︎︎︎About Me


I am a graphic designer from Vietnam, currently live in Los Angeles, California with an emphasis on print, typography and identity system.


#Phuong Chelsea Le

(︎/fu-ong lei/)  

chelseale17@gmail.com

+1 (808) 258-3207


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Resume available upon request
 

Education

08.2017 – 04.2022

ArtCenter College of Design ⁠— BFA in Graphic Design — Graduated with Distinction


Experience

10.2022 - PRESENT

Hypebeast INC ⁠— Junior Graphic Designer


06.2022 - 09.2022 

Sovereign Objects ⁠— Freelance Graphic Designer


01.2021 – 04.2021, 01.2022 – 04.2022

ArtCenter College of Design ⁠— Teaching Assistant for Brad Bartlett


08.2021 – 12.2021

Made in Space Inc. (April Greiman’s Studio) — Graphic Design Intern


01.2018 – 05.2019, 08.2021 – 12.2021

ArtCenter College of Design — Teaching Assistant for Cheri Gray


08.2019 – 12.2019

ArtCenter College of Design — Teaching Assistant for Tracey Shiffman


Recognition

2023

Communication Arts 2023 — Award of Excellence in Typography

The Belleville III 

2022

ADC Young Ones 2022 ⁠— Portfolio Winner


ArtCenter College of Design ⁠— Graduated with Distinction


2021

ADC Young Ones 2021 ⁠— Bronze Cube

If I Don’t Talk About It, Who Will? 

Type Directors Club’s 67 ⁠— Certificate of Typographic Excellence 

Roma Publications 

Graphis New Talent Annual 2021 — Silver

If I Don’t Talk About It, Who Will? 

Graphis New Talent Annual 2021 — Honorable Mention

Annenberg Photospace

14th International Design Award — Bronze

The Bones of Dance

2020

Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT) — 2020 Ruth Sackner Award for Typography and Language


Graphis New Talent Annual 2020 — Gold

What Is New To See?

Communication Arts 2020 — Shortlist

Annenberg Photospace 

2019

Communication Arts 2018 — Award of Excellence in Typography

If I Don’t Talk About It, Who Will?

2018 –2019

Art Center College of Design — Student Gallery

KIN Mooncake Kit
What Is New to See?
If I Don’t Talk About It, Who Will?
The Decadence

2017 –2021

ArtCenter College of Design — Department Scholarship and Entrance Scholarship


Press & Feature

Typography 42: The World’s Best Typography (TDC67) 
Graphis New Talent Annual 2020, Graphis New Talent Annual 2021
Communication Arts Typography Annual 9, Communication Arts Typography Annual 13

 

Design Everywhere

Library Street Collective

Cargo, Graphic Design

Portfolio website 

Voyage LA Magazine 

Featured in an online interview series, “Hidden Gems” 

ilovecreatives

Portfolio website featured on “Internet Gems”

PAGE (GE)

Roma Publications Rebrand featured in “Die Gewinner des TDC 2021: Identity & Packaging Design“

©2021 Phuong Chelsea Le