Emily KellyGraphic Designer and Artist with a knack for conceptualizing and a love of typography, based in Boulder, Colorado.
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Short-term freelance collaborations welcome


Featured Work
Choice — 8.5” x 11” mixed media on paper


Outside Observations
Art Direction + Content Creation
Los Angeles based ideas, creative and strategic research agency, Outside Observations, sought me out to create bespoke experimental imagery for social media use and beyond. While collaborating on one-off print, digital, and environmental projects, I also aid in the research and curation of found inspiration imagery driving their Instagram page. Curiously crafted Instagram posts continue to garner thousands of likes, shares, followers, and conversation. 

Tini Baby
Logo Design
Inspired by founder, Ariel Bunch’s, search for the perfect dirty martini Nashville has to offer, the Tini Baby mobile martini bar was born. Brought on to create interchangeable logos for usage across print, digital and environmental assets, I was super inspired by the ‘I Love Lucy’ x Chappell Roan meets Sabrina Carpenter essence Ariel wanted to fuse. Vintagey-pop with a touch of sophisticated whimsy. It’s the drink that sparks conversation, that turns an ordinary night into something memorable. Photography courtesy of Tini Baby

Verdant Intimates
Identity
Verdant is a New York-based lingerie brand tailored for stillness and motion, for the morning ritual and the midnight rush. Each collection is hand-crafted in small batches and considers the full arc of the wearer’s day. Founders, Eleanor Mooney and Michelle Bergmann, approached me to create an identity that encompassed the effortlessly purposeful essence of a woman in motion — bringing to life their main logotypes, preliminary brand guidelines and general art direction across print and digital media. Photography by Sophie Sahara, Applied AD by Tulika Studios

Harbour Artists & Music, Paige Fish
Logo + Social Branding
Whimsically darling logo design for singer and songwriter, Paige Fish. Additional social media branding of typography, backgrounds, text templates, embellishments, and stickers designed to be used for a variety of content on Paige’s fan page, @fanpaige. Photography by Mimi Matrix 

Art Parts
Identity + Web
Art Parts is a non-profit creative reuse center based in Boulder, Colorado. Art Part’s mission is to inspire and promote creativity, resource conservation, and community engagement through reuse. Inspired by their unique demographic, business model, and valuable mission, I had the privilege of creating a complete refresh across logotypes, establishing brand guides, bringing their new website to life, and further translating guides to print, digital, and environmental assets. A timeless yet modern update to the everchanging and unique by design, Art Parts Creative Reuse Center. Find a creative reuse center near you!

Harbour Artists & Music, yeemz
Cover Art
Cover Art for cellist & songwriter yeemz’s latest track release, ‘People Pleaser.’ Inspired by the messaging of the song, yeemz’s energy, and standardized personality notes of childhood report cards that can oooooze into one’s personal life; an organically honest artwork unfolded. Tickled by the fact I happened to have a report card from the 1930’s (lol) outlining traits of a pupil in the most blatant sense… we love easter eggs! Listen here Photography by Mimi Matrix

KAYAK, Instant Window Seat
Art Direction + Brand/Digital Design
Everybody wants it... but no one’s willing to give it up. In celebration of April Fools Day, one of the travel industry’s greatest search engine’s, KAYAK, had a few ideas in mind. Working closely with KAYAK’s in-house creative team, everyone’s favorite seat on a stick, the Instant Window Seat, came to life. Derived by the well referenced visuals and tone of 90’s infomercials, I researched, designed and developed the art direction and branding the Instant Window Seat world would unfold in across digital assets; web-landing page, motion graphic informercial and static Instagram posts. Call 1-800-INSTAWINDOW

Pilot Magazine
Editorial
Pilot Magazine is a digest dedicated to all things creative, experimental, and authentic. Working alongside Publication Editor, Angela Lian, we researched, managed, conceptualized, designed and produced the first print issue of Pilot Magazine. Issue 01: The Pilot Episode  

Fashion Institute of Technology
Identity + Web
Working with a small team of FIT GD alumni, we sought to create a virtual home for the Graphic Design BFA program @ The Fashion Institute of Technology—letfliesfly.com. I lent a heavy hand in the branding, copywriting, creative direction, design, development, and project management. Social promo videos created in collaboration with Jenna Solomon.  Check out what the web-hosting platform, Cargo Collective, had to say about the site

PURSUIT
Lyric Book
PURSUIT is a typographic exploration into the British bred band, The 1975. For the lyric book, I used Apple Garamond to compliment the grounding nature of the band, and focused on the relationship between the feeling and texture their lyrics/instrumentals evoke. The lyric book features three typographic lyric translations per each respective studio album — The 1975 (2013), ILIWYSFYASBYSUOI (2016), ABIIOR (2018).