RORY KING is a multidisciplinary designer, creative director, and educator based in New York City. He received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy Of Art.

→ mail@rorykingetc.com
→ CV (PDF)
→ Additional work upon request

CODE 2023
CODE 2023
CODE 2023
CODE 2023
2023
Creative Direction, Design
New Code Conference identity system based on the growth and impact of tech industry companies and products.
[3 slides]
Even The Strong Records album covers
Even The Strong Records album covers
Even The Strong Records album covers
Even The Strong Records album covers
Even The Strong Records
2020–Present
Creative Direction, Design
Album cover designs for various Even The Strong releases.
[4 slides]
OnePlus 7T phone packaging
OnePlus social media
OnePlus 7T Launch Campaign
2019
Design Lead
Branding system for OnePlus that relied heavily on a thoughtful color scheme and rigid typographic hierarchy. System was applied to digital assets, packaging, press kits, and other collateral.
[4 slides]
Vox Media Podcast Network artowrk proposals
Vox Media Podcast Network Tile Art (Proposals)
2021–2022
Creative Direction, Design, Illustration
Proposals for tile art of various Vox Media podcasts.
[1 slide]
Someday Gallery
Someday Gallery
Someday Gallery
Someday Gallery
Someday Gallery
Someday
2021
Creative Direction, Design
Identity and web design for the NYC gallery Someday.
[5 slides]
Logotypes
Logotypes
Logotypes
Logotypes
2011–Infinity
Creative Direction, Design
Logotypes for various clients.
[3 slides]
New York Magazine Art Direction
New York Magazine
2023
Creative Direction
Creative Direction for New York Magazine's summer sale campaign.
[1 slide]
Bantu Wax
2019
Design, Animation
Motion graphics for the Bantu Wax website. (Creative Direction: Look Studios)
[1 slide]
Sarah Wondrack Book
Sarah Wondrack Book
Sarah Wondrack Book
Sarah Wondrack Book
Sarah Wondrack Book
Sarah Wondrack
2019
Creative Direction, Design
Book design for fiber artist Sarah Wondrack.
[5 slides]
Pivot MIA
2022
Design, Art Direction
Identity for Vox Media's Pivot MIA conference.
[1 slide]
Alyssa Klauer Dare Me
Alyssa Klauer Dare Me
Alyssa Klauer Dare Me
Alyssa Klauer Dare Me
Alyssa Klauer Dare Me
Alyssa Klauer — Dare Me
2021
Creative Direction, Design
Catalog design for Alyssa Klauer's Dare Me show at Olympia gallery.
[5 slides]
Alyssa Klauer Book
Alyssa Klauer Book
Alyssa Klauer
2019
Creative Direction, Design
Book design for painter Alyssa Klauer. (Collaboration with Brenden Lovejoy)
[2 slides]
Bespoke Typography
Bespoke Typography
Bespoke Typography
Bespoke Typography
Bespoke Typography
Bespoke Typography
2011–Infinity
Creative Direction, Design
Custom typography for various clients.
[5 slides]
SSSPPPAAACCCEEE
SSSPPPAAACCCEEE
SpaceSpaceSpace
2018
Co-organizer, Design, Fabrication
A three-day gathering/symposium centered around alternative pedagogy, self-organizing, and exploring ways of disrupting the productions of knowledge within academic structures.
[2 slides]
The Fund for Pratt
The Fund for Pratt
The Fund For Pratt
2017
Strategy, Creative Direction, Design
Marketing campaign that transforms the fundraising department of Pratt Institute into a producer and publisher. Full proposal deck → PDF.
[2 slides]
Pratt Athletics
Pratt Institute Athletics
2016
Creative Direction, Illustration
Proposal for supergraphics inside Pratt Institute's ARC gymnasium.
[1 slide]
Pratt Institute Gift Guide
Pratt Institute Gift Guide
Pratt Institute Gift Guide
2015
Art Director
Art Direction for Pratt Institute’s 2015 Holiday gift guide. Photography by Daniel Terna.
[2 slides]
Alfred Uniforms
Alfred Uniforms
Alfred Uniforms (proposals)
2020
Design
Rebranded employee uniforms for Hello Alfred.
[2 slides]
321 Gallery
321 Gallery
321 Gallery
321 Gallery
321 Gallery
321 Gallery
2016–Present
Creative Director, Design, Web Development
Visual identity for 321 Gallery, based on the gallery’s DIY approach to a white-collar profession.
[5 slides]
Alexa West
2022
Design, Web Development
Website for artist Alexa West.
[1 slide]
Pratt System
Pratt System
Pratt Institute Design Systems
2016–2017
Design, Art Direction
Design systems made to help expedite the workflow of the Pratt Creative Services department.
[2 slides]
New York Magazine Ads
New York Magazine
2023
Creative Direction, Illustration
Illustrations for New York Magazine's Awards Season coverage.
[1 slide]
DxD5
DxD5
DxD5
Differentiate by Design 5 (Diversity)
2015
Creative Direction, Design, Illustration
A conceptual publication, printed entirely in black and white with illustrated portraits as embossments on every page.
[3 slides]
March2004 poster
March2004
2020
Design, Illustration
Poster for my mix at march2004.com.
[1 slide]
DxD5
DxD5
DxD5
Oozethetics
2017–2019
Design, Animation
Various artworks made for my MFA thesis statement, Oozethetics: dark entanglements producing disorientation that invigorates solidarity.
[4 slides]
Cranbrook Posters
Cranbrook Posters
Cranbrook Posters
Cranbrook Posters
2017–2019
Creative Direction, Design
Posters for various events and lectures at Cranbrook Academy of Art and the Cranbrook Art Museum.
[3 slides]

