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TRACE x NYC DESIGN FESTIVAL

For the exhibition TRACE, UN-BRIEFED presents a process-driven online showcase exploring how space is recorded, interpreted, and reimagined through fragments, movements, lines, and digital narratives. Presented as part of NYCxDESIGN Festival 2026, the exhibition brings together interdisciplinary works across architecture, technology × design, graphic design, digital media, and spatial storytelling.

The selected works reflect a diverse range of creative approaches, from architectural drawings and urban observations to interactive experiences, visual systems, speculative interfaces, and media-based explorations. Rather than focusing only on finished outcomes, TRACE highlights the act of tracing as a critical and imaginative method — a way to uncover hidden relationships, document spatial memories, and construct new narratives around the built environment.

As an online exhibition, TRACE unfolds without a single physical location. Through a distributed digital showroom, each project contributes to a collective mapping of ideas, forming an accessible and evolving archive of spatial thought. We invite visitors to explore this collection as a shared digital space where individual trajectories intersect, and where traces become not only marks of the past, but starting points for future interpretations.

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Architecture

FINE ART

ILLUSTRATION

UI/UX Design

Photography

Graphic Design

bRANDING Design

PHOTOGRAPHY · 2025

Urban Rhythms

Jingyi Yu

Exploring the intersection of modern architecture and urban spaces.

architecture · 2025

Digital Territories

Yaoze Yu

An immersive digital installation exploring virtual spatial experiences.

FINE ART · 2024

Redefine the Line

Ruotai Tang

Typography as spatial intervention in graphic design practice.

UIUX design · 2024

Structural Poetry

Lucy Hu

Capturing the essence of architectural form through lens-based practice.

architecture · 2024

Pattern Language

Yilin Chen & Yangyang Zhu

Abstract geometric explorations in visual communication.

branding design · 2025

Urban Rhythms

Ye(Cindy) Hou, Xinyu(Isabella) Qiao

Exploring the intersection of modern architecture and urban spaces.

graphic design · 2025

Digital Territories

Jia Yuan

An immersive digital installation exploring virtual spatial experiences.

architecture · 2024

Redefine the Line

Kathy Sun

Typography as spatial intervention in graphic design practice.

Submit Your Work

We're always looking for experimental, uncommissioned works that push boundaries. Join our growing community of independent practitioners.

View Open Call →

A curated collection of uncommissioned works from architects, designers, and artists exploring spatial practice beyond traditional constraints.

All

Architecture

Landscape

Digital Art

UI/UX Design

Photography

Graphic Design

PHOTOGRAPHY · 2025

Urban Rhythms

Christina

Exploring the intersection of modern architecture and urban spaces.

OIL ON CANVAS · 2025

Ephemeral Vitality

Marcus Lee

Explore themes of femininity, cultural identity, and the relationship between human emotion and nature.

Digital Art · 2025

Digital Territories

Emma Rodriguez

An immersive digital installation exploring virtual spatial experiences.

Graphic Design · 2024

Redefine the Line

James Park

Typography as spatial intervention in graphic design practice.

Photography · 2024

Structural Poetry

Aisha Williams

Capturing the essence of architectural form through lens-based practice.

Illustration · 2024

Pattern Language

Chen Liu

Abstract geometric explorations in visual communication.

Submit Your Work

We're always looking for experimental, uncommissioned works that push boundaries. Join our growing community of independent practitioners.

View Open Call →

A curated collection of uncommissioned works from architects, designers, and artists exploring spatial practice beyond traditional constraints.

All

Architecture

Landscape

Digital Art

UI/UX Design

Photography

Graphic Design

PHOTOGRAPHY · 2025

Urban Rhythms

Christina

Exploring the intersection of modern architecture and urban spaces.

OIL ON CANVAS · 2025

Ephemeral Vitality

Jas Yu

Explore themes of femininity, cultural identity, and the relationship between human emotion and nature.

Digital Art · 2025

Digital Territories

Emma Rodriguez

An immersive digital installation exploring virtual spatial experiences.

Graphic Design · 2024

Redefine the Line

James Park

Typography as spatial intervention in graphic design practice.

Photography · 2024

Structural Poetry

Aisha Williams

Capturing the essence of architectural form through lens-based practice.

Illustration · 2024

Pattern Language

Chen Liu

Abstract geometric explorations in visual communication.

Submit Your Work

We're always looking for experimental, uncommissioned works that push boundaries. Join our growing community of independent practitioners.

View Open Call →

Graphic Design · 2024

Redefine the Line

James Park

Typography as spatial intervention in graphic design practice.

Photography · 2024

Structural Poetry

Aisha Williams

Capturing the essence of architectural form through lens-based practice.

Illustration · 2024

Pattern Language

Chen Liu

Abstract geometric explorations in visual communication.