RACHEL FAZIO

Rachel is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Los Angeles who specializes in branding, publication, and music packaging design. They graduated with their Bachelor of Design from University of Washington and are currently completing their MFA in Graphic Design at CalArts.

Rachel is currently working as the Social Media Manager for Organic Control, Inc. (2024–present) and creating merchandise for various local musicians like Janna Jamison and Underexposed (Garrett Rahn). They worked as a Content Creator for Forem, DEV, and Codenewbie (2022–2024) and as an Art and English Teacher at Fusion Academy (2021–2022). Rachel has been working as a professional graphic designer, mostly centered around brand design in collaboration with local brands and artists since 2018.

SELECTED WORKTYPEYR
9
I WAS SEDUCED BY GAY TYPE!
Publication
2026
8
THE UNKNOWN
Publication
2026
7
ROOTED TERRITORIES
Branding
2025
6
ADDING SOIL AMENDMENTS
Publication
2026
5
JANNA JAMISON
Branding
2024–2026
4
DEV
Branding
2022–2024
3
LA CHIMERA
Title Sequence
2026
2
I FOUND THE F
Music Video
2025
1
MUSIC BOX SANS
Type Design
2025
7    ROOTED TERRITORIES
TYPE: BRANDING
2025

What if governments grew like ecosystems? The Rooted Territories is a speculative nation premised on the idea that humans are half plant, and that society should be structured accordingly. Their central goal is to build reciprocal, regenerative governmental systems designed to restore the earth's natural systems. This project expands upon other fictional nations like in “The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift: Intellectual Barbarians” by Annebella Pollen and Angus McBean, inventing a new nation that lives simultaneously in escapism and idealism.

While creating this speculative nation, I was deeply intrigued by how much our current politics and social behaviors in the colonized United States demand for a separation between humans and nature. I wanted for the visuals of The Rooted Territories to feel very modern, though mixed with a logomark and illustrative elements inspired by both modern tattoo designs and knitting patterns that have been passed through generations to denote a specific geography. The very experimental typeface that I used for the Remembrance Holiday poster and Rooted Territories logomark were forms pulled from the brand’s illustrations that I built out into a caps and lowercase typeface called The Rooted.