Packaging, Branding, Logo Design
2019

CD: Todd Bellucci • Design: Phen Grant • PM: Ida Levick • Photo: Chicago Bourbon LLC

I was brought on to the team for two special-edition products, a maple bitters and a whiskey-infused coffee design. These products were distributed to top merchandisers around the country as limited edition holiday gifts.

During my involvement WPW was considering a total branding refresh. I crafted all-original packaging, labels, bag design, as well as a proposal for new brand-mark and logo.

Graphic Design, Social Media Design, Page Layout
2018

CD: Justin Platnar GD: Phen Grant

Best Made Company is a high-end outdoor supply company featuring hand-crafted axes, perfectly colored and machined tool boxes, work-wear-inspired outfitting, and city accessories for pets. Their stores in NYC pre-pandemic offered classes including indego-dying and candle-making workshops, vinyl listening wine nights, and live DJ sets.

This proposal involved crafting each visual element of the retail experience—shooting lifestyle and adventure photos, print catalog design, email blasts, and banner ads. I also curated a series of Instagram feed options and crafted pins, flags and stickers.

Graphic Design, Packaging, Branding
2021

CD: Louisa Caragan • SR.AD: Eric Losh, Laura Desilvio • GD/AD: Phen Grant • GD: Benji Hunt

I created anything from social media stories and bar wraps to liquor boxes, stickers and branding for special partnerships and PR events. Please see Hunter’s site for public-facing work.

Brand Standards, Graphic Design + Photo Art Direction
2019

CD: Ken Zorovich • SR.AD: Kaitlin Lusty • AD, CD, Photo: Phen Grant

I worked on a brand refresh for a home goods company, where typography, social media design, color palette, and logo design were all refreshed.

I also assisted with art direction for a creative recipe blog, shot lifestyle images, and created a new typography pairing for web, packaging, and print design.

AD, Graphic Design, Email Design, Social Media, Web Design
2016 — 2018

CD: Cynthia Knox, Ann Brimacombe • AD: Phen Grant • GD: Greta Gillen • Photo: Kevin White

I worked primarily as a photo art director for this women’s fashion brand. I created weekly email blasts, art directed photoshoots for seasonal campaigns, organized and crafted social media content as well as developed a new logo, website, and identity for Trendsend.com + Evereve.com

Graphic Design, Illustration, Branding
2018 — 2022

I created original branding for Studio Apparatus, a multi-state photography studio and event space based in Minneapolis + NYC.

The space in New York is currently being built out as an Art Deco paradise with natural surfaces, sweeping archways and vintage chrome. The branding collateral mirrors this aesthetic with soft, organic shapes, natural hues in greens, neutrals, burnt orange and delicate periwinkle.

Graphic Design, UX Design, Illustration
2013 — 2015

CD: Rick Walstrom • GD: Phen Grant • UX Lead: Jordan Tack

I created illustrations and design for Hi-Tech, a genius-bar style support center at Target Corporate. I doodled and illustrated a series of friendly "tech-bot" creatures to guide users through the center and explain technology.

I created the skin for a mobile self-serve app & directional signage. I crafted an appointment booking system for a proposed learning center.

1992—2023

Since I was a kid creating unique illustrations, doodles, and silly cross-sections has been my passion. Here are some highlights to show that work off in one place.

Art Direction, Print Design & Photography

2015 — 2016

CD: Andy Asbury • PM: Bri Starkey-Smith • AD, GD, Photo: Phen Grant • Printer: James Asbury


I created lifestyle branding for Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate catering to Millennial home buyers. My favorite project was a colorful welcome guide for new agents, which I art directed, photographed, illustrated, created original layout for, and worked with our in-house print shop to produce.

I crafted vibrant logos for the brand's networking and co-working spaces. I also worked on postcards, seasonal campaigns and custom agent collateral and branding.

Graphic Design, Illustration
2016

Curator: Charles Youel • Designer: Phen Grant • Printer: Studio on Fire

I was accepted into a Minneapolis-based poster show celebrating beer and bikes. We exhibited our screen-printed pieces at Fulton Brewery. Standing close you see 442 copper-inked, variably blobbed lines. Take a step back and the shapes blend form a fixed gear bike. I documented the process of printing at Studio on Fire.

Art Direction + Photographing Food Laydowns
AD/Photo/Styling: Phen Grant • Photo/Assist: Leah Edelman-Brier
2018

I love the organic form and texture of produce, so I create still-life compositions based on my foraging in Chinatown and the Union Square Green Market.

Graphic Design, Illustration, Poster Design
2014 — 2015

I created branding, swag and posters for a Minneapolis folk singer Jillian Rae’s various performances. I played with hand-illustrated, textured, and experimental typography in these fun projects.

Graphic Design, Illustration

2015

I created original branding for Prasarita, a yoga-focused, active-wear line featuring hand-woven garments in bright colors and patterns.

While I was worked on branding I was touring India and Nepal by train. I found inspiration from Devanagari script and colors during Holi festival. This region of the world was the birthplace of meditation and yoga which had a huge impact on my branding aesthetic and color choices.

Art Direction, Photography, Print Design, Logo Design
2018 — 2022

I art directed promotional photos for The Fae, a play in the Twin Cities Horror Fest. I created original photography, print collateral, social media posts, and marketing for the play.

Color photo gallery by Dan Norman.

Graphic design, Illustration
2016

Hoki Joy Co. is a cozy Japanese restaurant set in East Village, NYC.

I created a logo, brand identity, menu, packaging design, and a series of fun illustrated poster for the brand. When I initially posted them on social media I received several inquiries for where the location of the restaurant was. (I felt like that was a good sign.) 🍱🥢

2015

Picante Restaurante is a Mexican restaurant concept. I created original branding, menu, signage, and icons to add some visual fun.

Graphic Design, Wayfinding Design, Photography, Illustration
2009 — 2011

CEO: Jack Lavoy, Education: Sarah Congdon-Schmitz • GD, Photo, Exhibit Design: Phen Grant

I worked as an intern for two years at Great Lakes Aquarium. We rebranded all internal exhibits, advertisements, logos and way finding.

After being hired following my internship, my team assisted the education team with researching animal illustrations, photographing fish species, and creating relevant signage for exhibits through the building, including a set of cartoon characters to guide kids through the space. I created original photo-real illustrations as a project to accompany existing signage.

Graphic Design, Packaging Design, Illustration
2014 — 2015

CEO: Ahmad Guled • Designer: Phen Grant

Da'uus is a Somali-run personal products company providing affordable goods to struggling families in the US and abroad. I created an original identity for Da'uus, Nuna, and Bilan brands.

The Nuna brand included illustrations and logo for a kid's diaper & baby wipes brand. I also created original branding and packaging for Bilan, a feminine products brand.