Hello! I’m Brooke, a senior studying Industrial Design and Photography at Carnegie Mellon University.

I want to make work that intimately connects people to their belongings, the environment, and others.






Check out some of my projects ->



Re-Made: Outdoor Seating

Second-hand furniture is rich with story, but is disregarded for its physical imperfections.
Re-Made outdoor seating utilizes the material and stories from locally-sourced chairs to
create stronger connections between people and the places they inhabit.







Knitting Needle Table

A coffee table made from hickory and hard maple with removable knitting needle shelving.
A demonstration of the natural and aesthetically timeless possibilities in utilizing discarded
objects to design higher-end products.








Hitch Bag

A bag designed to ‘hitch’ a ride on your backpack. For students and backpack-wearers
searching for an easy, secure, and stylish way to transport items one might not want to
shove inside of their backpack.








52 Closets

A 412 page, hardcover book, but also a photographic exploration of people through
their closets.








Driving Lesson Cards & Folio

For driving instructors to easily keep a record of each lesson so that student drivers
have a clearer reference for their progress and what to practice.









CURRENT WORK, COMING SOON:

1. Modular Home Lighting. (Design Capstone Project). April 2026.
2. Morning Chair. (Furniture Design II). March 2026.
3. SPARES, apparel / clothing brand. (Design Independent Study). April 2026.



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