You and your friends have been invited to a luxurious pot-luck dinner, though one of you is secretly a cannibal. Figure out who they are through rounds of serving dishes to one another and vote them out at the end to win. Be careful though, as the cannibal will be serving human meat throughout the game and can poison you at any moment!October-December 2023

STEAMBOX is a series of STEM-based activity kits for kids age 8-14. The brand builds itself upon getting kids excited about their future.
The Designs are:
- Educational
-Engaging
-Collaborative
-Fun!Case Closed is a forensic science-based activity kit. The kit acts as a game that takes place in two parts: making crime scenes and solving them.February-April 2024

'CROWD' is a lighting piece that attempts to emulate a mass of wings either coming from one unknown creature or a swarm of them, the being up to the viewer. It hopes to emit an uneasy and chaotic feeling.Entry in the 2023 IESNYC Student Lighting Competition.March 2023

'Laika and the Critter Chronicles' is a practice at designing a figure/doll collection for children's object play for ages 7-9. The process surrounded designing a series of characters and implementing the style of such into a physical, three-dimensional product.September 2023

Modern and three-dimensional take on the infamous game of "Clue". Made entirely of wood and hand painted with acrylic paints.April 2022

'Compass' is a collaborative effort by Forrest Truman, Jessie Duit, and Chloe Liu. It is a board game that utilizes the directions of a compass to introduce a new way of moving players on a board. It also includes a multi-layered, rotating board for more interesting gameplay.October 2023

'Beatrix Bunny' was a project surrounding learning the basics of doll-making and packaging design alongside world and character building.April 2022

Born and raised in Charlotte, NC, Forrest taught himself how to sew and design, which then led to him studying fashion design at Northwest School of the Arts and industrial design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He specializes in board game, children's toy, and soft good design.Personal: [email protected]
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Teaching art and design is something that can aid anyone at any age. I enjoy following a Montessori style of teaching that allows for the growth process to happen naturally. Getting the student or peer taught to be confident and comfortable in what they are doing is the most important part, and being able to watch them try, restart, reroute and flourish is just as rewarding as the end product. So far I have taught both adolescents and adults how to sew and design for such in order for them to be successful with whatever they set out for.

Surviving Pratt is a board game where players traverse the Pratt Institute campus in search of tokens to complete projects. They are able to play as five of the different majors offered at Pratt with unique abilities. The game is aimed to be family friendly and easy to learn quickly.Box and character illustrations done by Annie Kennedy. Her work can be found at aekennedy.comSeptember-November 2024

Backyard Buddies are a series of stuffed animals made from repurposed camping tent fabric. They are specifically designed to withstand outdoor play and were originally inspired by existing stuffed animals that often get dirty and worn from play. Each Backyard Buddy takes inspiration from their designated animal's anatomy to design a fun visual language that also aids in a specific function (sleep, wear, carry, etc.).They are designed to be fully sustainable by also using tent and sewing scraps as the stuffing, leading to an almost zero-waste manufacturing process.September-December 2024