Work in Progress

Life is imperfect. It’s also political.

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

—Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, is a thinker & maker I highly admire. Fuller seemingly valued both form and function equally—a perspective in which we share. He strived to design systems that performed the best with the least resources. His design principles provide a sort of North Star for me.

Portfolio of BS

specializing in branding, infographics, & mapping

Category

Branding

Client

Progressive GOP (Gun Owning Psychologists)

Scope

logo
system

Category

Branding

Client

River + Root Photography

Scope

logo
design

Category

Branding

Client

Premye

Scope

brand system for packaging

Category

Digital Strategy

Client

Office of BS

Scope

social media infographics & educational series posts

Category

Illustration

Client

Office of BS
(self)

Scope

portraiture for social media

Category

Illustration

Clients

Office of BS,
Titwrench

Scope

merch design

Not Fake News

 

Westword

“The artist—who once worked as the deputy communications director for the Colorado Senate Democrats before becoming disillusioned with the party—became worried that Night Window was a Trojan horse for gentrification.”

Salt Mag

Regular community members often develop the wrong belief system by believing everything they read … if they could just come out and speak with some of the unhoused, that would be a key to start changing things.”

Denver Post

“All speakers during public comment criticized the police department and many asked for further investigation and discipline.

‘If there are no consequences, nothing will change,’ Blair Sagan said.”

Taos News

“‘I'm really excited about connecting with local queers, allies, and makers. Taos has a vibrant LGBTQ community, but it tends to be scattered, so it's my favorite thing when events like these bring folks together,’ says Blair Scout Sagan, the mastermind and designer behind Office of BS.”

Denverite

“The group of about 12 was protesting a new Regional Transportation District policy that bans eating, lying and sitting on the floor at the bus depot because of ‘problematic and unsafe behavior in the station.’”

Westword

“On behalf of From Allies to Abolitionists, we must call these assertions disingenuous at best, and criminally misleading at worst. This hollow, hackneyed rhetoric is yet another example of the false narrative the mayor has been selling—one that abounds with disinformation and subversive motives.”

Denverite

“Blair Sagan, who was giving Riggs a haircut one Monday night, said that more people need to see those experiencing homelessness as members of their community for things to change.”

Resources

collaboration > competition

 

resources for renters

nationwide advocates & where to find them

9 to 5
Website Facebook Twitter

Atlanta Homeless Union
Instagram Twitter

Autonomous Tenants Union Network
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

Chicago Tenants Movement
Website Instagram Twitter

Chicago Union of the Homeless
Instagram Facebook Twitter

Coalition on Homelessness (SF)
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

Colorado COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project
Website Facebook Twitter

Colorado Homes for All
Website Facebook

Defend Boyle Heights (LA)
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

Defend NELA (LA)
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

Defend Our Hoodz (Austin)
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

Housing Justice for All (New York)
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

KC Tenants
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

Los Angeles Tenants Union
Instagram Facebook Twitter

NEWR Denver
Website Instagram Facebook

NEWR Boulder
Website Facebook Twitter

PDX Rent Strike
Instagram Facebook Twitter

Right to the City Alliance
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

SAFE Boulder County
Instagram Facebook Twitter

SMASH (Miami)
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

United for a New Economy
Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

 

resources for makers

tools for driven creative folk

Sources

For infographics, mainly in reference to Instagram posts

Denver’s Rent Burden
CBS | Salary.com

State of the Surveillance State
Comparitech | Consumer Reports | Harvard | Vice | The Intercept | How Stuff Works