Claire Dong
Claire (she/her) is a Graphic Designer based in NYC.Who graduated 2022 from Parsons School of Design with a BFA in Communications Design. She is multidisciplinary designer who loves editorial, motion, and type design.
Claire Dong
Graphic Designer
Historically, 16th century salons were forums for the wealthy and famous. Within these social events women were often hosts and used these opportunities as a way of participating in higher education and debate. Inspired by this reclamation of power, I hosted a similar event with my own female friends. Centering the event around the beauty of feminine relationships, emotional connections and intimate discussions. As I was creating a newfound version of the salon, I wanted to incorporate another aspect that would connect this event to the current digital age. Phone notes are the most personal pieces of self expression someone can have today. Your phone follows you throughout your day, instilling a new sense of privacy. Unfinished texts, rants about frustrations, musings, and dreams, these are the unspoken things that people expect to be private but within anonymity they feel comfortable to share. These notes were used as conversation starters allowing for the women to share their perspectives and build on to these deeply personal ideas.
Notes on Young Women is a collection of books that document the modern salon. The trio of books live within each other, dialogue and notes app text wrap around the photos taken at the event. Finally, at the center, are drawings and musings left by the participants.
My Name is
Concept and package design for a chinese tea company. The names and package are meant to educate on how to pronounce the most common chinese names. Created after the influx of asian hate crimes in America due to COVID-19, where news outlets and people were not honoring the victim's family names.
Conseptual short animated student film.
Y2K Motion Reel
Compilation of short gifs that were created with a chaotic Y2K style.
