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Adriana Barcenas Rojas is a Latinx designer. (She/her/they) is currently based in NYC with an emphasis on equitable design solutions.

A selection of work done between 2016-2020

Activism Storytelling & Research

Design as Protest (DAP) is a coalition of BIPOC designers mobilizing strategy to dismantle the privilege and power structures that use architecture and design as tools of oppression. As an organizer, I contribute to graphics within the storytelling and communications group, This arm of DAP also supports field organizing and campaigns across social media.

Feliciano Centurión: Abrigo

Completed with SAS for the Americas Society in 2020. Exhibition design lead. Refined the color palette and placement of artworks in consultation with curators.

Installation view of Feliciano Centurión: Abrigo at Americas Society, New York. Photo by OnWhiteWall.com

Chaim Soutine: Flesh

Completed with SAS for The Jewish Museum in 2018. Exhibition design lead for a show featuring an intimate collection of works.

Installation view of the exhibition Chaim Soutine: Flesh, May 4 – September 16, 2018, The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: Jason Mandella

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Produced Flows

An essay report from 2016 with visualizations on the flow of water between two prominent areas of production: agriculture and oil.

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Upstate Residence

Completed for SAS, 2020. Project lead and designer for a vacation home with expansive views and housing a collection of art set amidst the backdrop of upstate NY.

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GSAPP End of Year Show 2016

Exhibition design with studio peers to exhibit student work from a semester focused on questions of "natural environments” in the age of the Anthropocene.

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SL/AB Daybed

Instructional guide book for a plywood daybed and coffee table inspired by Donald Judd and constructed through quarantine. In collaboration with Sharon Leung.

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2020 Postcard

Original illustration for a postcard.