About Fiona

Graphic

  1. Own Magazine
  2. Own Magazine Digital Website
  3. 3daysofdesign Campaign
  4. Island Routine
  5. The Shape of Jazz
  6. The Years I Kept in My Camera (Photobook)
  7. Second Skin
  8. “OPTING OUT”-Manifesto
  9. History of New York Subway


Photography


  1. BETWEEN LOOKS
  2. Tragedy as Daily Adaption(collab)
  3. Own Magazine photoshoot
  4. NYFW25
  5. NYFW24
  6. Out of Space



Education
I-Shou International School
2019-2023

Pasons The School of Design - The New School
Major: Communication Design
Minor: Photography
2023- 2027
Work Experience
Graphic Design Internship
Kiki de Montparnasse
Fall 2026

NYFW Influence Photographer
For Celina Gao (@ceiyun), New York Fashion Week 
Spring 2025

NYFW Backstage Photographer
RunWAY 7
Spring 2024

Still Photographer & Makeup Assistant,
Global Internship: Team Taiwan at the Paris Olympics
2024

Music Video Behind-the-scenes Photographer
Jp Huang Studio
2024

Lead Exhibition Curator, Visual Art Exhibition of Southern Taiwan
2023

Head of design
MODEL UNITED NATIONS (SOUTHERN TAIWAN)
2022

Freelance Designer
2018-2019
Skills
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Illustrator
Canva
Figma
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Language
English (Proficient)
Japanese (Conversational)
Mandarin Chinese (Native)
Certificate





Fiona Chen

Parsons School of Design - Communication Design BFA & Photography


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The Shape of Jazz
OCT 2025
Book as ArchiveEditorial / Photography


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The Shape of Jazz is a visual book that explores jazz through archival imagery and historical narrative. Drawing from old image archives, the project traces the development of jazz as both a musical form and a cultural movement. Through photography and graphic design, the book connects sound, history, and visual memory, treating jazz as an evolving language shaped by time, place, and people.

The project introduces key moments in jazz history alongside iconic performers, using image sequencing and layout to build rhythm and context. Archival photographs function not only as documentation but as emotional entry points that capture performance, atmosphere, and presence. Typography and composition guide the reader through historical layers, allowing information and imagery to coexist with clarity and flow.

At its core, The Shape of Jazz positions the book as both an archive and an interpretation. By recontextualizing historical images and narratives through contemporary design, the project reflects on how jazz continues to influence visual culture and collective memory. The book preserves the spirit of jazz while translating its history into a tactile visual experience.
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