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Aldon Chen

BFA in Graphics — Graphic Design

Source Material Issue 04: Faces

Source Material (SM) is an interdisciplinary, student founded & run publication from ArtCenter's Writing Center, engaging students in anti-institutional, socially/culturally radical design & dialogue through a bi-annual publication featuring collected works from ArtCenter students/alumni, workshops, etc. I worked as a co-editors in SM to edit, design, produce, and distribute SM Issue 04: Faces. SM Team: Rebecca Brown, Jaiwon Lee, Aldon Chen (me), Sahar Habashi, Ruby Kim, Nick Rheem, Sean Nagao.
Learning Outcomes:
Working as part of a design team. Organizing and coordinating events/operations various groups of people: students, faculty, and administration. Working with printing businesses to produce a publication with a large quantity.
Installation for release party.
Accompanying interactive wall in which participants can respond to various prompts and share.
Release party attendees.
Source Material team hand-painting type. In picture (L-R): Aldon Chen (me), Rebecca Brown. Not pictured: Ruby Kim.
Full Source Material Team (L-R): Rebecca Brown, Jaiwon Lee, Aldon Chen (me), Sahar Habashi, Ruby Kim, Nick Rheem, Sean Nagao.
Stack of packaged publications in release party installation.