[Livestream] Lauren Hom
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About the speaker
Welcome Lauren Hom to the CUNY Graduate Centerâs Stage!
Lauren Hom is a designer, lettering artist, muralist, and chef. An "artist with a business brain", she picked up hand lettering as a hobby while studying advertising in college. That hobby grew into a passion and, over the next few years, she leveraged a few clever passion projects into a thriving design business thanks to the power of the internet.
Known for her bright color palettes, playful letterforms, and quirky copywriting, Lauren has created work for clients like Vans, Target, Google, and Adobe. She loves sharing her knowledge with others through her blog, online courses, and in-person workshops
When she's not furiously working to meet a deadline, you can find her learning how to make her favorite foods from scratch or dreaming up her next passion project.
Laurenâs motto is, and will always be, âWork hard, snack often.â After almost a decade in the design industry, she realizes that working hard all the time isn't sustainable, but she got it tattooed on her forearms when she was 23, so it will always be her motto and she's fine with it. She just reminds herself and others to take more breaks now.
In 2023, Lauren attended culinary school to expand her creative skill set and explore the intersection of graphic arts and culinary arts. Sheâs currently taking on a range of creative projects that combine her expertise in lettering, food styling, murals, teaching, and more, as well as hosting occasional pop-up dinner parties.
đ” Performance by Rosetooth
Rosetooth is a Brooklyn rock band formed in 2024. Most often, you'll find the full line up in a local NYC venue blending the edge of grunge and the atmospheric layers of shoegaze to create their heavy sound.
Local partners
Global Partner â Adobe
Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations â customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive business growth, and build remarkable experiences.
Global Patron â Harnisch Foundation
Harnisch Foundation believes in a fairer world that works better for everyone, with special attention on gender and racial equity.
Local Partner â Harvest
Harvest is a web-based time tracking and invoicing application relied on by thousands of people around the world, from freelancers to small businesses to departments of Fortune 500 companies. Harvest founders Danny Wen and Shawn Liu had searched for tools to help their agency scale with more efficient methods to track time and send invoices. Unable to find one, they invested their own time, energy, and money into creating what they knew was a better way to run the businessâand Harvest was born.
Venue Partner â CUNY Graduate Center
The CUNY Graduate Center, a leader in public graduate education, is committed to doctoral and masterâs education for the public good. Our location in the heart of New York City provides students with countless opportunities to participate in one of the most vibrant and diverse communities in the world. Committed to CUNYâs historic mission of educating the children of âthe whole people,â the Graduate Center provides access to graduate education for diverse groups of highly talented students, including those who have been underrepresented in higher education.
