Raven Chai (they/them) is currently a graphic design student at CalArts with a love for music design.
When they’re not designing, you can find them at a concert, upcycling clothes, watching a movie, or petting every dog they see!
Raven Chai (they/them) is currently a graphic design student at CalArts with a love for music design.
When they’re not designing, you can find them at a concert, upcycling clothes, watching a movie, or petting every dog they see!
Taylor Swift Redesign
2026→ Branding
→ Identity
→ Typography
→ Identity
→ Typography
A conceptual merchandise redesign of Taylor Swift’s debut album. The project reinterprets her earliest era through a more contemporary lens, translating the album’s themes of youth, nostalgia, and country.
Girlpuppy EP Rollout
2026
→ Identity
→ Branding
→ Environmental Design
→ Branding
→ Environmental Design
A conceptual rollout for Girlpuppy’s EP, Swan. Utilizing soft curves of type and ornamental design, the rollout, utilizes enviornmental graphics while also including digital graphics and music video titlecard to truly expand her EP while still maintaining Girlpuppy’s dreamy and delicate vibe.
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
2025
→ Identity
→ Branding
→ Branding
Conceptual graphic identity for Hayley Williams' album, Ego Death at A Bachelorette Party, expanding on the album's yellow rollout. The project explores how album visuals can be translated across a cohesive range of merchandise.
Summer 2022
2025
→ Packaging
→ Typography
→ Photography
→ Typography
→ Photography
Summer 2022 translates a personal playlist I made back in 2022 into a CD and vinyl concept. Using film photographs that I’ve taken and minimal typography, the project explores distant memories and melancholy.
Live in LA
2024
→ Print
→ Publication
→ Publication
→ Photography
Live in LA is a postcard set and publication documenting different genres of live music I experienced in Los Angeles during my first month living here. Originally a set of four postcards, the project expanded into a publication to further explore the experience of live music.
Live in LA is a postcard set and publication documenting different genres of live music I experienced in Los Angeles during my first month living here. Originally a set of four postcards, the project expanded into a publication to further explore the experience of live music.
Selected Merchandise
2023-2025
→ Identity
→ Typography
Conceptual merchandise designs for various artists and bands, translating each artist's visual identity beyond their sound and into merchandise for fans.
→ Identity
→ Typography
Conceptual merchandise designs for various artists and bands, translating each artist's visual identity beyond their sound and into merchandise for fans.
Cirque Du Print
2025
→ Identity
→ Screen Printing
→ Print
→ Screen Printing
The CalArts Print Fair is an annual event hosted by second-year graphic design students that brings together students, faculty, and alumni to sell their prints, zines, and other work. For the 15th annual Print Fair, we created a circus identity, screen printing 60 21x29” posters, designing ticket-shaped sign-ups, and creating promotional circus-themed items for the event.
Collaborators:
Fifi Omer & Raven Chai (Image Poster)
Susanna Danielyan & Sophie Shin (Type Poster)
Alisha Pinzino & Raven Chai (Sign-Up Ticket)
Carmen Diaz-Cashatt (Motion)