36 Questions for Civic Love Studio Brazen + National Public Housing MuseumSpring/Summer 2021 36 Questions for Civic Love began as a digital toolkit and has expanded to a nationally performed program. In 2021, I designed an outdoor interactive installation of the project for the San Francisco Urban Film Festival (SFUFF). Along with the installation, there […]
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What You Can See/Be Exhibition DesignChicago Design ArchiveNortheastern Illinois UniversitySummer 2021 You cannot be what you cannot see. The design industry has a long history of homogeneity, which is discouraging for student designers from marginalized communities. Lack of representation in design history and education has created a barrier of access for student designers. Design has […]
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Looking Back: Chicago Design Milestones Exhibition Design & BrandingChicago 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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Belonging: Place, Power, (Im)Possibilities Exhibition Physical + Virtual Exhibition DesignTonika Lewis Johnson / Chicago Justice GallerySeptember 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 […]
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National Public Housing Museum Preview Exhibition Exhibition Design & BrandingNational Public Housing MuseumArcheworks, 2019 As a startup museum, the National Public Housing Museum installed a preview of the future exhibits to be included in the permanent museum upon its opening slated for Spring 2024.
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History Lessons: Everyday Stories from Chicago Public Housing Exhibition DesignNational 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 […]
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