Clara Cayosa

 Clara is a graphic, type designer and strategist, with focus on the intersection of design, type, national identity, and glocal culture. In 2019 she founded Tipong Pilipino, which jumpstarted the community of type designers in the Philippines.

She has given talks at ATypI and taught in Ateneo de Manila University. Clara is currently pursuing her MFA  Graphic Design at the RISD in Providence, US.


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AWARDS
– Updike Prize, first prize 2023
– Malee Scholarship, recipient 2020
– TypeWest Scholarship, Letterform Archive, recipient 2023
– RISD Fellowship 2024-2026


FEATURES
Rolling Stones Phillippines
How Filipino Type Designers are Preserving Cultural Legacy

Letterform Archive
Student Spotlight: Seven Years of Type Design Graduates 
for winning the type design award Updike Prize

CNN Life, Fifth Wall Fest
How Dance and Design Intersect a personal essay written on 2021 for my love for the two fields






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CURRENT THOUGHTS
reflecting on Kenya Hara’s concept on glocal, Jane Benette’s book on Vibrant Matter, anima sana in corpore sano and why I signed up for the Providence Marathon this May.