Art direction and graphic design for music, art, and cultural institutions. Identities, album packaging, books, and exhibition graphics by Kio Griffith.
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Angel City Jazz Festival
A continuing collaboration across festival identities, posters, print, digital campaigns, and environmental graphics. Each season has its own visual language, carried across formats from a poster to the Ford Theatres banner.
Art direction, design, and illustration. The selections bring together annual posters, identity work, and a large-scale banner.
Museum Work
Exhibition graphics, print materials, and visual identity for the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara. Posters, banners, and project documentation show the work across different scales and settings.
Album / Music Design
Art direction, illustration, and packaging for independent and international music labels, from the cover image to materials and print production. Selected projects also include photography.
Posters / Event Graphics
Posters and campaign graphics for festivals, film, and exhibitions. Art direction, design, and illustration.
Identity / Logos
Marks and visual identities for arts organizations, exhibition series, and music labels.
Books / Editorial
Book design in collaboration with artists and authors, shaping typography, image sequences, and page layouts for memoirs, poetry, and photographic work.
Art direction and layout; the Amy Shimshon-Santo cover also includes illustration.
Exhibition / Performance Graphics
Flyers, posters, and printed materials for exhibitions and live performance. Selected projects bring together graphic design, photography, and curation.
Package Design / Objects
Labels, packaging, and brand graphics for physical products.
Razor USA, 1999–2001. Art direction and design for branding, packaging, and marketing materials during the company’s early growth.
Selected Collaborators
Arts, museums & cultural organizations
Angel City Jazz Festival / Art, Design & Architecture Museum (UCSB) / The Japan Foundation / Art Bridge Institute / Tokyo+Yokohama Projects Exchange (TYPE)
Editorial & arts publishing
Fabrik Magazine / Artillery Magazine
Music labels & production
Orenda Records / Cryptogramophone Records / Nine Winds Records / Fuzzy Music / DOMO Records
Product & consumer brands
Razor USA
Official selection: ACM SIGGRAPH International Digital Arts Program — “oillusion: a live time machine” (Computational Media & Generative AI).
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For art direction, identity, publications, or cultural commissions, email kiogriffith@gmail.com or visit the Contact Page. Full portfolio available upon request.
Additional work includes large-scale installations, publications, and interdisciplinary projects.