ALYSSA HERBST
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ALYSSA HERBST

designer of spaces—built, imagined, and digital




I’m an architect and designer working across architecture, interior, graphic, furniture, and space design. Currently based in Chicago and collaborating on events and creative projects with artists, music labels, and cultural organizations. I offer a range of creative solutions, including:

Graphic Design – Posters, logos, branding, animation and visual identity
Architecture & Space Planning – Small-scale projects, conceptual design, renderings
Web Design – Custom website design

Always open to exploring new ideas and collaborations—if you have a project in mind, let’s make it happen.

Experience:
KOO Architecture, Architectural Designer, May 2023-Current
RATIO, Architectural Intern/Studio Coordinator, January 2022-August 2022
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Building Researcher, January 2020-December 2021

Education:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Architecture, Cum Laude, Chicago+Berlin, 2018-2023

Miscellanea:
Text: Reflections on Live/Work in Past/Present/Future


Protocol x Dimibowie: jay york
  • 2024

Graphic design, video animation and space design for Protocol and Dimibowie’s music and arts event in Chicago. Additional content here. Photography by David Chang and Apurva Tolia.


Top Secret: Just Forget EP
  • 2024

Graphic design and animation video for Top Secret Label’s EP cover.


Logo Design
  • 2024

Custom logo design for Kelly Kush, handrawn and vectorized.



Protocol Presents: Decoder
      2024
        Temporary decorative installation for Protocol Presents’ event at Smoke and Mirrors, Chicago. Photography by David Chang.


        Très Mortimer Pop Up
        • 2024
         Poster creation for DJ Très Mortimer’s pop up event.



        Scales of Time
        • 2023

        Situated in a once bustling industrial band, Chicago’s Damen Silos now sits decaying in no-man’s land, largely inaccessible to the surrounding neighborhoods. Thus, the proposal to revive this historic site by connecting it back to these communities and the city at large, by reactivating old networks of moving goods and people along the railroads and river, and integrating new city-wide transportation networks of bike and water taxi transportation. 


        Carolina Chair

        • 2022
          Handbuilt chair with laminated wood. All pieces are attached with dowels and bolts for easy dismantling.


          Kollektiv Kreativ
          • 2022
          A wandering prototype for a multi-disciplinary artist community living and working in Berlin’s post-industrial fabric.


          Documenting Time
          • 2022
          Living and learning in Berlin.


          Living Archives
          • 2022

          Adaptive Reuse Project that reutilizes a warehouse's existing structure into a reborn gallery. The building is extended to house archives, public galleries, provide living spaces, art studios, and community activities, all surrounding a central conservatory. Project in partnership with Harsha Pillai.