Christian Solorzano is a communication designer, educator, and community builder based in Oak Park, Illinois. He is the founder of OP/AL — Original Practice Applied Learning — an independent design studio built on the belief that attention is the practice.

He founded the Chicago Graphic Design Club in 2020, now a community of thousands of designers across the city united by generosity, curiosity, and the conviction that design grows stronger and moves forward together. He produces Faculty, an annual publication documenting Chicago's evolving design landscape, and hosts Underscore, a podcast with over one hundred episodes in conversation with designers throughout Chicago.

Solorzano teaches at DePaul University. He is a practicing photographer who loves shooting manual — drawn to the craft and science behind composition and light — a trained meditation instructor, a student of Zen, and a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

His work sits at the intersection of identity, culture, and communication — with clients and collaborators who believe their work matters.