Dexin (Leah) LeahInfo
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Dexin (Leah) is a Brooklyn-based designer focused on visual systems informed by context and design, creating work that connects and resonates across books, art direction, brand identities, and digital media.




Services

Publication Design
Art Direction
Website Design
Branding & Identity
Typeface Design


Experience

GOAT
Eric Wrenn Office
New Information Studio
Maiarelli Studio
Javas Lehn Studio
With Projects
MTWTF
Pratt Institute School of Design
Studio TYCO
Swarovski, Shenzhen
Shenzhen Urban Planning & Design Institute


Selected Clients

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Matt Lv/Modern Sky 北京摩登天空
Toyota-CN/JP
Olio E Aceto
Petitree Gallery / Mu1-Yuxuan Shao
JustSmile Magazine
ecoartspace
Roaringwild 
Lily Purbrick
Common Divisor
Entre Temps
Institute of International Visual Arts-UK
Pratt Institute
ILNYA Nieternite Nifutur
Opicloth 
Share Design Architectural Studio
Shenzhen Urban Planning & Design Institute




For general inquiries: d.leahchen@gmail.com
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@Dexin (Leah) Chen 2025
Lily Purbrick
  • Website Design for London Based Art Director
  • Lily Purbrick
  • Design: Dexin (Leah) Chen, Tyler Owens, Alex Gabe Williams
  • Site Development: Tyler Owens

  • Coming Soon








Just Smile Issue 5, 6, 7

  • Magazine Design for Just Smile Issue 5, 6, 7
  • Design: with Nine.SixThree.co, Samson Ossedryver
  • Publisher: Justsmile Magazine
  • 2024 — 2025


This issue reflects on the ever-relevant question of belonging, exploring themes of connection, estrangement, and the invisible threads of humanity that bind us together in a world often divided. In Issue 5, Justsmile also touches base with industry friends Alex Sossah, Aymeric, Marcus Allen, Marika-Ella Ames, and Mark Grattan; catches up with rising designers Bianca Saunders and Connor McKnight; and visits artists Kevin Beasley, Eli Ping, and Ignacio Gatica in practice.


See more:
https://justsmilemagazine.com/issues/















The New Geologic Epoch
  • Exhibition Catalogue for Ecoartspace
  • Design: Tyler Owens, Dexin (Leah) Chen
  • May-Dec, 2024
  • Publisher: Ecoartspace


The New Geologic Epoch, curated by Mary Mattingly, presented an immersive exploration of humanity’s footprint on the planet. Through a diverse range of mediums, including photography, sound, video, film, sculpture, ceramic, painting, textile, installation, performative, eco-remediation, and more. The exhibition delves into the shifts shaping our world. From mining scars to urban sprawl, each work reflects on the evolving relationship between humans and the environment, inviting viewers to contemplate the impact of the Anthropocene era.


See more: https://ecoartspace.org/Sys/Store/Products/346261







  • allover
  • Debut Publication for Yuxuan Shao
  • 2024—2025
  • Co-produced by @petitree_art and Hypertext.
  • Published by Polyspring Publication
  • Printing: Artron @artron_artgroup



This book features over 100 pieces between 2023 and 2025, along with 4 in-depth interviews with Shao conducted by ChatGPT, explores the artist’s ongoing experiment of translating between text and image.
Currently available only in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.


Exhibition:

Chapter 1 at @petitree_art [7.26 - 9.15]
Chapter 2 at @shanghartgallery [8.2 - 9.6]









ECHOS
  • Photography Catalogue for Xu Wang
  • Aug, 2024 — May 2025


“ECHOS” encapsulates a unique photographic exploration, meticulously crafted through the artistic lens of the photographer and the refined vision of the designer. The project dismantles conventinal narratives, focusing instead on the inherent connections between form, color, and material. By stripping away subjectivity, the lens unveils the essence of objects, revealing a delicate iinterplay between the tangible and the visual.

  • Publisher: Universal Press, Singapore

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Roaringwild
  • Graphic Design, Lookbook Design 
  • for Roaringwild SS25

In an era of turmoil, countless concealed phenomena are brought to light—desire, sorrow, chaos... Everything within the human heart grows and spreads as society oscillates between rising and falling. 

This season centers on the theme of anti-war, beginning with portraits of societal groups shaped by war, which indirectly depict the environment and emotions revealed during unsettling times. For SS2025, the collection draws inspiration from two distinct societal group styles, using different portrayals to highlight the characteristics of fashion, uniforms, and streetwear.



See more:
Roaringwild
















Goat
  • ALIAS  / SNEAKERS.COM
  • Campaign, Graphic Design, Email, Social

  • Team:
  • Sam Guillope-Weissler, 
  • Laura Tolomelli, 
  • Emma Peters, 
  • Leo Hurtado, 
  • Matty Rivera,
  • Sophie Mills, 
  • Anabella Chiou, 
  • Leah Chen

  • May-Sep, 2025













Housefire
  • Poetry Collection for Leslie Puett
  • 2025
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The Slowdown
  • Website Design for The Slowdown Media
  • With: With Project Studio
  • Design: Dexin (Leah) Chen
  • Site Development: The Slowdown Team

See more:
https://www.slowdown.media/








Entre : Temps
  • Website Design, Art Direction, Lookbook design
  • For Entre : Temps
  • Design: Dexin (Leah) Chen, Tyler Owens
  • Site Development: Ben Jackson

Website - Coming Soon









IESSI.FR
  • Branding, Graphic Design for IESSI
  • With: Studio Maiarelli 


See more:
https://maiarellistudio.com/work/iessi
https://iessi.fr/









HumanscaleArt Direction, Visual Design, Exhibition Signage
for Humanscale
With: With Project Studio


See more:
https://withprojects.org/?projects=humanscale







ME ?
  • Album Cover Design - LP Record / CD for Matt Lv
  • Published by Beijing Modern Sky Culture 北京摩登天空














Transmissions
  • Editorial Design for Ecoartspace
  • Design: Tyler Owens, Dexin (Leah) Chen

Transmissions is the thematic provocation for the 2024 ecoartspace annual exhibition demonstrating the many ways energetic waves operate on the senses and support life here on planet Earth.









An Index of Bookstores in New York
    Publication Design: An Index of Bookstores in New York
  • Special Thanks to Scott Vander Zee

This publication is an assembly of the research, exploration, and discovery of the bookstores in New York, which index and document the background stories and conversations behind the bookstores and collect those that no longer existed. This is a 360-page archive that includes over 150 images of the photo documentation, and contains information and stories about the existing and closed bookstores.




Version 1
Version 2