and functioned as supporting visual storytelling.