V.E. Chen (they/them)

is a designer based in Los Angeles, working both locally and remotely. They bring meticulous typographic consideration to projects across print, brand identities, digital platforms, and wayfinding systems. Having collaborated with studios including IN-FO.CO / Inventory Press, ELLA, and Studio Lin, they now work independently while maintaining a focus in book design. Say hello at: hi (at) vechen (dot) world

Scientia Sexualis, 2024

Accompanying the ICA LA exhibition Scientia Sexualis, this volume features artists whose practices address, dissolve, and reimagine sex and gender within the apparatus of science—past and present.

Completed at IN-FO.CO for the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles.


Us Screenplay Book, 2024


This companion paperback to the critically-acclaimed film Us features Oscar®-winning director Jordan Peele’s screenplay illustrated with over 150 stills from the motion picture; deleted scenes; an introduction by the filmmaker; and in-depth annotations.

Completed at IN-FO.CO for Monkey Paw Productions and Universal Pictures.


Real Life, 2023

A print compilation of various essays from the online technology magazine Real Life.

Completed at IN-FO.CO for Snapchat.

Seeing <—> Making | Room for Thought, 2024


A collaboration between renowned philosopher Susan Buck-Morss, Kevin McCaughey of Boot Boyz Biz, and Adam Michaels of Inventory Press, this experimental image-text renewal of McLuhan, Berger and Benjamin studies and presents the creative process of constructing ideas with images.

Completed at IN-FO.CO.

Pressing Matters 11, 2023

With over 400 pages of documentation, this book celebrates and reflects upon a year of student work at the Architecture Department of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

Completed at Studio Lin for UPENN.


Last updated 1/31/25