Selected work / International Event Identity

Jessup

Three annual identities.
One global stage.

The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition asks students around the world to argue a fictional dispute between countries before a simulated International Court of Justice. Across three annual editions, I translated each dense legal problem into a visual system that could guide the event from its central poster to signage, social media, apparel, and the competition itself.

My contribution: Creative direction, annual visual identities,
campaign and event applications
Organization: International Law Students Association
Project period: 2016-2018
Recognition: Graphis-recognized work

2017 / Split Sisters

One portrait. Two nations. A conflict visible at a glance.

The fictional dispute centered on neighboring nations divided by competing claims over land, water, and political responsibility. I brought that tension into one arresting image: two women joined at the center and separated by opposing landscapes.

Water and waves define one side; sandstone and drought define the other. A restrained typographic system kept the portrait central, while the split palette helped each position travel across print, digital, environmental, and event applications.

2017 Jessup Split Sisters poster displayed against a pale wall — The Sisters of the Sun / Central campaign image2017

Two complementary 2017 Jessup event panels representing Rahad and Atania — Two opposing positions within one identity system

2017 Jessup identity applied to litigation signage during the competition — The identity in the courtroom

2017 Jessup event signage and projection used during international rounds — Event signage and large-scale projection

2016 / Encrypting Evidence

A visual language for evidence, surveillance, and uncertainty.

The 2016 case layered cyber-surveillance, government spying, broadcasting law, and ecological harm. I built a darker visual language from fingerprints, encrypted code, hive structures, and points of contact.

Those elements connected the digital investigation to its physical consequences, giving the competition a flexible system for apparel, directional signage, room identification, social media, and the central event poster.

2016 Jessup Frost Files poster with fingerprint, hive, and encryption graphics — The Frost Files / Central campaign image2016

Black 2016 Jessup T-shirts using hive and fingerprint graphics — Team apparel for the opposing countries

2016 Jessup poster and wayfinding applications using the Frost Files identity — A shared language across print and wayfinding

2018 / Territorial Sea

Power above and below the surface.

The 2018 dispute moved the story underwater. Maps, navigational grids, submerged vessels, and contrasting gradients distinguished the opposing countries while keeping them inside one dramatic visual world.

The system balanced military scale with quieter technical detail, allowing the same core idea to work across the main poster, freestanding event graphics, and the competition environment.

Two vertical 2018 Jessup event banners with submarine and underwater vehicle imagery — Opposing sides expressed through a shared campaign system

2018 Jessup poster featuring a submarine, underwater vehicle, and navigation graphics — The Egart and the Ibra / Central campaign image

A system built to change

Three disputes. Three visual worlds. One approach designed to make each argument visible.

Created for the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Annual identity, campaign, and event application design.

Project imagery and event photography shown from 2016-2018.

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