OLIVIA   OBEN

. . . is an interdisciplinary visual designer and researcher interested in exploring cultural ownership, binaries, and systems in and through graphics, design, publications, and physical media. 


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SELECTED WORK
ABOUT ME
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01 THERE IS SPACE 

2024
An archive of the Stain: filth and cleanliness, pollution and purity. What is worthy and sacred, and is there space for things that aren’t?


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Photography
Publications
Layout Design
Typography
Curation
Research and Writing






02 NETIZENS

2024
A re-presentation of images from the Global South on Flickr as an act of agency in the age of privitization, cyber-governance, and in the hopes of digital repatriation.

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Publications
Production
Archival Studies
Research and Writing
Writing
Layout Design






03 FC50! EVENT
 
2025
Printed and digital graphic design materials for Fashion Communication at Central Saint Martins’ 50th anniversary event at TANK Magazine.  

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Graphic Design
Event Production
Archival Studies



04 HEAR ME_

2025
A quiet space for loud people who need, want, and desire more. There are no barriers in communicating, only reasons. 

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Bookmaking
Book Production
Graphic Design
Typography
Research and Writing



05 “I CARE,”

2025
A short film exploring the attitudes and economy of care surrounding colonial objects and domestic work, through personal relationships with Ate Alona Dela Guardia, who works as an all-around househelp. 

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Film and Video
Printed Matter
3D Sculpting
Research and Writing





06 [A RE-INTERPRETATION OF] ORNAMENT AND THE FEMININE

2023
A visual re-interpretation of L. Negrin’s “Ornament and The Feminine” through the lens of South and South East Asian cultural ornamentation and significance.  

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Graphic Design
Typography
Layout Design
Publications
Research and Writing



07 PRINTED MATTER FOR SHE CARMONA

2025
Ongoing collaborative work with Designer She Carmona and Writer Daisy Redfern to explore treatments within printed and written matter for She Carmona’s BA Graduation Collection, “My Home in Paraiso.”

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Graphic Design
Typography
Publications
Research and Writing
Printed Matter
Serif 420    + HK Grotesk Regular (both by Hanken Design Co.)