Board of Directors

Justin is an art director, designer, and typographer from New York City. He specializes in crafting memorable brand identity systems and campaign creative with a range of clients and agency partners. He holds a dual concentration BFA with Honors in Advertising and Design from the School of Visual Arts. Cultivated in the bustling culture and collectivist spirit of New York City, Justin’s approach to design is rooted in a profound appreciation for the arts and a careful attention to detail. Passionate about building purposeful brands and making people smile, Justin strives to craft insight-backed and provocative work, bringing fresh perspectives and strong, rationale-driven design to every project. His work helps corporations, startups, and individuals define impactful brand experiences.

Justin’s work has been internationally exhibited, covered, and awarded by various organizations like the One Club for Creativity, the Type Directors Club, Print Magazine, Time Out, Graphis, NBC, D&AD, and Communication Arts, among others. Recent clients include Hennessy, the NBA, Facebook, General Electric, Ray-Ban, Meta Reality Labs, and Google Android. Justin also serves on the AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship jury.

Kiser is a creative leader and industry pioneer who works at the intersection of design, technology, and innovation. As Chief Creative Officer and Partner at Red Antler, Kiser supercharges brands through multi-disciplinary creativity. He is known for crafting fantastic futures by fusing transformative design with unique experiences.

From disruptive startups to Fortune 100 giants, Kiser has been instrumental in shaping some of the world’s most iconic companies across a wide range of industries. He brings a holistic, forward-thinking approach to creativity, with experience that spans brand design, advertising, product design/apps, e-commerce, retail, experiential design, AI, augmented reality, gaming design, innovation solutions and more.

Kiser has led groundbreaking work, including Walmart’s entry into the metaverse with WalmartLand on Roblox and Delta’s CES Wonder Window experience, which redefined immersive brand storytelling. A Cannes Lions Grand Prix winner and AdAge Web3 Marketing Trailblazer, Kiser is recognized as a leader in the integration of media disruption with next up technologies and AI.

Co-Founder, Executive Creative Director, Team

Amy brings a focus on emotion, connection, and meaning to Team’s work, where she leads the creation of brand identities with depth, clarity, and cohesion. Her approach helps clients uncover unforeseen opportunities, driving long-term brand value and fostering authentic relationships with audiences. In addition to her branding work, Amy is an accomplished visual artist whose immersive, multimedia installations explore the space between the human experience and the natural world. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum, and the MIT List Visual Arts Center. Amy previously led award-winning brand and digital initiatives for clients including Lexus, Vodafone, and Red Bull. She serves on the board of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation and has contributed to national initiatives like Artist Relief, helping to raise awareness and distribute emergency funds to artists in need during the pandemic. She holds BFA degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Brown University, and an MFA from Columbia University.

Jessica Moon is an Associate Program Director focused on shaping curriculum and learning paths in continuing education for UI/UX design. Previously, Jessica was a practicing designer with nearly 15 years of experience, spanning across industries from print through digital, working in multi-disciplinary studios, agencies and product companies. Early on in her career, Jessica also took on managing and mentorship roles and helped build teams. She is a life-long student who aims to share her collective experiences and learnings as well as build and be a part of various communities that thrive on the practice of people first.

Brad is an NYC-based creative director currently leading a team at Twigeo, a global paid marketing agency. He blends design and strategy in his work with brands like The New York Times, Duolingo, theSkimm, Uniswap, SoundCloud, and Peloton.

Brad holds a BFA in screenwriting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to design, he worked in film and TV as a researcher, PA, and as James Lipton’s assistant on Inside the Actors Studio. Outside of work, he has taken design, photography, and AI classes at SVA and IDEO. He has also had his writing and photography published, most recently in Daybreak Magazine. He gets his podcasts in during long runs around the city.

Kafele is the Head of Finance, North America at Design Bridge and Partners. He brings over a decade of agency finance experience across WPP, Omnicom, and Hearst, complemented by his previous tenure as an investment analyst for the Baha’i World Centre endowment fund and as a financial consultant for UNICEF. Kafele has also served as the Finance Chair on the Board of Directors for UN Women NY. Beyond the office, he fosters community dialogue by hosting bi-weekly spaces where people from all backgrounds explore universal themes and their impact on society.

