☀ Hi. My name is Avery Youngblood. I'm an independent designer based in New Haven.
Please email me for inquiries about my portfolio, collaborations, or jobs.
My history of education...
2023
Yale University, School of Art
MFA, Graphic Design
2018
The New School, Parsons School of Design
AAS, Graphic Design
2018
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Conceptual and Contextual Practices
MFA (exchange program with Parsons)
2016
Stanford University
BA, Linguistics and Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Professional work experience as a designer thus far...
2021
RARE with Google Creative Fellowship
brand studio visual designer
2019
Ogilvy
art direction and design intern
2018
karlssonwilker. inc
freelance designer
2018
Droga5
summer design intern
2018
R+ Agency
freelance designer
2017
Major League Baseball
summer design intern
Skills that I am always developing for the future...
Adobe Suite
HTML / CSS / JS
C4D
Sketch
Invision
Unity
Independent projects, collaborations, and courses in the works...
2021
March
Website, exhibition identity and printed matter with Luiza Dale for Yale Sculpture Thesis Show, it
clings like a leech
https://itclings.yaleschoolofart.org/
February
Book cover design for Letters of Love and Memory
by legendary Detroit poet, activist, and educator
Aneb Kgositsile (the publication is an anthology of some of her favorite poems that reflect the persistence of love and
beauty throughout our African world) - this publication was made possible by Invincible / ill Weaver and Wesley
Taylor of Complex Movements Collective, Emergence Media, and Talking Dolls Studio in Detroit, in collaboration with risograph printing by
Jessica Flemming
2020