Emily KellyGraphic Designer and Artist with a knack for conceptualizing and a love of typography, based in Boulder, Colorado.
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Currently open to freelance and/or long-term collaborations
Harbour Artists & Music, yeemzCover Art
Cover Art for cellist & songwriter yeemz’s latest track release, ‘People Pleaser.’ Inspired by the essence of the song, yeemz’s energy, and standardized personality notes of childhood report cards that can oooooooze 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
Outside ObservationsBrand + Content Curation
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.
Verdant IntimatesIdentity
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 FishLogo + 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
Pilot MagazineEditorial
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
Art PartsIdentity + 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!
Element1 Music, half • aliveMerchandise Design
Are you looking or are you seeing? Inspired by the many faces we may wear on a given day or during a chapter of our live’s — hand drawn shirt design for Indie Alternative group, Half • alive’s latest album, Persona. See NFS submissions here* Explore the world of Sonny & Cher Photography by Courtney Coker
Mauricio ZelayaWebsite
Personal wordmark and custom website design + development with Jenna Solomon for our fabulous friend and nyc based photographer, Mauricio Zelaya. mauricio-zelaya.com
Fashion Institute of TechnologyIdentity + 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
PURSUITLyric 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).