Carolyn is a Canadian graphic designer based in New York. Currently, she holds the Graphic Design Lead position at The Frick Collection, where her work focuses on developing the visual identity system and institution-wide graphic design program. Previously, she worked as a freelance graphic designer in Berlin, Germany, as well as for studios Pure+Applied, Pentagram Design, and Office of Luke Bulman. Carolyn graduated from Parsons School of Design (BFA, Communication Design) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc, Culture & Society). She is passionate about maps and interested in issues of spatiality and identity design.

Meryl (she/her) is a multidisciplinary designer and art director working in print, digital, and brand systems. Her decade of experience has been primarily focused on in-house teams and nonprofits. She is currently the Associate Design Director at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where — as part of the Philanthropic Communications team — she provides creative direction, design, and project management for a wide variety of capital campaigns, donor materials, and fundraising events. She previously designed for a range of private sector companies and nonprofit organizations, including Brooklyn Public Library, Housing Works, and General Assembly.

Meryl has volunteered with political campaigns at the state and national level through local organizers and Tech for Campaigns; studied civic leadership as part of Coro NY’s Leadership New York program; and holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design.

ana is a New York City-based designer + creative director. She has worked with companies like Afropunk, Droga5, Chase, Apple, Hennessy, the Africa Center, and the Poetry Foundation to champion, uplift, and amplify marginalized voices and stories.

ana holds a Masters in Branding from the School of Visual Arts and is a graduate of Virginia State University, where she earned her BFA in Design, minor in Photography. To her, visual problem solving is such a welcomed challenge. Combining strategy, branding, and rising, she creates solutions that are thoughtful, inclusive, and inspiring. Since college, she has designed at Cassandra, a strategy agency studying young consumers, Afropunk, the music festival, Droga5, the advertising agency, and Apple. Outside of full time work, she’s passionate about building brands for minority and women-owned businesses, groups that are often overlooked and underrepresented.

Creative endeavors aside, ana enjoys hosting friends, making cocktails, trying new restaurants, going to art museums, exploring the city, buying more books than she has time to read, and naps with her goldendoodle.

Joshua is an Assistant Professor in the Graphic Design BFA Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), where he advances inclusive, interdisciplinary design education grounded in sustainability, ethics, and cultural awareness. His First Nation is the Choctaw Nation, his heritage deeply informs his approach to visual storytelling and pedagogy.

He is the Principal of Best Practices, a New York-based design studio that specializes in interpretive typography and graphic systems for cultural institutions including the American Museum of Natural History, The Museum of Science and Industry, and the First Americans Museum. He holds an MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and a BFA from Oklahoma City University.

In his free time he enjoys gardening, watching basketball, and cooking for his wife and daughter.

Danielle is a Brooklyn-based design leader and Latina with an affinity for beauty and a student of mindful living. Currently, she’s the Director of Product Design at Lonely Planet. During her time in New York, she led experiences at Tripadvisor and worked agency-side at Huge. Over the past 12 years, she’s focused on e-commerce, visual systems, and shopper marketing across brands such as Google, Spotify, Walmart, Inc., and Publix Super Markets. When working independently, she leans into her joy of creative direction, branding, and interior design.

She finds fulfillment in mentorship, advocating for mental health awareness, and building inclusive communities by empowering diverse thought, curiosity, and creative play.

Andrew Maruska is a dedicated indoorsman who is multi-capable, hyper-self-reflective, locally infamous, internationally mysterious, musically inclined creative, based in Brooklyn NY, with more than 15 years of experience designing weird and semi-practical things to entertain his and the world’s restless mind. He founded the Brooklyn based design & development studio House of 207. They work with brands to craft digital solutions, strategically make the right things, and just build fun stuff.

Katie is the founder of Hondo Creative, a dynamic creative studio that partners with clients and agencies to develop strategy-led design for environments, advertising, and branding. Her work has spanned rebrands for international companies; immersive experiences for award winning entertainment properties; and political campaigns for progressive candidates.

Previous to going out on her own, she cut her teeth at agencies like Pentagram and Huge. She holds a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology and a M.F.A. in Design Criticism from The School of Visual Arts. She is also the co-author of Typography Referenced from Rockport Publishers and has taught design at RIT.

