Curriculum Vitae
Lori Choi
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2013-2017 — Master of Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles
2009-2013 — Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture/Landscape/Interiors, Otis College of Art and Design
Immersive Experiences & Themed Entertainment Shows
2026 — Design Director, Lead Scenic — KPop Demon Hunters The Immersive Experience at Netflix House, Dallas, TX and King of Prussia, PA
2025 — Art Director — Squid Game Experience “Survive the Trials” at Netflix House, Dallas, TX
2025 — Environmental Designer — Wednesday Experience “Eve of the Outcasts” at Netflix House, King of Prussia, PA
2025 — Spatial Designer — Sandbox VR at Netflix House, King of Prussia, PA
2025 — Production Designer — Netflix Bites Restaurant, Las Vegas, NV
2025 — Environmental Designer — Doodles Screening Experience, Toronto International Film Festival
2024 — Art Director — Squid Game Experience, Seoul, South Korea
2023 — Design Director — Dizzy Dough Immersive Bake Shop, Singapore
2023 — Design Director — Tommy Hilfiger Immersive Fashion Experience
Exhibitions
2025 — Lead Physical Design — “Court Commons”, Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA
2025 — Design Director — BKT Tires Bhuj Campus Experience, Bhuj, India
2023 — Design Director — Roc Nation Hard Knock Life, Brooklyn Museum, NY
2022 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Gore Creek Valley Interpretive Trail, Vail, CO
2021 — Lead Architectural Designer — Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater, Miami, FL
2021 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles Expansion, Los Angeles, CA
2020 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Jim Crow Museum, Big Rapids, MI
2020 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Maryland Heritage Interpretive Center, Historic St. Mary’s City, MD
2020 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Parental Grief and Child Loss, President Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, D.C.
2020 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Tyler State Park Visitor Center, Tyler, TX
2019 — Lead Exhibition Designer — The Legacy Expansion, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
2019 — Lead Exhibition Designer — This American Tapestry, Tracing Michelle Obama’s Ancestry, African American Civil War Museum, Washington, D.C.
2019 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Americans and the Holocaust Traveling Exhibit, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
2019 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Protecting the Environment, George W. Bush Presidential Library, Dallas, TX
2019 — Senior Exhibition Designer — Historic St. Mary’s City Master Plan, Historic St. Mary’s City, MD
2019 — Lead Exhibition Designer — John Lewis Memorial, DeKalb County Courthouse, Decatur, GA
2018 — Senior Exhibition Designer — Girlhood (It’s Complicated), National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
2018 — Lead Exhibition Designer — Presidential Retreats, George W. Bush Presidential Library, Dallas, TX
2018 — Senior Exhibition Designer — Lucy Burns, Lorton Workhouse Prison Museum, Lorton, VA
2018 — Senior Exhibition Designer — West Main Street Interpretive Wayfinding, Charlottesville, VA
2015 — Architectural Designer — Houses and the Figures that go in Them, Jai & Jai Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 — Architectural Designer — Three Dancers, ACADIA Conference, University of Cicinnati
2013 — Architectural Designer — IMUM COEL Pendulum Field, ACADIA Conference, Waterloo, Canada
2012 — Architectural Designer — TAUT, 2×8 Student Exhibition, AIA Los Angeles, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Events
2025 — Design Director — Rippling Event Experience, multiple locations
2025 — Design Director — NVIDIA GTC, San Jose, CA
2025 — Design Director — Joby Aviation Event Experience
2024 — Stage Designer — Figma Config, San Francisco, CA
2025 — Environmental Designer — Meta Connect Conference, Menlo Park, CA
2023 — Design Director — Activision Warzone 2.0 Photobooth, Los Angeles, CA
2023 — Design Director — Martin Garrix ADE at RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023 — Design Director — The Biergarten at Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ
2023 — Design Director — Al Marmoom Film Festival, Dubai, UAE
2023 — Design Director — Beyoncé Sir Davis Launch
2023 — Design Director — F1 Grand Prix Red Bull Energy Station & Fan Zones, Las Vegas, NV
2023 — Design Director — CASETiFY x Samsung Launch, New York Fashion Week, NYC, NY
2023 — Design Director — Coachella x Coca-Cola Experience, Coachella Valley, CA
2023 — Design Director — Discord Media Event, NYC, NY
2023 — Design Director — FIFA Brand Launch, Los Angeles, CA
2023 — Design Director — SIMIHAZEBEAUTY Pop-Up Stores & After Party, Seoul, South Korea
2017 — Concept Artist — New Horizon, Doug Aitken Workshop, Martha’s Vineyard to Berkshires, Massachusetts
2016 — Architectural Designer — Tower of Twelve Stories, Coachella Music and Arts Festival, CA
Architecture
2018 — Intermediate Architectural Designer — Mixed-Use Life Sciences Laboratory Building, 1450 Owens, San Francisco, CA
2018 — Intermediate Architectural Designer — Mixed-Use Development, 88 Bluxome, San Francisco, CA
2016 — Architectural Designer — Caltech Hameetman Center, Pasadena, CA
2015 — Architectural Designer — Blue Plate Oysterette, Santa Monica, CA
2014 — Architectural Designer — Trudak Housing, Pasadena, CA
2014 — Architectural Designer — EM-MA, Venice, CA
2013 — Architectural Designer — The Wedge, Venice, CA
Academic Appointments
2023-2024 — Lecturer — Graduate Research Studio, School of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2020-2021 — Adjunct Professor — Graduate Exhibition Design Program, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2017 — Lecturer — FORM Academy, School of Arts and Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2017 — Instructor — TeenArch Design Studio, School of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2016 — Teaching Assistant — Planning to Plan Technology Seminar, Architecture/Landscape/Interiors Program, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2014 — Teaching Assistant — Studio I Landscape Architecture, Architecture/Landscape/Interiors Program, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2013 — Teaching Assistant — Digital Media I & II Technology Seminar, Architecture/Landscape/Interiors Program, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2010-2012 — Teaching Assistant — Drawing & Composition, Fine Arts Program, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Awards
2022 — National Council for Public History Outstanding Project Award — Reflections on Grief and Child Loss Exhibition at President Lincoln’s Cottage
2021 — Smithsonian Excellence in Exhibitions Award — Girlhood (It’s Complicated) Exhibition at the National Museum of American History
2021 — Silver Graphis Award — Girlhood (It’s Complicated) Exhibition at the National Museum of American History
2021 — SEGD Merit Award — Reflections on Grief and Child Loss Exhibition at President Lincoln’s Cottage
2020 — Smithsonian Excellence in Exhibitions Award — Girlhood (It’s Complicated) Exhibition at the National Museum of American History
2016 — Harvey S. Perloff Scholarship — University of California, Los Angeles, Architecture & Urban Design
2015 — Dr. Oxman Fellowship — University of California, Los Angeles, Architecture & Urban Design
2015 — Robert Webster Scholarship — University of California, Los Angeles, Architecture & Urban Design
2013 — 1st Place Donghia Portfolio Competition — Otis College of Art and Design
2013 — Excellence in Design Award — Otis College of Art and Design
2013 — Academic Excellence Award — Otis College of Art and Design
2012 — 2nd Place 1:2 Student Competition — AIA / LAIAC
2012 — Excellence in Design Award — Otis College of Art and Design
2012 — Julius Shulman Emerging Talent Award — Los Angeles Business Council
2011 — Excellence in Design Award — Otis College of Art and Design