Chantal Jahchan is an independent graphic designer and illustrator based in Brooklyn

︎︎
chantaljahchan@gmail.com

Select Features
NYT: The Year in Illustration 2022
NYT: Best Book Covers of 2021
AIGA Eye on Design, 2022
Design by Women, 2021
Frontier, 2020

Femme Type, 2020
Design 360 Mag, 2020
It’s Nice That, 2018

Speaking
Typographics, 2019
Adobe Live x Femme Type, 2020 Adobe Live Editorial Design, 2018

Awards
AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers, 2021, 2022
ADC Awards, 2020
Type Directors Club, 2019
Graphis New Talent Annual, 2019

Adobe Design Achievement, 2018 & 2019

Teaching
Guest Critic, MICA GD, 2021
Chantal Jahchan is an independent graphic designer and illustrator based in Brooklyn

︎︎
chantaljahchan@gmail.com


The Bizarre Story Behind Shinzo Abe’s Assassination
The Atlantic

Series of illustrations for a piece about the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister on account of his ties to the Unification Church.

Art direction by Paul Spella

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In Risky Hunt for Secrets, U.S. and China Expand Global Spy Operations
The New York Times

Illustration for a cover story on the escalating shadow espionage war between the U.S. and China.

Art direction by Keith Webb

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The West Is Returning Priceless African Art to a Single Nigerian Citizen
The Atlantic

Illustration for an essay about returning Benin's artifacts to their rightful owners.

Art direction by Jehan Jillani

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In Too Deep
NYT Book Review

Cover illustration for a review of Laura Trethewey’s “The Deepest Map,” which explores the new world of oceanic exploration — and its dangers.

Art direction by Matt Dorfman

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Bilingual Editions
NYT Magazine

Illustration for a piece about the beauty of bilingual editions of books.

Art direction by Claudia Rubín

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