When not designing, you can usually find her photographing, illustrating, or down an internet rabbit hole of useless knowledge.

Very few people have defined graphic design across culture as Anthony Harrison. Born in London, raised in New York, with stints in Germany and Netherlands he is one of the foremost graphic designers and art directors of his generation.

Bones, as he is known, was one of a handful of black designers who defined the 90s design aesthetic through his work at seminal record labels including Arista Records and its subsidiaries Bad Boy, LaFace, and Rowdy. Working on now iconic campaigns for Whitney Houston, the Notorious BiG, Annie Lennox, Goodie Mob, Patti Smith and others. After leaving music he jumped head first into what later became known as global street wear, working as an art director and designer for for brands such as Mecca USA and Akademiks / PRPS before spending the best part of the last decade working for both of the biggest sports brands on the planet, Nike and adidas in coveted design leadership roles. He is now focusing his attention on purpose led design work and teaching. Passing his knowledge on to the new generation of designers whilst working with the next generation of brands who will come to define the future of design.

David holds the role of Design Lead at the Ford Foundation where he leads creative across all platforms and drives the visual identity and output of the Foundation. Previously, he worked as the Senior Visual Design Manager at the public policy organization, Dēmos, and served as an instructor for Social Movement Technologies where he taught organizers and movement builders the fundamentals of designing for social justice advocacy. David also serves as Art Director of his own design studio, dpicting studio, where he produces art and illustration in support of social good. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Arts Administration and hopes to help create a more equitable working path for designers in the non-profit field.

Kapono is a Founding Partner and Head of Design at Combo. Prior to Combo, Kapono spent over a decade working at some of the industry’s most notable design studios such as BIG at Ogilvy, The Brand Union, AR New York and Mother Design. Under Kapono’s leadership, Combo has successfully created, refined, and transformed some of today’s most innovative brands, including Away Luggage, Saie Beauty, GAP, Instagram, Nike and H&M, amongst others – work defined by Combo’s diverse team and collaborative approach to creative challenges.

Growing up between South Korea and Hawaii, Kapono followed in the footsteps of his father, a designer in Seoul who went on to have a hand in some of South Korea’s most iconic brands throughout the 1980s.

An active member of the community, Kapono is a contributor to For Freedoms, a non-partisan art collective, as well as an integral part in the success of Scope of Work, a talent development agency for underrepresented young people in the creative industry.

As a Partner at SYLVAIN, Daniel leads the development of the design practice in collaboration with Chief Design Officer, Michael Ian Kaye. With experience at both creative agencies and design consultancies, Daniel’s focus lies on bridging the gap between business and expression, applying his thinking globally with the likes of Apple, Nike, the New York Times, IBM, PayPal, Marriott, and Noma. He frequently comments on the structures and systems of design, business and strategy across publications, conferences, and podcasts. Additionally, Daniel is a graduate advisor in the School of Visual Arts’ MFA in Design program where he mentors rising designers and strategists across disciplines.

Amelia Nash is a Canadian-born designer, brand strategist, and creative director based in New York City. With over 13 years of experience, she specializes in crafting bold, sustainable brands that inspire, educate, and connect. Her approach combines creativity with analytical insight, diving deep into data to transform ideas into unforgettable visual narratives.

She currently works as the Brand & Marketing Manager for the School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding program. As a Senior Staff Writer for PRINT Magazine, Amelia explores the realms of branding and design, sharing her expertise with a broader audience. She is also a certified member of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD), Canada’s largest professional organization for graphic designers, where she serves on the Board of Directors as Vice Chair of the Education Committee to empower designers through educational initiatives.

Amelia’s work has been recognized with multiple accolades, including the prestigious Best in Show for Best Visual Appeal – Aesthetics at the 2024 w3 Awards. Her dedication to open, equitable design practices and her passion for collaboration drive her to uncover the extraordinary in every detail.

Beyond her professional endeavours, Amelia’s boundless curiosity fuels her fascination with a myriad of things, from seeking the perfect gin and tonic to immersing herself in colour swatches and finding inspiration in the intricate details of the world around her.

To explore her latest articles, visit PRINT Magazine.

Mike is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of TAVERN, a Brooklyn-based creative agency focusing on food, beverage and hospitality brands. With 15+ years of success in building industry-leading brands, Perry made a name for himself, both brand and agency side, with stints at NBC Sports Network, Quaker City Mercantile, Stranger & Stranger, Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR), Design Bridge and TikTok Creative Labs. He has been behind some of the biggest rebrands in the industry, with clients including Budweiser, Beam Suntory, Burger King, and Diageo.

Perry creates timeless brands by taking inspiration from the brand’s past while simultaneously reimagining their equities for contemporary tastes and standards. Through this signature “modern heritage” branding philosophy, Perry and Tavern pair strategic storytelling with archival stewardship. They build brands that resonate with today’s audiences, as is evident in recent work with brands such as Sizzler, Old Grand-Dad, Burt’s Bees, Overholt Whiskey, and Old Crow, to name a few.

Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Vardhini is a New York-based graphic designer with a passion for branding, 3D design, and packaging design. A recent graduate of Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communication Design, she has interned at top global agencies including McCann Worldgroup, Ogilvy, and Genpact, where she contributed to projects for brands such as Garnier, Mini Cooper, Haldiram, and Air India.

Vardhini is a strong advocate for building design communities. She served as President of AIGA Pratt, where she led a 150+ member chapter and produced events that connected students with the professional design community. She also represented Figma Education as a Pratt Campus Ambassador, organizing networking events and bringing Figma products to students.

Nsisong is a Nigerian-American designer, strategist, and researcher focused on participatory design that advances sustainability, civic engagement, and community care. She holds an M.S. in Strategic Design and Management from Parsons School of Design and a B.S. in Human-Computer Interaction from Case Western Reserve University. Over five years at Google, she helped major clients like Sephora, Macy’s, and DoorDash improve their mobile app design.

Her work connects design, technology, and public policy to develop systems and tools that enable communities to address environmental and social challenges together. Nsisong is also a Climate Reality Leader and Civic Season Fellow, organizing events that engage young people in climate action and democratic participation. Her research and practice envision futures where communities build systems of care and cooperation to address pressing societal needs.

With 25 years of experience as a graphic designer and creative director, Shigeto Akiyama helps organizations transform their brands through branding and marketing campaigns — elevating brand integrity and driving growth without compromising equity. He has also redesigned more than twenty magazine and newspaper titles, spanning both newsstand and trade publications.

Selected clients include: Apple, Google, Netflix, The Motley Fool, The Hartford, BankUnited, The Cleveland Orchestra, Van Alen Institute, Gotham Park, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and American Civil Liberties Union.

He mentors emerging talent and has sat on juries for AIGA NY, Society of Illustrators, and Society of Publication Designers. His work has been recognized internationally. He is currently a Senior Associate Partner at Pentagram, New York.

Daniel is a Colombian born, NY based designer, focused on transforming some of the biggest brands in the world.  As the EVP – Head of Design at Publicis NY, Daniel leads the design team to bring to life brands, campaigns, and experiences at scale for Fortune 500 brands.

After being a design director at Redscout, Daniel created and led Sunday Morning, a design collective later acquired by Triptk (part of Havas) to jumpstart its design practice.

You can catch Daniel at the MoMA, at Casa Magazines,  or hanging out with his family and friends in Brooklyn.

Leandro is a Design Manager at Figma Brand Studio, working across brand systems, storytelling and experiential.

His work spans across vast disciplines, including branding, datavis, illustration, physical products, murals and motion for a recognized international variety of clients, such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Mirror, Delta Airlines, IBM, Penguin Books, Google, Citibank, United Nations & Mercedes Benz, amongst others.

Olga is a product design lead at Microsoft, where she works on the Microsoft Store while exploring a range of AI-driven initiatives. A natural tinkerer, she combines analog and digital methods to craft user-focused solutions that spark curiosity and delight. Prior to Microsoft, Olga was at The Hartford Innovation Lab, where she leveraged AI to make underwriting more human and straightforward for small businesses. She also helped startups scale through thoughtful design, bringing clarity and empathy to emerging ventures.

A graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, she believes in lifelong learning—she has taught at The New School and leads workshops at local organizations. Olga recently published her first zine, which is available at Printed Matter.

