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Hi. I'm Michelle Nam.
I'm a CD
from LA & OC 
living in SF.

I've got 99 problems
but a solution ain't one

I am a problem solver and always have been. I enjoy the problem solving process in all aspects of my life — from work down to my outfits.

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My official background is in advertising from Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA) and Business and International Relations from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA - Go Trojans!).

 

There is one defining moment when I started to think that the life of excel spreadsheets and word docs might not be enough for me. It all started on April 1, 2004 when I decided it would be a great idea to prank my friends with the oh-so-familiar LA City Parking Tickets. I had already done the research with all the parking tickets I had received and just did a little extra recon to collect friends' vehicle information (not creepy at all). I then emulated the tickets and envelopes down to the millimeter using Photoshop 7 and the skills that I had retained from high school. This was before I knew the beauty that is Kelly Paper, so I utilized the white borders of Fendi ads from WWD, which were the same glossy white textures of the tickets.

 

You could say that I was just a young con-artist in the making, but I call it keeping in line with brand standards.

I AM A(N)...

art director
creative director
aspiring polymath
creative problem-solver
fashion fanatic
food junkie
travel lover
snowboarder
museu
m maniac
hot sauce connoisseur
sports dabbler
californian (born & raised)
passionate planner & organizer
wannabe spy
exceptional gift-giver
theme-lover
loyal af person
proud korean-american
polyglot-in-progress
and always just a little bit extra.

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