POLITICAL MAILERS

About

North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT) and NCAAT in Action are organizations building power for a more inclusive democracy built by drawing on the strength of diverse traditions, common values and community togetherness. They envision a socially conscious and informed society that integrates greater participation and representation by Asian Americans. They believe that for such a society to exist we must work within a cross-racial, cross-ethnic framework focused on grassroots power and solidarity.

Objective

A series of printed mailers and infographics for the 2022 elections to raise voter engagement within the Asian American community.

The challenge NCAAT and NCAAT in Action presented was to against the grain of what traditional political mail looks like. We focused on vibrant colors and a whimsical design that prioritized diverse representation of Asian Americans not typically seen. Working with two organizations meant ensuring that the branding and messaging of each was accurate, and highly tailored to deliver eye-catching results.

 
 

BEYOND CURIE

VISION

— Beyond Curie is a design project that highlights badass women in science, technology, engineering + mathematics.

Inspired by and created in partnership with Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya my team at Laber Labs published an augmented reality app bringing the poster series to life for its exhibition at The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. By using the Beyond Curie augmented reality app, museum visitors could see beautiful 3-D animations hidden inside some of the portraits.

Our augmented reality animations can be seen using a free mobile app called "Beyond Curie" available on Google Play and the App Store.

To enrich our partnership beyond our augmented reality app, we created an additional series of posters celebrating women in STEM from North Carolina State University. We researched, designed, and iterated upon visual posters embodying the style of Phingbodhipakkiya’s work.

Calendar Girl

About

Through a series of compositions this booklet explores relationships between seemingly unrelated elements. It is centered around the female figure and depicts images rendered in several characteristic styles. The text accompanying the women is comprised of fragments taken from the Birds of the Eastern Forest describing them as if an untamed creature. The compositions grow increasingly dark as the booklet progresses into the late winter months.

Composed solely of illustrated, painted, and drawn components sourced from books at North Carolina State University Libraries.

Alphonse Mucha: the complete posters and panels (1983)
Pin-up dreams: the glamour art of Rolf Armstrong (2001)
Calendar girl: sweet & sext pin-ups of the postwar era (2003)
J.C Leyendecker: American imagist (2008)
The art of Robert E. McGinnis (2014)
Jeremy Mann (2015)
Birds of the eastern forest (1970)

 
 

PRISM

About

A student-led, annually recurring exhibition at North Carolina State University for the Art + Design graduating class. Through the coursework leading up to the exhibition students analyze the history of their individual processes of ideation and design, examine present expressions of their work and explore possibilities for future implementation.

Responsibilities

As class-nominated project manager, Téa organized and managed seven committees responsible for fundraising, marketing, branding, graphic design, exhibition design, photography and publishing. In addition to her leadership as manager, Téa initiated and helped design the Senior Show Catalog-- an unprecedented adjunct project celebrating each of her fellow students work.

Catalog Specifications
250 copies, 7 x 9 inch, 64 page, glossy finish, perfect-bound

INTERPERSONAL + CHARACTER

  • Leadership + Initiative

  • Project Management

  • Communication + Conflict Resolution

  • Community Building

  • Collaboration