As Partner and CCO at NewWorld, Clarence leads the agency’s Creative Studio, overseeing all brand strategy, campaign development, design, and creative execution. With 20+ years of agency experience, he has helped world-class organizations discover and evolve their identities and meet their goals through internationally recognized, award-winning creative – translating a deep understanding of culture, design, and messaging into impactful and cultured expression.

Grounded in art history and design tradition, he draws on the full continuum of creative ideas to push culture forward. He holds his teams to the highest standards of craft and storytelling, and embraces emerging creative tools and technologies as an extension of craft, not a replacement for it. A strong believer in inclusive design, he always actively builds towards a design future for all.

His client work include A24, Adidas, Amazon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, BITE Beauty, Canada Goose, Cervélo, Doctors Without Borders, IKEA, Lululemon, McDonald’s, MTV, New Era, Nike, the Olympic Games, Oh! Henry, Red Bull, Red Cross Canada, Seed, Timberland, Vice and YouTube. A writer, lecturer, and mentor, his cultural contributions have appeared in 032c, i-D Magazine, The LA Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Vice, and at the Museum of the City of New York; he has spoken at Cornell, Concordia, the University of Wisconsin, and Pratt Institute, and mentors through AIGA New York AMP, Creative Lives in Progress, the New Museum’s NEW INC, Scope of Work, and University of Toronto’s Trinity College. He serves as a judge for the U.S. Young Lions Competition and Effie Awards, and has been recognized by the Webby Awards, Advertising & Design Club of Canada, Graphis, Dieline, Reed, and Anthem Awards.

Quardean is the Founder and Executive Director of Youth Design Center, an award-winning nonprofit creative agency and workforce development organization in Brownsville, Brooklyn. An architectural designer by training, he holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University at Buffalo and an M.Arch. from Harvard GSD. Through Youth Design Center, he has led initiatives that have prepared more than 1,000 young people for careers in design, technology, and media through paid apprenticeships, workforce training, and real-world creative projects, while also launching The Corner by YDC, Brownsville’s only coworking space. An Echoing Green Fellow, his work has been recognized by The New York Times, Forbes Under 30, and Crain’s Under 40, among other accolades.

He has taught at CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture and served as a Human-in-Residence at NYU Tisch ITP.

Nikki is a designer and educator curious about how code and emerging technology can expand what communication design can do. She is currently a design lead at Anthropic, where she translates critical AI research into editorial, interactive, and accessible online experiences. Previously, she worked at studios including Morcos Key and Pentagram, designing publications, identity systems, and websites for arts, technology, and cultural institutions. Nikki teaches interaction design and creative coding at Parsons School of Design, the Cooper Union, and the School of Visual Arts. She was a Y10 and Y11 member of NEW INC, the New Museum’s incubator for artists, designers, and creative technologists.

Jesse is a graphic designer living in Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in Youngstown, OH and holds a Bachelor of Science in Design from the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design. Prior to founding Order, he was an Associate Partner under Michael Bierut at Pentagram’s NY office, where his client’s included NYU, Hillary Clinton, Wildlife Conservation Society, Syracuse University, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

At Order, Jesse leads a team to develop brand systems for institutions such as Williams College, MoMA, Apple, Herman Miller, and Knoll. In 2022 he launched the firm’s eponymous type foundry, Order Type Foundry (OTF). In addition to Order, he co-founded Standards Manual, an independent publishing imprint dedicated to the preservation of graphic design history. Jesse is also the CEO and co-founder of Standards, a SaaS product for publishing brand guidelines. Jesse has taught at The University of Cincinnati, Parsons School of Design, and LABASAD, respectfully.

Dr. Gaia Scagnetti Hwang is a leader in higher education; she currently serves as Chairperson of the Graduate Communications Design department at Pratt Institute, where she has developed assessment practices and policies and led interdisciplinary initiatives grounded in evidence-based pedagogy and academic excellence.

Mianwei is a designer living and working in New York, scouting modes of design for distribution and dialogue. She creates graphic designs and digital platforms in collaboration for art, culture, and research projects. Her recent collaborators include Antikythera Journal, MIT Architecture, and Asian Arts Initiative alongside independent creatives. Wang has taught design courses at Yale School of Art, and is an Assistant Professor of Communication Design at Parsons School of Design at The New School. Wang holds an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale School of Art, and a BFA from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.