Designer in Residence Program

Between 2016 and 2020, I oversaw and curated the design-focused residency program within the Analog Research Lab. Established to add an increasingly diverse set of creative voices into the studio’s output, the program offered access to new tools, processes, and mentorship over periods ranging from 4 weeks to 3 months.

More than 40 designers, illustrators, and printmakers were invited to participate in the program which during it’s initial 4-year run, expanded from California to New York, Dublin, London, and Singapore. This global growth offered access to an entirely new cohort of potential participants. Their work spanned a broad range of mediums and materials — Risograph and silkscreen prints, books, zines, pins, elaborate visual campaigns, large-scale painted and sculptural installations, workshops, and more.

In addition to defining strategy and curatorial research for the program, I provided creative direction and project support for designers throughout their residencies. As the program expanded to other lab spaces in North America and Europe, we developed new processes to offer remote critique and collaboration.

Beginning in 2018, we produced a series of award-winning mini-documentaries of the designers with our friends at Hello Design, Arcade Films, and Landucci Films.

Alumni of the Designer in Residence program at the Analog Research Lab include: