https://rachelberger.info rachelberger Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:02:44 +0000 https://rachelberger.info en https://rachelberger.info/Home Thu, 21 Dec 2017 23:14:05 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/Home https://rachelberger.info/What-are-CA-tenants-rights Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:04:41 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/What-are-CA-tenants-rights Housing Rights Campaign for California’s Civil Rights Department with Jade Howe (illustration) 2025 A postcard series and pamphlet informing California tenants of their rights and California landlords of their responsibilities.&nbsp; cities, current events, politics <img width="2000" height="1583" width_o="2000" height_o="1583" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e55d3af6a3888cf13ee359841a3df2225d8dbb1a8f4e78f1561dbc3179ea64e7/Card-1.png" data-mid="241703371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e55d3af6a3888cf13ee359841a3df2225d8dbb1a8f4e78f1561dbc3179ea64e7/Card-1.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1583" width_o="2000" height_o="1583" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87aa4b35cf57018b3828c026c6bc6076ea4932dd10bc1348ba439915e41266b5/Card-3.png" data-mid="241703373" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87aa4b35cf57018b3828c026c6bc6076ea4932dd10bc1348ba439915e41266b5/Card-3.png" />&nbsp;<img width="2000" height="1583" width_o="2000" height_o="1583" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/618cece519b174794bfd2ec8ee3d44e33c19530642f5c7eaeee9d13cfcbc85ed/Card-2.png" data-mid="241703372" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/618cece519b174794bfd2ec8ee3d44e33c19530642f5c7eaeee9d13cfcbc85ed/Card-2.png" /><img width="2000" height="1583" width_o="2000" height_o="1583" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/010ae2858e3264899839f94380e1f043c17b03c3772df350b994c3925a3b51b6/Card-4.png" data-mid="241703374" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/010ae2858e3264899839f94380e1f043c17b03c3772df350b994c3925a3b51b6/Card-4.png" /><img width="1451" height="2000" width_o="1451" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59e864d6f168e02e23024e0f7d1c062864f04648f0e5cc239991d2e49ceeab92/Pamphlet.png" data-mid="241703404" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59e864d6f168e02e23024e0f7d1c062864f04648f0e5cc239991d2e49ceeab92/Pamphlet.png" /> https://rachelberger.info/Why-gather-2nd-ed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:28:06 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/Why-gather-2nd-ed A Toolkit for Gathering&nbsp; with Meg Bisineer, Sara Dean, and Janette Kim 2025 A second edition of a guide to help artists and designers plan more meaningful, productive, and joyful professional gatherings, published by Draw Down Books. Featured in Fast Company as an “indie publishing gem worth your time and money.” identity, reading and writing <img width="3110" height="3109" width_o="3110" height_o="3109" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2647673d2c3de076e3b06dce2946eeb5cf02924b0af40a47f32f23ea94c14cf1/AToolkitforGathering_DD.png" data-mid="241699850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2647673d2c3de076e3b06dce2946eeb5cf02924b0af40a47f32f23ea94c14cf1/AToolkitforGathering_DD.png" /> <img width="3264" height="3264" width_o="3264" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65c812a30381e40b56de1114693492c4e3f375df7866658be8d92dc39140dbda/DSC03067_3264x.png" data-mid="241699851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65c812a30381e40b56de1114693492c4e3f375df7866658be8d92dc39140dbda/DSC03067_3264x.png" /><img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f28aa04c10b1dfeee7290cdfd5220ed3bb59833a43d9c4fbab045aaf804cc73/DSC03069_2048x2048.png" data-mid="241699852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f28aa04c10b1dfeee7290cdfd5220ed3bb59833a43d9c4fbab045aaf804cc73/DSC03069_2048x2048.png" /> <img width="4522" height="4522" width_o="4522" height_o="4522" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7e309ecac6e8b185b03a30e9e396b3a7b67d208dc86441c84be36c9f6ae0d2c/DSC03070_4522x.png" data-mid="241699853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7e309ecac6e8b185b03a30e9e396b3a7b67d208dc86441c84be36c9f6ae0d2c/DSC03070_4522x.png" /> https://rachelberger.info/Can-art-school-become-a-place-where-all-faculty-thrive Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:02:44 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/Can-art-school-become-a-place-where-all-faculty-thrive Intractable Issues: The Impact of the AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship on Art and Design Educationwith Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera, in&nbsp;Studies in Art Education 2025 An interview-based article about the AICAD post-graduate teaching fellowship. The fellowship has successfully created an onramp into art and design academia for candidates from underrepresented groups, but interviews with fellows reveal the gaps that remain. Art and design colleges must build new structures and support systems to bring about sustained cultural change and become spaces where all faculty can thrive.identity,&nbsp;reading and writing ︎ “Do you expect me to affect change because I look different, I’m present, and I represent an idea of change? Or is there actual change that’s being enacted on multiple levels structurally?” —former AICAD fellow Thumbnail image: AICAD fellowship gathering, Cranbrook Academy of Art https://rachelberger.info/So-you-want-to-be-an-architect Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:09:23 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/So-you-want-to-be-an-architect CCA Architecture 2024 A recruitment book for the Architecture Division at California College of the Arts. Its mix of printing methods and paper stocks is inspired by the school’s commitment to materiality, sustainability, and technical experimentation.&nbsp; architecture,&nbsp;identity, reading and writing <img width="2000" height="2349" width_o="2000" height_o="2349" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1e1f4d1fb1fde9c47e3a2f3c1a3957198a322fb9d6136ee29202bf5a47f0eae/01.jpg" data-mid="224257381" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1e1f4d1fb1fde9c47e3a2f3c1a3957198a322fb9d6136ee29202bf5a47f0eae/01.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2444" width_o="2000" height_o="2444" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5c2e3a49d594c5b5e4aeda20ab246b34d9dad0b7578928d06ad909d7d5c1922/02.jpg" data-mid="224257382" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5c2e3a49d594c5b5e4aeda20ab246b34d9dad0b7578928d06ad909d7d5c1922/02.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1499" width_o="2000" height_o="1499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa624831ef8d78d7fb491500012dc81c4532c4f632e166f286456fe7112bb53c/03.jpg" data-mid="224257383" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa624831ef8d78d7fb491500012dc81c4532c4f632e166f286456fe7112bb53c/03.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2444" width_o="2000" height_o="2444" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f61dfd0070423b1978cc4b3e76c8c44e013b9a44f15ae09f6290b8c1e66226a0/04.jpg" data-mid="224257384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f61dfd0070423b1978cc4b3e76c8c44e013b9a44f15ae09f6290b8c1e66226a0/04.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1499" width_o="2000" height_o="1499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed6071860dc37cb28a5a018e826c4d684acc2b7769fe3531f06d74a6af5d3ab1/05.jpg" data-mid="224257385" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed6071860dc37cb28a5a018e826c4d684acc2b7769fe3531f06d74a6af5d3ab1/05.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1499" width_o="2000" height_o="1499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f168d3dabcbc41db5425e029e4a9aa0bc60c921dd1e8799755987e97ad59202/06.jpg" data-mid="224257386" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f168d3dabcbc41db5425e029e4a9aa0bc60c921dd1e8799755987e97ad59202/06.jpg" /> https://rachelberger.info/Is-stability-overrated Mon, 29 Jul 2024 20:02:54 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/Is-stability-overrated No Back to Normal: Studio Forward at California College of the Artsin&nbsp;Digital Transformation in Design 2024 An interview with Cristina Gaitán and Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera, who co-taught Studio Forward at California College of the Arts, a course that became a case study of transformational pedagogy in progress.current events, reading and writing, technology ︎ “There is no back to normal.” https://rachelberger.info/How-can-we-use-materials-to-express-resistance Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:34:06 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/How-can-we-use-materials-to-express-resistance Materiality of Resistance Symposium 2024 An identity for a symposium at California College of the Arts. Letterforms were created out of polymer clay, an inexpensive material primarily used by crafters and children.&nbsp; identity <img width="2546" height="2546" width_o="2546" height_o="2546" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b5dec77cf0e04e8a4893501d4712398bf861fa406926f88610f9b02afc874b9/Scatter-Large.jpg" data-mid="224250661" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b5dec77cf0e04e8a4893501d4712398bf861fa406926f88610f9b02afc874b9/Scatter-Large.jpg" /><img width="2560" height="1862" width_o="2560" height_o="1862" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/71b119fdb08d36d75a31abc395f464fd91801f120211e33c79937eeb5fb0deea/Homepage-Hero.png" data-mid="224250655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/71b119fdb08d36d75a31abc395f464fd91801f120211e33c79937eeb5fb0deea/Homepage-Hero.png" /> <img width="3751" height="2814" width_o="3751" height_o="2814" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/252de9baf4478f44f2ab7c9959341f7cc202d9102466d1506dfda92b9bf8c32a/Slide.jpg" data-mid="224250662" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/252de9baf4478f44f2ab7c9959341f7cc202d9102466d1506dfda92b9bf8c32a/Slide.jpg" /> <img width="3833" height="2874" width_o="3833" height_o="2874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/403e27368ba69118590375140fdf2e313f02eb0fb766409abbda32a6979912d7/Patches.jpg" data-mid="224250658" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/403e27368ba69118590375140fdf2e313f02eb0fb766409abbda32a6979912d7/Patches.jpg" /> <img width="1185" height="1581" width_o="1185" height_o="1581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d09d165011fc554aeacd49c6b89c79d95486035a11b2c1159046274be4d5cca1/Sticker.jpg" data-mid="224250663" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d09d165011fc554aeacd49c6b89c79d95486035a11b2c1159046274be4d5cca1/Sticker.jpg" /> https://rachelberger.info/Who-wants-to-date-Rachel-Berger Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:25:52 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/Who-wants-to-date-Rachel-Berger Matchmaker 2023 An exhibition of portraits of men recommended to me by Match.com after an Ohio-based woman accidentally used my email address to set up an online dating profile. These small, pixelated headshots are a rejoinder to the monumental portraits of Chuck Close, who was cut down to size late in life by allegations of sexual misconduct. identity, technology <img width="1692" height="1457" width_o="1692" height_o="1457" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ce6db3a915ab54ec65e04d2f3573f554657f1888f54397fbbf1cbf55a2e90c5/Portraits.jpg" data-mid="224251853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ce6db3a915ab54ec65e04d2f3573f554657f1888f54397fbbf1cbf55a2e90c5/Portraits.jpg" /> <img width="2952" height="2952" width_o="2952" height_o="2952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/081ae771e3637f54559541895760b6a29873351861efb4a370ffc631ca9adfe1/Installation.jpg" data-mid="224251852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/081ae771e3637f54559541895760b6a29873351861efb4a370ffc631ca9adfe1/Installation.jpg" /><img width="2312" height="3071" width_o="2312" height_o="3071" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3b388ba4e6415759f20558cfc2c50afaad49669c25449073dcb6c719ee13d4f/Gallery.jpg" data-mid="224251851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3b388ba4e6415759f20558cfc2c50afaad49669c25449073dcb6c719ee13d4f/Gallery.jpg" /> https://rachelberger.info/What-s-the-point-of-design-education Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:13:15 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/What-s-the-point-of-design-education What’s the Point of Design Education?in What It Means to Be a Designer Today 2024 A roundtable discussion on the state of design education. current events, identity,&nbsp;reading and writing ︎ “As a graphic designer, you’re powerful. You have somebody’s language in your hands.”—Sadie Red Wing https://rachelberger.info/Want-to-build-some-benches Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:01:40 +0000 rachelberger https://rachelberger.info/Want-to-build-some-benches Belonging Benches with Kathy Lam 2023 A community bench-building workshop to create more spaces of belonging around a campus in transition. With support from CCA’s DEIB Community Forum and Ponderosa Millworks. architecture, identity <img width="3313" height="2485" width_o="3313" height_o="2485" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e616128e9f4d490c757ce1e2609e881aae7b6a9adee1c5833f6efb24ab0232a/Bench-16.jpg" data-mid="181492534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e616128e9f4d490c757ce1e2609e881aae7b6a9adee1c5833f6efb24ab0232a/Bench-16.jpg" /> <img width="3838" height="2878" width_o="3838" height_o="2878" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea98b0df01772c94fbad25b871a3dcfb1679bf8c299f16858ed950317c645567/Bench-3.jpeg" data-mid="181492521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea98b0df01772c94fbad25b871a3dcfb1679bf8c299f16858ed950317c645567/Bench-3.jpeg" /><img width="2539" height="2000" width_o="2539" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fd8fa2203cdfa5920721de3a8f98448e15f58d9a470d943f145491b1ab525ac/Bench-8.jpg" data-mid="181492753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fd8fa2203cdfa5920721de3a8f98448e15f58d9a470d943f145491b1ab525ac/Bench-8.jpg" /> <img width="3886" height="2914" width_o="3886" height_o="2914" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e662a951ced81b7a0899de7343e33f8ae7887a52e6e3b69af3ba786d9b82b99/Bench-4.jpeg" data-mid="181492858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e662a951ced81b7a0899de7343e33f8ae7887a52e6e3b69af3ba786d9b82b99/Bench-4.jpeg" /> Second and fourth photos: Nicholas Lea Bruno