catherine leigh schmidt b. 1992
work
2023–present
2021–present
2012–present
Freelance Designer & Developer
Clients: Notion, Tlon (Urbit), GitHub, TypeNetwork, RISD
2021
Research on web3 cultures and astrology
2018–2021
Community Manager, Sari-Sari e.V.
Nonprofit art and performance space in Berlin
2019–2020
Typography Consultant, Twitch
2017–2018
Font Production Engineer, Apple
2017–2018
Lecturer, California College of the Arts, BFA & MFA Design programs
Course topics: Interaction Design, Web Development, Web-to-Print
2015–2016
Type Designer, Google
2014–2015
Fulbright Scholar, Mumbai
exhibitions & performances
"Encrypted Signals in the Ecliptic Indicate the Ascendent Financial System Lacks A Stable Future," 2022
CTM Transmediale Vorspeile, Berlin
in collaboration with Bailey Keogh and Daniel Shinbaum
"Disconnection Practices," 2019
CTM Transmediale Vorspeile, Berlin
in collaboration with Max Fowler
"Mother's Milk," 2018
Theatre am Delphi, Berlin
with Social Dance Laboratory
"Uncommissioned," 2016
The Design Office, Providence RI
talks & publications
Museumhead (Seoul) "AMAEBCH 아마업체," exhibition text, with Daniel Shinbaum, 2022
TypeCon 2017, "Yatra: A Journey in Painted Signs"
FFF: Filipino Folk Foundry, Hardworking Goodlooking, 2015 (distributed by Printed Matter and Motto Books)
education
2010–2014
Rhode Island School of Design
BFA, Graphic Design
2011–2014
Brown University
Coursework: Computer Science, Hindi, Sanskrit