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Physical + Virtual Exhibition Design Tonika Lewis Johnson / Chicago Justice Gallery September 2020 — Tonika Johnson chronicles the ways in which nine young people have been made to feel they don’t belong in their own city in a series of portraits and interviews. While Johnson’s portraits of young peoples’ experiences paint a grim picture…
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Design & Riso Printing Studio Brazen + National Public Housing Museum May 2020 — As cases of COVID-19 spread throughout Chicago, those who were marginalized before began feeling it even more. Access to PPE was not being provided to folks living in public housing in Chicago. Studio Brazen + the National Public Housing Museum worked…
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Exhibition Design & Branding Chicago Design Archive (CDA) Archeworks, 2019 — In the first public event hosted by the CDA, this exhibit showcases highlights of the collection in Chicago Design Milestones. Developed in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago and Columbia College Chicago, the Chicago Design Milestones installation visualizes the evolution of Chicago design by…
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Branding, 2015 Where There is Not is an organization started by architect and educator, Jae Cha. The organization leads students in creating products that are meant to reach areas in the world that have a basic need for survival and social input. Research and case studies determine areas of focus and products are developed, sometimes as…
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Logo Refresh and Website Adventure Learning Center and Camp Nassau, Bahamas, 2018 http://www.adventurelearningcenterandcamp.org/ __ Adventure Learning Center and Camp (ALC Bahamas) is a place for students and families in Nassau, Bahamas, to come and engage in a camp experience. The camp and center have a petting zoo and other attractions appealing to young children…
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Exhibition Design National Public Housing Museum, Summer 2018 Named #6 in the Chicago Tribune’s top 10 exhibitions in Chicago in 2018. Instead of showcasing rarefied objects in the standard museum fashion, this one put on display mundane things from public housing residents — a mason’s tools, a Pyrex dish, a garden hose — and told…
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Print, Web, Collateral, and Site Design Open Engagement, A Socially Engaged Art Practice Conference New York City, 2018 — Open Engagement (OE) is an annual artist-led conference dedicated to expanding the dialogue around and creating a site of care for the field of socially engaged art. The conference highlights the work of transdisciplinary artists, activists,…
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18″ x 24″ Poster UIC School of Art & Art History GenEd Recruitment Poster, Fall 2015 — Developed for UIC School of Art & Art History to recruit non-art majors to take art & art history classes to fulfill their GenEd requirements.
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Holiday Card & Pin Studio Brazen, 2018 — Studio Brazen wanted to send a shout out to all their loyal Brazen Babes for the holiday season with a slightly witch-y flare. Combining hand lettering with watercolor imagery, the graphics were then printed in three colors (medium blue, black, and gold) on their beloved risograph. The…
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Event Branding Judson University, School of Art & Design Creative Retreat, 2017 — In the fall of 2017, Judson University’s Art & Design Department took their students to Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, WI, for a weekend retreat exploring the idea of Wabi Sabi. The Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent,…
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