Type
Graphic 

Optimalism
My thesis book on progression in graphic design

[More]


Séancevisual system for Manila music producer crwn’s debut album

[More]


 Jeepnetica
An accordion book featuring Jeepnetica, a variable font that expands from Helvetica

[More]



Catalina’scustom wordmark and identity developed for a merienda staple in Palawan

[More]

Poor Theory
following Ackbar Abbas, typographic sculpture made out of scraps

[More]


 danidoo
brand identity and strategy for a beloved waffle and coffee spot in Cebu 




Maximize the Commons motion design for work for an interdisciplinary exhibition at RISD via Cavalry

Signs of the Timescoded a InDesign script to design a zine featuring a Marshall Berman essay

[More]

Uniform Book Series
on plaid patterns and human patterns

[More]

LoL
Visual Mixer
web tool that takes Red Yellow Blue White from webcam as clipping masks for images and containers for text



WORLD UNFAIR
An expanded studio project on globalization, labor and reuse

[More]



RISD MFA
GD Bienniala hyper-aware identity entitled For Reference Only¹ 

[More]


CEFAbrand identity for the primary education  accomplished during Franklyn 



Sacred Spacesa photobook documenting the similarities of the church and the mall 

[More]


Reharvest & Repairidentity for an initiative from industrial design professors at RISD

[Link]

Me and Typhoonsmy personal essay + data visualization about typhoons in the Philippines

[Link]


Balay Kōbōsignage and identity systemfor a creative home + studio combining Filipino and Japanese sensibilities

[More]



Ang Manileñacustom masthead for the Philippine capital’s own take of The New Yorker

[More]


World Fair Zinea publication related to WORLD UNFAIR, verso reveals a new detail with every page turn

[More]




Atlas 2024black and white publication and exhibition design for RISD class of 2026

[More]



 Nookea brand signature for a bespoke furniture design company in Manila

[More]




Fatima Sound Practicebrand and product development for a hi-fi sound system company inspired by locality and the spiritual

[More]


WorkAbroadrebrand for the Philippines’ biggest recruitment agency case study soon



Subject
Livinga custom ambigram for a rising 
interior home brand

[More]


Mabuhay Font Superfamily

Clara Cayosa
I’m a graphic designer and creative strategist working in the intersection of graphic design, systems and culture. 

My type design practice is treated as cultural work via Tipong Pilipino. I recently graduated from RISD MFA in Graphic Design with a thesis entitled Optimalism.



visual identity, brand strategy, typography, type design, art direction, web design and development, photography, publishing, editorial, product, fashion and dance

AwardsHenry Wolf Award RISD 2025
Gonda Fund RISD 2025 & 2026
Graduate Fellowship RISD 2024
Updike Prize 2023
Recipient, Malee Scholarship 2020
TypeWest Scholarship, 2023

WorkFranklyn Studio NY, 2025
Mestiza Estudio
FR, 2022

And A Half
PH, 2017-2020
Education
Rhode Island School 
of Design
MFA Graphic Design
May 2026

Letterform Archive
Type Design
2023

Teaching
Letterforming
Course Instructor
RISD, JAN 2026
Advance Type Design
Instructor
ADMU, 2024
Features
Rolling Stones Phillippines
How Filipino Type Designers are Preserving Cultural Legacy

CNN Life
How Dance and Design Intersect

Letterform Archive
Student Spotlight: Seven Years of Type Design Graduates
 
Mabuhay Regular in use on an exhibition on Philippine textiles @ RISD Museum

Ventures Fatima Sound Practice

Tipong Pilipino

Atulu Pottery Project

etc.When I'm not designing, I climb, row, run, dance, and brew coffee for people I care. I’m also always reading two books at once: one on design and another one for everything else.



clara@clarasees.com
clarasees
in/clarasees/


You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.– Angela Davis


DesignType
Optimalismmy MFA thesis book, critiques, writings and works on what I view to be progression in graphic design


Séance
visual system, art direction for Manila-based dj/producer crwn with Pool Records


Jeepnetica
An accordion book featuring Jeepnetica, a variable font that expands from Helvetica


Catalina’s Bakeshopidentity, including a custom script typeface developed for a merienda staple in Palawan

Poor Theory following Ackbar Abbas, typographic sculpture made out of scraps


danidoo
brand identity and strategy for a beloved waffle and coffee spot in Cebu


Max Maxim
Maximize
Motion design for work for an interdisciplinary exhibition at RISD via Cavalry
Signs of the Timescoded a InDesign script to design a zine featuring a Marshall Berman essay
Uniform Book Seriesa design project using patterns in plaid uniforms in the Philippines as a and human patterns
LoL Visual Mixerweb tool that takes Red Yellow Blue White from webcam as clipping masks for images and containers for text



WORLD UNFAIRan expanded studio project on globalization, labor and reuse



RISD MFA
GD Biennial a hyper-aware identity entitled For Reference Only¹ 



CEFAbrand identity for the primary education accomplished during Franklyn case study soon


Sacred Spacesa photobook documenting the similarities of the church and the mall 

Tricy Citya photobook documenting the similarities of the church and the mall

Tropikalye Pantone Poster
Reharvest & Repair identity for an initiative on circular economy research by RISD professors and Providence community
Me and Typhoonsmy personal essay + data visualization about typhoons in the Philippines

Balay Kōbōsignage and identity systemfor a creative home + studio combining Filipino and Japanese sensibilities


Ang Manileñacustom masthead for the Philippine capital’s own take of The New Yorker

World Fair Zinea publication related to WORLD UNFAIR, verso reveals a new detail with every page turn

Atlas 2024 black and white publication and exhibition design for RISD class of 2026

Nookea brand signature for a bespoke furniture design company in Manila

Fatima Sound Practicebrand and product development for a hi-fi sound system company inspired by locality and the spiritual
WorkAbroadrebrand for the Philippines’ biggest recruitment agency case study soon

Subject Living
a custom ambigram for a rising interior home brand


Mabuhay Font Superfamily
© Clara Cayosa, 2026
© Clara Cayosa, 2026