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Info
Sarah Chan is a graphic designer who lacks restraint when ordering takeout.

Work
  1. Design Forecast
  2. DFARCW
  3. Constructing Media
  4. Exhibition: Constructing Media
  5. YES
  6. Cloud Space
  7. Documentation: Cloud Space
  8. Exhibition: This is NOT LA
  9. Next Stop
  10. Studio Books
  11. EMission Zero
  12. Workplace Performance

Teaching & Lectures
  1. Advanced Representation, Department of Architecture, University of Washington, graduate class
  2. “Careers Related to Architecture”, USC Arch 370 Lecture
  3. “Constructing Media: MH + CM”, Miller Hull Partnership, Seattle & San Diego Studio Lecture Series
  4. “Constructing Media”, Washington State University Lecture

Exhibitions & Awards
  1. Bob Hull Research Grant, 2019
  2. Seattle Datascapes Information Graphics Exhibition, 2017

Mark

8. Exhibition: This is NOT LA


Research, Representation, Exhibition Design, Graphic Design, Branding, Photography
This exhibition explores the representation of ideas, shaped by individuals' preconceived notions or limited experiences of Los Angeles, and how such representations become a construct of media. Reyner Banham's Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies was analyzed, deconstructed, and reinterpreted. Each student was assigned an ecology to re-represent through a series of media, revealing the inherent biases, perspectives, and nuances of each medium. With each new iteration, the evolving narrative of Los Angeles became more influenced by the students' personal interpretations, gradually diverging from Banham’s original portrayal. This is not LA.

The exhibition poster incorporates every photograph of Los Angeles from Banham's book, yet this is not LA. A variable typeface reflects the students’ understanding of the city, something that expanded and contracted as their exploration progressed.

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