During the summer of 2024, my current agency, Mono, put on a t-shirt design contest — open to anyone and everyone in the agency. From finance to design and every discipline in between, anyone with an idea was welcome to enter.

I brought forward a design that, admittedly, I didn’t think would win, but one that I loved. Inspired by the drawings of Daniel Johnston and classic jersey design, I created a t-shirt that ended up beating out dozens of other designs (and a few designers).