About
Christian Solorzano is the founder of OP/AL, (Original Practice Applied Learning), a design practice in Oak Park, and the Chicago Graphic Design Club, a community of thousands of designers united by generosity, curiosity, and the belief that design grows stronger and moves forward together. He produces Faculty, a publication on Chicago design, and hosts Underscore, a podcast with over one hundred episodes featuring conversations with designers throughout Chicago. Solorzano teaches at DePaul University, is a practicing photographer, and a trained meditation instructor whose contemplative practice shapes everything he makes. He believes design is never decoration; it is inquiry, consciousness, and transformation.
Get in Touch
Email cs@christiansolorzano.com
Instagram @xnslrzn
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Founder of OP/AL (Original Practice Applied Learning)
Founder of the Chicago Graphic Design Club
Host of the podcast Underscore
Producer of Faculty, a publication on Chicago design
Design educator at DePaul University
Meditation teacher at the Zen Life & Meditation Center of Chicago
Writer of the journal Beginner's Mind
Photography published on Flickr
Speaking
Type Electives
Speaker
2026
Universidad Catolica Boliviana "San Pablo" Cochabamba
Speaker
2025
Northeastern Illinois University
Panel
2025
DePaul University Panel
Alumni Panel
2024
Chicago Design Archive
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, 20TH ANNIVERSARY
2023
AIGA Chicago
Ask & Give
2021
DePaul University
Alumni Panel
2020