DMOC Member Showcase T-Shirt Design
Every year, the Design Museum of Chicago invites 50 artists and designers to create original artwork for their annual Member Showcase T-shirt series. In 2025, I was asked to be one of those artists. My design celebrates the collision of nature and urban life, using pressed flowers, moss, acorns, and found natural materials arranged within the museum's iconic logo template. You can see and purchase HERE
Materials set up for photography
Photo Credit: Cenìnye Harris (@ceninye)
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Client: Design Museum of Chicago
Project Type: Limited Edition T-Shirt Design
Series: Annual Member Showcase T-Shirt Series (1 of 50 Artists)
Year: 2026
Medium: Pressed flowers, moss, acorns, natural materials, photography, digital design
Project Brief: Create original artwork for the Design Museum of Chicago's annual Member Showcase T-shirt series, representing personal artistic practice and perspective.
Design Approach: Composed natural materials (moss, pressed daisies, acorns) within the museum's logo template. Photographed the temporary arrangement, then digitized for printing.
Concept: Celebrating the intersection of nature and urban life, highlighting resilience and beauty that persists even in concrete-heavy environments. Reflects personal practice of pressing wildflowers and creating botanical art.
Outcome: Design featured as part of DMOC's 2026 Member Showcase T-shirt collection, available for purchase through the museum's shop. One of 50 artists selected to participate in the annual series.
Photo Credit: Cenìnye Harris (@ceninye)
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When DMOC invited me to participate in their annual Member Showcase T-shirt series, I knew immediately I wanted to work with natural materials. My botanical art practice—pressing wildflowers collected from city walks—felt like the most authentic thing I could contribute.
I started by laying moss on my photo backdrop, then kept building. More moss. Acorns. Daisies I'd collected from walks around Chicago and pressed. I arranged the natural elements, photographed the composition, then fit the image into the Design Museum's logo template digitally.
The concept felt right for this moment. In our screen-saturated world, I find myself constantly drawn back to creating with my hands using physical materials. This design brings fragments of nature's resilience into the urban landscape, reminding us that even in the city's concrete corners, life persists and beauty grows.
The shirts are now available through the Design Museum of Chicago's shop as part of their 2026 Member Showcase series, alongside designs from 49 other incredible artists. Seeing my work alongside theirs—and knowing people are wearing it around the city—feels like a quiet way of bringing a little more nature into the everyday. You can get one HERE
