design

Design

Visual communication systems across identity, print, and digital platforms. Specializing in strategic art direction, complex typographic structures, and cross-platform campaign design for cultural institutions, museums, and independent music networks.

Angel City Jazz Festival

Art Direction, Identity System
Annual Campaign (Print, Digital, Environmental)

A multi-year visual identity system balancing institutional continuity with annual aesthetic variation. Developed a scalable design framework that unifies large-scale environmental graphics (such as the Ford Theatres banners), print collateral, digital campaigns, and artist merchandise under a cohesive seasonal narrative.

Angel City Jazz Festival 2012 banner for The Ford Theatres

art direction, design, illustration, identity system, print, digital campaign, environmental graphics

Museum Work

Art, Design & Architecture Museum (UCSB)

Design and production of exhibition graphics, print materials, and visual identity within a university museum context.

Album / Music Design

Album Design (Selected Works)
Art Direction, Graphic Design
Packaging, Identity, Print Production

Art direction and bespoke packaging design for independent and international music labels. Focus expands beyond surface graphics into material selection, print production management, and building consistent identity systems across physical formats and digital streaming discographies.

Tatiana Parra + Vardan Ovsepian – The Flight Of The Hidden Heart

art direction, design, illustration, packaging, identity, print production

Dan Rosenboom – Coordinates

art direction, design, illustration, packaging, identity, print production

Joshua White – Flora and Fauna: 9 Preludes for Solo Piano

art direction, design, illustration, photography, packaging, identity, print production

Daren Burns Double Quartet – Fragmentations

art direction, design, illustration, photography, packaging, identity, print production

Jim McAuley – Gongfarmer 36

art direction, design, illustration, photography, packaging, identity, print production

Kitaro – Final Call

art direction, design, illustration, packaging, identity, print production

A broader archive of album design and discography is available below.

Selected discography and extended archive → 9rpm.com

Posters / Event Graphics

Time-based graphics for events, performances, festivals, and public programs.

Angel City Jazz Festival 2025 poster

art direction, design, illustration, identity system, print, digital campaign, environmental graphics, merchandise

Radio Caroline film poster

art direction, design, illustration, identity system, print, digital campaign

homing pigeon edition 2 exhibition poster

art direction, design, illustration, identity system, print, digital campaign

Identity / Logos

Identity systems and marks developed for cultural and creative contexts.

Art exhibition series logo design

Music Label logo design

Angel City Jazz Festival logo design

The Jacki Apple Award logo design

Noge Undergroup logo design

Books / Editorial

Editorial and book layout focusing on advanced typography, internal structural pacing, and narrative readability. Projects involve close collaboration with artists and authors to translate complex memoirs and photographic archives into tactile, printed objects.

Peter Erskine – No Beethoven: An Autobiography & Chronicle of Weather Report

art direction, design, layout

Dai Ito – innuendo

art direction, design, layout

Yukiko Sugiyama – Crash / Phases

art direction, design, layout

Jacki Apple – The Mexican Tapes Redux: An Archaeological Memoir

art direction, design, layout

Amy Shimshon-Santo – even the milky way is undocumented book cover design

art direction, design, layout, illustration

Exhibition / Performance Graphics

Graphic materials developed for exhibitions, installations, and live performance contexts.

Flower Of The Season 2022 flyer + poster design

art direction, design, layout

Flower Of The Season 2024 flyer + poster design

art direction, design, layout, photography

UC Santa Barbara Department of Art | Artist in Residence – Beatriz Cortez flyer design

art direction, design, layout

Dangerous Grooves – Vinyl Listening Event flyer design

art direction, design, layout

draftpunk – exhibition flyer design

art direction, design, layout, curation

The Japan Foundation – Video To New Media Art in Japan 1980s exhibition flyer design

art direction, design, layout, curation

ARTRA Curatorial – MAS Attack SFO exhibition flyer design

art direction, design, layout, curation

Oguri + Hans Fjellestad – Sabina Lee Gallery performance flyer design

art direction, design, layout, curation

West Los Angeles College Art Gallery – twelve exhibition flyer design

art direction, design, layout, curation

Body As Evidence – performance flyer design

art direction, design, layout

Home On La Grange – exhibition flyer design

art direction, design, layout

Package Design / Objects

Occasional design projects extending into packaging and physical objects.

Hakkaisan – label design

Divine Pizza – package design and logo design

art direction, design, layout

Razor USA — Art Direction & Design (1999–2001)
Contributed to visual identity and product-related graphics during the company’s formative growth phase. Developed branding, packaging, and marketing materials as the company expanded into a global market.


Full portfolio available upon request. Additional work includes large-scale installations, publications, and interdisciplinary projects.


Selected Institutional & Cultural Collaborators

Official Selection: ACM SIGGRAPH International Digital Arts Program — “oillusion: a live time machine” (Computational Media & Generative AI)

Museums & Public Institutions:
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

Independent Music Labels & Production:
Orenda Records / Cryptogramophone Records / Nine Winds Records / Fuzzy Music / DOMO Records / Razor USA


For comprehensive identity system requests, art direction inquiries, or institutional commissions:
Please reach out via kiogriffith@gmail.com or visit the Contact Page.