OLIVIA CROSBY is a designer and maker. She is focused on creating exhibitions and caring spaces for meaningful conversation through graphic design, art objects, and furniture.
She believes it is our responsibility as designers to create deeply caring experiences. Her practice is in service of gathering people together and generously supporting an audience through dense knowledge, a nuanced idea, or more tender subject matter.
Partnering with specialized practitioners, cultural and community-centered organizations, and embarking on in-depth research is crucial to this highly collaborative work.
The goal is an outcome that is thoughtful, with consistent dedication at every scale of execution. The heart of the project should be felt down to its smallest detail.
EXHIBITIONS & ENVIRONMENTS
Our Patch: LGBTQ+ Life from Cradle to Grave, One Institute (opening September 2024)
Poorly, AMP Gallery
Last Minute, Projection Room Gallery
Grenadine: Everyday Cupidty
Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark, Museum of Jewish Heritage
Reverberations, Sydney Jewish Museum
Greenwood Rising: Black Wall Street History Center
OBJECTS & INTERACTIONS
Made to Share: On the Green, LDF 2024
Public Offering
Dot Chairs
Draw a Chair / Tell Me A Story
Making Welcome: Space, Material, and Human-Centered Design
Odds + Ends
TYPE & PRINT
Nightshow
Close Third Person
36 Days of Type
Dial Up The Moment, Sirius XM
Long River Review
Guest Mentor at University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts, BFA Graphic Design Senior Project 2020 - 2022
Guest Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University Design Lecture Series Spring 2022 Watch full talk
MA Visual Communication, Royal College of Art. BFA Graphic Design, University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts.