Folder designs interfaces, publications, and systems for organizing, encountering, and carrying information forward. We help museums, universities, civic institutions, and others engaged in the stewardship and sharing of knowledge create ways for language, media, and material to surface and endure.
We are interested in what happens to information over time, and how form can reveal the connections that give it meaning. Projects come in a variety of configurations rooted in partnerships that honor the material and its strategic presentation.
The 1871 Memorial Project supports the construction of a physical memorial near the Chinese American Museum to honor the victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre. The project comes out of an open call from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Artist Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong and writer Judy Chui-Hua Chung’s design centers around guardian banyan trees in Sze Yup (四邑) where the first waves of Chinese immigrants to the United States originate.
Originally run from a five-room historic Tudor home, Parker Gallery moved operations to a classic mid-century commercial structure on Melrose Blvd to provide artists with a more accessible, public-facing platform. The gallery is known for its focus on exhibitions which champion under-recognized artists with unique roots.
The Art of the Benshi World Tour, presented by the Yanai Initiative and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, brings the rare, century-old Japanese cinematic tradition back to live audiences. The tour travels to New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Provo, and Santa Barbara.
Gallery Weekend Los Angeles is an inclusive community program presented annually by Gallery Association Los Angeles. The weekend connects audiences directly with the artists, curators, and gallerists through extended evening hours, and self-guided neighborhood maps—promoting unity in the gallery landscape and giving emerging and underrepresented venues equal visibility.
