sophie zoe chu-o’neildesigner based in nycsophie@sophiezoe.com

book covers


guest check and display type
display type
adapted illustration by Laura Benson
photography sourced from 1960s womens self defense class
display type actually cut into my very own banana peel
illustration
* type sourced from original cover
display type
illustration by matthias offerlin herup

posters


photos from a trip to beijing, a trip to alta, a visit to my grandma’s house in saugerties, and one of my gung gung from the 80s (did not take that one)
newspaper mocked up with  preexisting elements from that newspaper (probably the New York Times?)
copy was pulled from article linked here.
curated mess made in my own living room with partly my roommates things (thank you)
custom typeface based on helvetica bold made by photographing wood shavings left from from taking a Lie Nielsen block plane to the pieces of walnut that would become my coffee table (see below)
illustration and display type inspired by a screenprint in my grandma & i’s kitchen from the 1970s (legend has it that the print  was a gift to one of my grandma’s friends from their “ex lover”) 
illustration by me

oaxaca olympics


branding system for the
2040 Oaxaca Olympics

more info


motion

* audio not included

rube goldberg machine animated in AfterEffects
sound reactive motion and ascii filter coded in Processing

sardines


Lunar New Year series for
Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co.

more info


cud magazine


magazine covers for the first three editions
of cud, a publication of recorded media
consumption from individual consumers

case study coming soon cud zine issues 1 - 7 coming sooner

photo and display type
photo and display type
photo and display type

st. lawrence arts


branding system for St. Lawrence arts
center in Portland, ME

case study coming soon


oma’s eggs


packaging design for local egg production farm

more info


illustrations


series for Paul Designs Project
winner of the Maine Ad & Design Broderson Award in 2023
for Maine College of Art & Design
for Maine College of Art & Design

wood


1. croquet mallet, poplar
2. platform bed frame, walnut
3. mirror, cherry
4. bookcase, walnut plywood
5. shaker table, cherry
6. coffee table, walnut

smaller pieces
7. bite plates, cherry
8. jook spoon, poplar
9. business card holder, purple heart
10. postcard holder, walnut





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