Chava Vietze is pronounced hah-vah veet-zuh.
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Chava Vietze is pronounced hah-vah veet-zuh.
Design
Strategy
Experimental
CV
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Bio
Statement on AI
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Research, Editorial Design, Published Swiss-Bound Book
2026
Ways of Noticing admires the subtlties that make life beautiful and provides practical ways for people to develop their own sensitivities, taste, and judgment. It shows why we so desperately need to preserve the humanmade and asks that we all slow down to notice the details.
What I Did: Creative Writing, Research, Photography, Book Design, Fabrication, Print Production, Editorial Pacing, Cover Design, Long-form Layout, Grid Systems, Typography, Structural Thinking, Materials Specification
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Speculative Rebrand
2026
The Met Opera, housed in the incredible and beautiful Met Opera House at Lincoln Center is a historical institution that needs a brand that layers history and tradition with contemporary, timeless design . I worked towards that goal.
What I Did: Research and Analysis, Concept Development, Creativity Strategy, Logo and Mark Design, Creative Direction, Design Systems, Color System Development
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Editorial Design
2025
Taste + Tempo is a cookbook dedicated to music arts and their favorite meals; Spotify playlists accompany each recipe throughout the cookbook.
What I Did: Research, Content Curation, Editorial Pacing, Print Production, Grid Systems, Typography, Editorial Design
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Display Typeface Design
2025
Developed by hand, translated digitally. Sweet Clementine was inspired by the letter E and exploring letterforms through sketching. It asks of you to have a little fun, pour a little apertif, and make sure you dilly dally along the way.
What I Did: Research, Typographic Systems, Spacing, Proportion, and Rhythm, Letterform Design, System Logic, Concept Development, Robofont Technical Expertise, Editorial Design
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Multimedia
2024
A project with many twists and turns that began with a chairs photography project and evolved into a visual language. This project plays at the intersection of analog and digital and explores shape and form through several mediums including 3D modeling, posters, and motion.
What I Did: Visual Language, Illustration, 3D Modeling, Photography, Creative Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Spatial Thinking
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Light Design Prototype
2026
This project was inspired by the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone and evolved into a light design prototype powered by a remote powered, rechargable light with interchangeable pieces. The light reflection and kaleidoscopic colored pattern changes as the temperature of the light is adjusted.
What I Did: Color Analysis, Color Theory, Product Development, Material Research, Prototyping, Woodworking, Lighting Design, Color, Form, Spatial Thinking, Fabrication, 3D Rendering, Technical Drawing
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Multimedia
2024
An obsession with a settee from the Morgan Library became a semester long exploration. Analog and digital drawings defined this project. The final project combined 3D modeling wireframes with analog hand-drawing. It culminated in a physical process book and 24x36 poster.
What I Did: 3D Modeling, Illustration, Technical Drawing (Analog and Digital), Print Production, Editorial Design
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Photography
2025
This photography project was a part of research into the phenomenon of layering that evolved into thesis research. The photography accompanied a paper on Carlo Scarpa and Gesamtkuntswerk.
What I Did: Art Direction, Artistic Composition, Photography, Editorial Design
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Podcast / Thought Leadership
2022-2024
Stop Blaming Avocados was a human-first and values-driven organization focused on providing space to diverse voices through its podcast and helping to foster a human-centered approach to growing organizations and communities through its involvement in experience design and strategic consulting.
What I Did: Creative Direction, Production, Creative Strategy, Distribution, Visual Design, Editorial Design, Content Strategy
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Spiral Bound Book
2025
Have you ever looked for an apartment in NYC? If you have, this book is for you. If you haven't, this book is for you. There is truly nothing like you, NYC. Original content written by Chava Vietze.
What I Did: Content Writing, Editorial Design, Editorial Pacing, Print Production, Cover Design, Long-form Layout, Grid Systems, Typography, Concept Development, Structural Thinking, Print Production, Materials Specification
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Biomaterials Prototype
2024
The focus of this project was to explore the conceptual design of high-quality and stylish furniture objects using biomaterials and other sustainable renewable or recycled materials.
What I Did: Material Research, Biomaterial Experimentation, Product Development, Production, Prototyping, Fabrication, 3D Rendering, Technical Drawing
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Speculative Exhibition
2025
Central to Sun You’s work is the idea of impermanence and movement. This speculative exhibition design is rooted in this idea. The exhibition is as adaptable as Sun You and everything that is created for the show is moveable.
What I Did: Research and Analysis, Art Direction, Concept Development, Creativity Strategy, Exhibition Design, 3D Modeling, Design Systems, Prototyping, Speculative Furniture Design
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