The Jacob Lawrence Gallery
— Select Exhbition Identities

Identity Design

2022, 2021

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery on the University of Washington campus is a space devoted to education, social justice, and experimentation that honors the legacy of former UW professor and one of the 20th century’s greatest artists, Jacob Lawrence. 

Exhibition descriptions sourced from gallery website︎︎︎

“An exhibition centered on how Black women feel in the face of danger, whether that danger is known for certain or merely speculated.” A textural gradient and distorted type convey a sense of undulation and looming tension.


Katherine Simóne Reynolds
A Warning Resting in the Distance
2021

The graduation exhibition for the UW Design Class of 2022. This identity is visually defined by the juxtaposition of restrained type and explosive distortion.


Design as Disruption
2022


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Ashten Alexander
Vera Draper
Dustin Mara
Elyssa Yim

“Absence and erasure challenge the imagination as Williams asks ‘how can we disturb the systems that threaten to drown Black people in the U.S.? How can we imagine life without them?’” Graphic repetition and pixelated type compliment Williams’ visual exploration of redaction and annotation.


Lauren Williams
Wake Work*
2022

Audrey Desjardins showcases “a series of poetic interactions with domestic data, exploring familiar encounters between humans and things.” Through negative space and the inclusion of graphic elements, the design language mirrors exhibited artifacts.

Audrey Desjardins 
Data Imaginaries
2021