About FreshAsylum & Aliyah Marr

FreshAsylum is the name of my design firm. I have been a visual designer most of my professional life. I started out as an artist, became an editorial illustrator, then a graphic designer, and finally a multimedia designer. Along the way I taught graphic design and interactive programming at the three top design schools in NYC and published many e-learning modules and video tutorials. I have also written and published several books on creative development and creative empowerment. My work as an author has revived a long-time interest in books and book design.

FRESH ASYLUM BLOG

This blog follows my interests as a visual designer, with an emphasis on book design, and interactive design / e-learning design. In addition you may find articles on social behavior as it relates to business and design: viral marketing, social networking, blogging, web design, advertising, UI design, virtual community building, video, cult marketing, communication, social media management, PR, experience marketing, branding, communication design. This blog is the companion blog for the website below.

FRESH ASYLUM WEBSITE

FreshAsylum.com shows my interactive design work (minus my book design)

IN BRIEF

A creative director and graphic designer (freshasylum.com) with a client list of Fortune 500 companies, I am a creative consultant for companies and a coach for social entrepreneurs. As an educator, I taught graphic design, art, interactive programming, and new media at Parsons, Pratt and The School of Visual Art in New York City.

BIO

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aliyahmarr {at} gmail

Aliyah Marr is a graphic designer, author, business development specialist, creative coach, multimedia artist, inspirational speaker, and educator.

AUTHOR/CREATIVE COACH

Creative projects consultant for entrepreneurs, Aliyah writes and speaks on the power of creative development. She claims that there are more creative geniuses on Earth than at any other time in recorded history. The sheer numbers of creatively awakened, free-thinking individuals on the planet has precipitated a unique event: for the first time, the human species as a whole has a chance to obtain intellectual and creative freedom. We stand at the threshold of the most powerful leap in human evolution—this leap will not be physical or technological; it will be a quantum leap in human consciousness.

At the base of her vision is the empowered, free individual that Aliyah has coined, “the Conscious Creative.” Without the respect and freely-given contributions of all the individuals of a community, no true advancement in human society can be achieved. But the pressure of the awakened individuals will not allow us to fall back into ignorance and unconsciousness; the tsunami of human evolution generated by the quake of creative empowerment is on our event horizon, approaching us as time disappears.

Aliyah has published five books on Kindle and two books in print. Currently, she is working on her next book on creativity and is available for seminars, speaking engagements, and private coaching. Her books, images, and interactive games may be found at: parallelmindzz.com.

Books & games available at: ParallelMindzz

A creative director and graphic designer (freshasylum.com) with a client list of Fortune 500 companies, Aliyah is a creative consultant for companies and a coach for social entrepreneurs. As an educator, she has taught graphic design, art, interactive programming, and new media at Parsons, Pratt and The School of Visual Art in New York City. She teaches design through online tutorials for Media Bistro.

Aliyah’s design site, FreshAsylum

As a multimedia artist she has explored painting, illustration, design, artistic gymnastics, sculpture, music, dance, poetry, prose, and improvisational humor. As a visual artist, she works in a variety of mediums from painting and sculpture through to interactive art and video. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.

Aliyah’s artwork on Radi8.org.