Ali Chen is an architect with a focus on brand experiences, identities, and packaging. She specializes in helping brands hone in on their storytelling.

Ali is currently a licensed architect in New York and an adjunct assistant professor at Pratt Institute in the Packaging, Systems, and Identities Design department.

Ali has worked as a visualization artist at Labtop Rendering, architect at Bjarke Ingels Group, and senior story designer at Nike Global Retail. She has a masters in Packaging Design from Pratt Institute under the Art of Packaging Merit Award by Marc Rosen Scholarship.

In her free time she enjoys making tiktoks, sewing, and fostering kittens.

Reach out at
4alichen@gmail.com

🤩 SERVICES

Packaging Design
Brand Identity
Brand Systems
Web Design
Spatial Design
Stage Design
Marketing Collateral
Print/Editorial Design
Email Marketing
Social Assets
Naming, Copywriting

🤓 CAPABILITIES

3D Modeling (Rhino, C4d)
Visualization
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Print Production
Sourcing
Sustainable Solutions
Figma
Notion
Canva

😍 CLIENTS

Canva, Production Glue, Nike, Maidenhome, Mythology, Coffee and Clothes, The Science Project, Kitpak, PH5, Clean Circle, Storymakers

😄 Awards/Articles

USC Generation Next Spotlight

Archinect: “Ali Chen, Architect-Turned-Multidisciplinary Designer, Wants to Help You Pass the ARE”

’BLUE TAPE’
ArchDaily
DesignBoom
Evolo
Bustler
Fast Company Design

‘GRASSROOTS CACTIVISM’
good magazine 
co.exist (fast company)
fast company design
archdaily
archinect
gizmodo
designboom

👁 Formerly

  • Visualisation Artist at Labtop Rendering

  • Architect at Bjarke Ingels Group

  • Senior Story Designer at Nike Global Retail



✌🏼Currently

  • Pratt Institute Adjunct Assistant Professor: Structural Design, Design for Wellness, Capstone Research, Packaging in the Retail Space, Typography and Information Design

  • Ridgewood Reservoir Design Collective