The visual resume summarizes Nathan John Reed's experience in freelance and independent design work, including designing a cardboard chair, book covers, websites, and assisting with performance art set designs, as well as his education in design and urban planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

2. A VISUAL RESUME:
NATHAN JOHN REED

3. Cardboard Chair
INDEPENDENT WORK
A “nest” for the human body. As a cube, the chair abandons visual
appeal and explores tactile qualities: A hard exterior smooth to the
touch, and a soft yet crunchy interior. Olfactory qualities also are
emphasized when one sits in the chair, as the cardboard smell emits
from shredded seat.
Design partner: Patrick DiRito
Client: Young Architects Forum
Media: 200 Cardboard boxes
Photography: Nathan Reed, David Leggett

6. Design progression

7. Construction

9. Book Cover Design
FREELANCE WORK
Women In Technology, a non-profit organization was publishing a
book about successful women in the South. I designed the cover under
the direction of West Reed. I collaborated with copywriter, Ben Reed
for the naming and branding.
Collaboration: West Reed
Client: Women In Technology

10. Design progression - producing alternates

11. “Impactful and inspiring! Extraordinary women share
essential strategies and game plans with purpose.
Filled with wisdom gleaned from experience, Climb
is a tapestry of vibrant profiles, inspiring women
aspiring to success.”
— Connie Glaser, Syndicated Columnist and Women’s Leadership Expert
“Climb brilliantly reflects the intellect, energy and
insight of WIT members influencing the leadership
development of young women.”
— André Schnabl, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton LLP Atlanta
With great warmth and wisdom, Climb delivers compelling stories of women
at different career stages succeeding in the technology business community.
Powerful, personal and poignant essays depict the varied roads traveled and
challenges met by these insightful leaders from an industry where few women
venture. Learn why they are passionate about technology careers. Share in
their rich experiences. Garner valuable advice to incorporate in your own
leadership efforts. From young girls building robots, to a software engineer, to
a high-tech lawyer, to a CEO, these stories of women in the South will appeal
to readers at various points in their professional lives. They convey the heart
and soul of leadership for the next generation.
Leading Women in Technology
Hofmann | Daneker
Share Their Journeys to Success
Collected & Edited by
BUSINESS | U.S. $29.95 | CAN $34.95
Published by Women in Technology, Inc. with support from Sandra Coffey Hofmann
Executive Alliance, Grant Thornton, and design by West Reed.
Bonnie Bajorek Daneker

12. Art Direction & Web Design
FREELANCE WORK
I branded the my band, directed the photography shoot, edited the
pictures, picked out clothes with Rachel Eden, and designed the
website with web developer, David Leggett.
Collaboration: David Leggett, Rachel Eden, Joseph Barbier
Client: Foreign Breakfast

14. Creating Pattern from Music
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
An abstract project designed based on creating shapes from musical
notes and chords . To begin with diagramming and move into more
physical spaces.
Media: Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator
Instructors: Carina Antunez, Marc Cottle

15. Chords can be major or minor.
A basic chord is made from three root notes. To make a 7th chord, another note is added, creating dissonance and tension.
Major Minor Major 7th Minor 7th

16. Creating a matrix of sizes: Rules:
Verses must be minor, and choruses major. There must be a 7th in each series.
End each verse and chorus with a large. Louds end with 7ths.
Beginning of minor notes contain spikes End pieces will lay flatter.
Verse 1 Chorus 1 Verse 2 Chorus 2
- Minor - Minor 7th - Minor - Major - Major 7th - Major - Minor - Minor 7th - Minor 7th - Major - Major 7th - Major 7th
- Small - Small - Large - Small - Small - Large - Medium - Medium - Large - Medium - Medium - Large
Soft Soft Loud Loud

17. Verse 1 Verse 1 Verse 1
Chorus 1 Chorus 1 Chorus 1

18. Verse 2 Verse 2 Verse 2
Chorus 2 Chorus 2 Chorus 2

20. More design samples:
PLACE AND DREAMING SCENOGRAPHIC DESIGN
A photography and text piece exploring the NINE-SQUARE-CUBE PUZZLE Assisting choreographer Jonah Bokaer, Why
role of dreaming and imagination in place- COLOR EXPLORATION I pushed and pulled a perfect nine- Patterns is a performance in which the visual
making. “The house shelters daydreaming, the Studying fine arts before university, I explored square-cube until it became a dynamic design emerges from a single ping-pong
house protects the dreamer, the house allows color theory, and application in oil painting. interpenetrating pavilion in a courtyard ball that is introduced into a frame on stage,
one to dream in peace.” - Gaston Bachelard I explored color harmony and complements initiating a series of choreographed games.
applied to still lifes. Unpredictable results trigger events that
flood the stage with thousands of balls,
which are manipulated by the movements of
the dancers as the square frame is collapsed.
URBAN DESIGN RESEARCH
Research and opinion piece about billboards
and their affect on the Georgian urban A THEATER FOR THE CITY NINE-SQUARE-CUBE PUZZLE
landscape was published in the Atlanta The South to North Georgia. Atlanta to Richter works with different degrees of
Journal Constitution. Midtown and Downtown. In between those reality. He does this through different forms
SHADOW STUDIES two areaswe have Tech Square - one of the of media. For this gallery, I found one way
A film exploration on the subject of human most innovative urban pockets. I want to of arranging his works to bring questions to
motion and representation abstracted - in emphasize and reinforce what it already has the viewer and the artist such as, what is art
shadow, in silhouette, in pure form. going on. vs architecture , and what is representational
vs abstract

21. Nathan John Reed
EXPERIENCE RECOGNITION
Freelance (May 2010 – Present) Young Architects Forum Atlanta
Design and consulting for Women in Technology, Georgia Tech Received award for chair design from a Young Architects Forum
Business Network, Rite Media Group, Swap Meet. Competition, and featured in their 2010 YAF book.
Chez Bushwick + Snarkitecture (June – August 2011) Southern Design Concern
Set design intern for interdisciplinary performance artist Jonah Bokaer Chair exhibited with housewares works by young Southern designers.
for productions at the Guggenheim Museum and Jacob’s Pillow.
NYC, New York Georgia Institute of Technology,
Southern Polytechnic University
Foreign Breakfast (008 – 2010) Chair design exhibited at Georgia Institute of Technology, Southern
Band leader, songwriter, coordinator Polytechnic University
West Reed (April – May 2007) Atlanta Journal Constitution
Intern at local branding and marketing firm Urban design research article titled “Billboards mar the natural beauty
Marietta, Georgia of Georgia Roadsides” featured in opinion column.
English Center (October – December 2005) Mableton Arts Center
English instructor Photography selected and exhibited at Mableton Arts Center, Georgia
Amman, Jordan