is a graphic designer based in Brooklyn. Currently working with Matt Willey at Pentagram, specializing in brand identity and print design. Full portfolio available upon request.
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chantaljahchan@gmail.com
Gage & Tollner
Brand identity for the revival of Gage & Tollner, a legendary 125-year-old Brooklyn oyster and chop house.
We set out to bring back the original feeling of the restaurant’s branding, updated for the 21st century. This included commissioning a reinterpretation of an early wordmark, crafting a G&T monogram, and designing everything from menus to signage.
Identity designed with Hamish Smyth at Order. Wordmark designed with Jesse Ragan.
Photography: Lizzie Munro, Hamish Smyth
Facade sign painting: Travis Fitzsimmons
Brand identity for the revival of Gage & Tollner, a legendary 125-year-old Brooklyn oyster and chop house.
We set out to bring back the original feeling of the restaurant’s branding, updated for the 21st century. This included commissioning a reinterpretation of an early wordmark, crafting a G&T monogram, and designing everything from menus to signage.
Identity designed with Hamish Smyth at Order. Wordmark designed with Jesse Ragan.
Photography: Lizzie Munro, Hamish Smyth
Facade sign painting: Travis Fitzsimmons
Jul 2020 — Oct 2021
Orbikular Type Specimen
A3 type specimen showcasing Orbikular, a new serif typeface from CoType. Designed with Matt Willey at Pentagram.
Specimen printed by Identity on Fedrigoni UK Arena Natural Bulk 90 g/m2/ and is distributed with purchases of the font.
A3 type specimen showcasing Orbikular, a new serif typeface from CoType. Designed with Matt Willey at Pentagram.
Specimen printed by Identity on Fedrigoni UK Arena Natural Bulk 90 g/m2/ and is distributed with purchases of the font.
Jan 2021
A Manifesto by Susan Abulhawa
Poster design for the WePresent Manifesto series. Text by Susan Abulhawa, founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, a non-profit organization dedicated to upholding the right to play for Palestinian children.
Poster design for the WePresent Manifesto series. Text by Susan Abulhawa, founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, a non-profit organization dedicated to upholding the right to play for Palestinian children.
Nov 2020
FAQ
Designed and built a portfolio website for photographer Farah Al Qasimi, whose work explores postcolonial structures of power, gender, and taste in the Gulf Arab states.
Farah’s work subverts codified expectations of how images are constructed and understood. The layout reflects this with overlapping images and stickers that can be rearranged by the user.
Designed and built a portfolio website for photographer Farah Al Qasimi, whose work explores postcolonial structures of power, gender, and taste in the Gulf Arab states.
Farah’s work subverts codified expectations of how images are constructed and understood. The layout reflects this with overlapping images and stickers that can be rearranged by the user.
Feb 2020
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Cover design for Andreas Malm’s latest manifesto, published by Verso Books, in which Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse.
Cover design for Andreas Malm’s latest manifesto, published by Verso Books, in which Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse.
Dec 2020
TYPEONE Magazine, Issue 01, 2021
The Brand Identity, 2021
Type01, 2021
Everpress, 2020
It’s Nice That, 2020
Print Mag, 2020The Brand Identity, 2021
Type01, 2021
Everpress, 2020
It’s Nice That, 2020
Design 360 Mag, 2020
Typewolf Site of the Day, 2020 AIGA Eye on Design, 2019 Cargo Collective, 2018
Select Interviews
Design by Women, 2021
Frontier, 2020
Femme Type, 2020
It’s Nice That, 2018
Speaking
Typographics, 2019 Adobe Live x Femme Type, 2020 Adobe Live Editorial Design, 2018
Awards
ACD Awards, 2020
Type Directors Club, 2019
Graphis New Talent Annual, 2019
ADAA, 2018 & 2019
Teaching
Guest Critic, MICA GD, 2021