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Teresa Estrada

teresaestrada2502
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818 408 3611

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I am a designer and recent Columbia graduate based in New York City. 

My multidisciplinary approach to design is informed by a background in architecture, illustration, graphic design, and Latin American culture. I am drawn to craftsmanship, traditional illustration, organic materials, as well as internet folklore and digital aesthetics.

I find inspiration in the design of daily existence, from street posters and uncanny online ads to the visual language of nature. 

I’m currently open for commissions and seeking full-time opportunities.




Education
Columbia University
B.A. Architecture


Experience Graphic Designer
David E. Little Art Consulting
(since July 2025)

Graphic Designer and Illustrator
PORTALES: The LAIC Undergraduate Journal of Columbia University
2023-2025

Administrative Assistant
Casa Hispánica
Columbia University
2022-2025

Graphic Designer
Casa Hispánica
Columbia University
2022-2023


Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Rhino 3D
SketchUp
Figma
Procreate

CSS
Grasshopper

Languages
English
Spanish




1. Cape Cod Anamolies2025
Digital Art + Typography

A series of images and typography inspired by Cape Cod flora and the feeling when you get salt water up your nose.
 
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3. PORTALES 
2023-2025
Graphic Design + Illustration

Edited independently by undergraduate students from Columbia University and Barnard College since 2015, PORTALES publishes outstanding scholarly research and creative work. As the journal’s graphic designer, I developed the layout design and visual identity for the three most 

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4. Maquina M
2023
Performative Device

Course: Special Topics: Phenomenal Objects

Memories and time exist along a wave of continuous flux. For this course, I was tasked with designing and fabricating an instrument that tracks time. As I thought about my own understanding of time, I was inclined to reflect on my childhood, as I believe I felt time most intensely back

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5. Icons2025
Ballpoint pen on paper
5 x 7.5 in





6. Untitled
2025
Watercolor on paper
6 x 14 in



1. Ostia
 
2022
Academic Work: Architectural Design
Course: Advanced Architectural Design I

The “Climatorium” project prompts for the design of a new climate observatory and forum next to the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. My proposition for the Climatorium takes a structural response to the project’s questions of creating a place for direct action to address climate change. Instead of designing a passive

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2. Living Materials
2023
Academic Work: Architectural Design
Course: Advanced Architectural Design II

The corner of 125th street and 5th avenue is one of the oldest vacant lots in Harlem. Once home to a famed soul food restaurant, the lot has been cleared of structures since 1997 and now sits in an overgrown state. The

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3. Chroma Garden 2022
Academic Work: Architectural Design
Course: Architectural Design: Environments & Mediations

Design aiming to provide experiential multiplicity and choice for improved performance to foster inclusive and collective use. The site for this project is the 111th Street People’s Garden (Julia’s Garden), a community garden located on the NW corner of 111th and Amsterdam Ave. As a community garden, it is operated and maintained by a local group of members 

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4. Sometimes I Just Sit
2021
Academic Work: Architectural Design
Course: Architectural Design: Systems & Materials

“Condensor” prompts a reimagination of a part of Barnard College as a kind of “public living room” that extends the limits of a private institution. My chosen site, Futter Field, is a campus landmark and a gathering space for students, offering one of the few active greenspaces of Barnard’s campus. The social

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5.  Linkages
2022
Academic Work: Research Project
Course: Advanced Architectural Design I

Three spatial-political-environmental “core sections” - one in the Museum of Natural History, one in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and one in the stretch of Central Park between the museums.

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