Jacob Waites
I design, prototype, and build brands and interactions full of expressive type, fun motion, bold colors, and minimal line-work. Sometimes I write and speak about design. My craft is the way I speak to the world, I work to help others find their voice and make them successful.
Strange Ventures
Supporting and funding the future of creative AI Services and Infrastructure
I created the brand and website for Strange Ventures, a venture capital and venture studio firm run by Tara Tan. As a design partner for Strange, I serve the venture studio and it's members to bring world-class design and critical thinking to their teams, and help to build a pathway to a more equitable and ethical relationship between creatives and AI.
The brand and website
Strange ventures is inspired by strange loops, a phenomenon in which, whenever movement is made upwards or downwards through the levels of some hierarchical system, the system unexpectedly arrives back where it started.
Combining style and AI for visuals
I created a unique style for Strange's visuals using a model trained on my original infrared photography work and 3D work to output futuristic, organic renders which I collaged into final pieces for the site.
Unused concepts
