Chicago Design Through The Decades Art on theMART Projection InstallationChicago Design ArchiveWinter 2022 Article in the Architect’s Newspaper The Chicago Design Through the Decades project is a swift, exciting journey through the history of Chicago design spanning the last one hundred years (1920s–2020s). The project is based on the vast collection of the Chicago Design Archive (CDA), […]
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Chicagolandia Oral History Project Branding + WebsiteFall 2022 chicagolandiaoralhistory.org The Chicagolandia Oral History Project documents the history of the lives, work, and culture of Latinx suburban communities in the Chicagoland area. Participants share and record stories of the triumphs and struggles of the past to create a more just and equitable future for all Latinx […]
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Just Action Equity Toolkit Website Toolkit2022 www.justaction.co Just Action is a citywide coalition of over 340 civic leaders and institutions calling for a collective commitment to reimagine how civic power flows through three primary channels: Money, Narrative and Policy. In 2021, I designed the interactive Just Action Equity Toolkit. The website acts as a portal […]
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Inequity for Sale Website, GraphicsFall 2021 inequityforsale.com Inequity for Sale is an artistic, virtual, and physical exploration of homes sold on Land Sale Contracts in the 50s and 60s, demonstrating how legalized theft in the past directly contributed to present inequity in Black communities. The project by Tonika Lewis Johnson includes 10 life-sized land markers, […]
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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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