Delaney Urban

©2026

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Selected Works

Urban Magazine Editorial
HVAC Typeface
Lines Visual Identity
Music Becomes Data Interactive Design

Urban Magazine

2026

Urban Magazine is an independently designed editorial publication exploring the urban environment through photography and experimental typography. This issue focuses on Sydney, Australia, examining the city's overlooked HVAC systems as a source of visual inspiration.

Drawing from the structural and mechanical qualities of these systems, I developed a visual language that translates elements of urban infrastructure into typographic forms, grid structures, and graphic systems. Through original photography, editorial design, and experimentation with typography, I explored how the city's functional structures could inform the visual identity and composition of the publication.

HVAC

2026

HVAC is an experimental display typeface inspired by the mechanical structures of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems found throughout Sydney's urban environment.

Drawing from the geometry of exposed ductwork and industrial infrastructure, I developed a consistent modular grid to guide the construction of each letterform. Through the combination of curved and angular forms, the typeface translates the structural qualities of these systems into a cohesive typographic language. The resulting letterforms explore the relationship between urban infrastructure and typography, transforming overlooked mechanical structures into an experimental typographic system.

Lines Coffee

2026

Lines is a conceptual coffee brand that sits at the intersection of coffee, creativity, and design. Drawing inspiration from the harsh lines and raw materiality of brutalist architecture, I developed a visual identity and packaging system that reflects these structural qualities through typography, geometric forms, and an emphasis on materiality.

Built around the statement "caffeine crafted to fuel creatives," Lines is a brand dedicated to the environments where creativity and culture thrive. Imagined within the creative scene of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the brand caters to a younger audience immersed in design, fashion, and electronic music. Lines positions coffee as a source of energy for both creative production and expression.

Music Becomes Data

2026

Music Becomes Data is an interactive installation concept developed as a proposal for the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia. Centered around the Rio PMP300, one of the first commercially successful MP3 players, released in 1998, the installation explores the early days of digital music and the process of transforming sound into data.

Drawing inspiration from the device's limited 32 MB storage capacity, I designed an interactive experience that invites museum visitors to curate a personal playlist of songs from the era. Through a series of digital interfaces and generative visualizations, visitors experience the process of selecting, compressing, and transferring music onto the device.

As each song is compressed, sound is translated into pixels, making the invisible process of digital compression visible. The installation encourages visitors to reflect on how technological limitations once shaped the ways we collected, stored, and interacted with music.

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Rio PMP300 / Downloaded Playlist Interface Prototype

Eye Contact

2026

Eye Contact is a self-published photographic zine documenting the people and places observed while moving through Bangkok, Thailand.

Through street photography, experimental image sequencing, cropping, and collage, the publication explores brief moments of connection between photographer and subject. Combining documentary photography with playful editorial compositions, the zine reflects an interest in everyday encounters, urban environments, and visual storytelling.

Delaney Urban

©2026

Portrait of Delaney Urban

Hi, my name is Delaney Urban. I'm a graphic designer working across editorial design, visual identity, typography, and interactive media.

My practice explores the relationship between visual communication, culture, and the environments we inhabit.

I approach design through experimentation, research, and an attention to detail, exploring how typography, imagery, and materiality can shape the way we experience and interpret information.

Education

2026–Present

University of Technology Sydney

Visual Communication Design

Sydney, Australia

2021–Present

San Francisco State University

Visual Communication Design

Business Administration, Marketing Concentration

Double Major

San Francisco, CA

2024

ESSCA School of Management

International Marketing

Paris, France

Work

2025–Present

Freelance

Product Photographer

San Francisco, CA

2024–2025

Cera Sine Cera

Digital Marketing Intern

Remote · New York, NY

delaney urban

©2026

@delaneyyurbann delaneyu21@gmail.com