Orysia Zabeida Art Direction, Design, Teaching
Currently based in Paris
A thesis advised by Dan Michaelson, founder of Linked by Air, exploring performance art as a means of rethinking personal and interpersonal routines and rituals, available at the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University
PHYLA Precision Microbiome Editing Technology, creative direction with Day Job Studios, photography by Marc Merchant, typography by Dinamo
Creative direction for William Grey Hotel modular screen display, choreography by Andrea Peña, Dancer Valeria Gallucia and David Albert-Toth, Stylist Christine Charlebois, Videography by Georges Fok, Produced by the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art
Redesigning chess, performed by Tuan Quoc Pham and Rosa McElheny at the Yale University Greenhall Gallery
Community garden design and online book submissions about anxiety during the Odds and Ends Book Fair, created with Nicholas Weltyk, photography by Dawn Kim
Teaching augmented reality at UQAM, selected works by students Thomas Berthommier, Marie-Laurence Garon, Eve Lag, Samuel Chevalier, Laurence Therien, and Jules Nadeau
Just What The Doctor Ordered: Health and Architecture Volume 4, Issue 11 of the Yale School of Architecture Paprika Newspring Publication, edited by Kate Altmann and Winston Yuen, designed with Tuan Quoc Pham
Yale Open Studios identity design with Julia Schaefer and Bryant Wells, featured in AIGA Eye on Design Trends to watch
50.3872° N, 24.2199° E, 20 digital photographs presented on book signatures, designed to be assembled by visitors of Banana Fish Bookstore in Shanghai for an exhibition curated by Wenwen Zhang and Yuanbo Wang
Video concept exploring the future of workspaces with Moniker and LRvH architects
Teaching Critical Design Thinking at UQAM, 21 Manifestos for the 21st Century, a collection of 105 posters created by 21 students, are.na research board, produced using print.are.na by Mindy Seu, Charles Broskoski and Ekene Ijeoma, featuring image by student Xavier Tran
Meditation, a 1-minute single-channel video performance created during a workshop led by Linda Van Deursen with the participant’s screening riso-printed visual identity designed in collaboration with Jinu Hong, Tuan Quoc Pham and Sam Wood
Identity design and direction for Waypoint, Ken Kao’s film production company, drawing inspiration from his Polynesian roots and tradition of star navigation, the trailer debuted at SXSW and the Berlinale with Tilman Singer’s new feature film Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer
Materializing virtual movements by transforming an ephemeral digital iMessage touch gesture into a tangible neon light sculpture, commissioned by the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art
Emotional Utility Beverage branding, illustration and art direction with Day Job Studios, typography by Benoit Bodhuin from BB Bureau featured in the Dieline
Lifesaver candy invitation design and promotional material for the Yale School of Art Sculpture Department Exhibition with Kyla Arsadjaja and Jinu Hong
Ffups strategy, copywriting and branding with Day Job Studios, web development by James La Marre from Masthead, featured in Los Angeles Times as one of the leading Gen Z snack brands ending the Goop-ification era of wellness
Flexible brand identity design featuring a dynamic, ever-changing logotype system for To Be Formed, the production company behind HBO’s Ren Faire and Spermworld directed by Lance Oppenheim, animation by Charles Demarais made at Day Job Studios
All content copyright Orysia Zabeida and noted affiliates, unless otherwise credited.
Availability for contract work is extremely limited due to my involvement with ongoing projects.
Last updated January 2025