RORY KING is a multidisciplinary designer, creative director, and educator based in New York City. He received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy Of Art.

→ mail@rorykingetc.com
→ CV (PDF)
→ Additional work upon request

ETC.
⇆ Writing
⇆ Open Source Fonts
→ Instagram
→ Are.na

SELECTED CLIENTS
Vox Media
Sony Music Entertainment
Instrument
Look Studios
OnePlus
Noë & Associates
Listen
Sylvain
Bloomberg Businessweek
Anomaly
321 Gallery
Mold Magazine
Cranbrook Art Museum

TEACHING
Pratt Institute 2021–present
Wayne State University 2018–2019

SPEAKING
Elon University, BFA Art/Design 2024
North Carolina State University, MFA Design 2023
Upper Iowa University, BFA Design 2022
40 Trillion DPI Podcast 2022
California College of the Arts, MFA Design 2022
A Portrait Of The Post-Human?, Cranbrook Art Museum 2018
Scratching The Surface, Episode 100 2018
Sway Podcast Co-host, 21 episodes, 2012–2014


© Rory King. All rights reserved.
Typeset in Simula by Sharp Type, and BallPill by Benoît Bodhuin.

ETC.
⇆ Writing
⇆ Open Source Fonts
→ Instagram
→ Are.na

SELECTED CLIENTS
Vox Media
Sony Music Entertainment
Instrument
Look Studios
OnePlus
Noë & Associates
Listen
Sylvain
Bloomberg Businessweek
Anomaly
321 Gallery
Mold Magazine
Cranbrook Art Museum

TEACHING
Pratt Institute 2021–present
Wayne State University 2018–2019

SPEAKING
Elon University, BFA Art/Design 2024
North Carolina State University, MFA Design 2023
Upper Iowa University, BFA Design 2022
40 Trillion DPI Podcast 2022
California College of the Arts, MFA Design 2022
A Portrait Of The Post-Human?, Cranbrook Art Museum 2018
Scratching The Surface, Episode 100 2018
Sway Podcast Co-host, 21 episodes, 2012–2014


© Rory King. All rights reserved.
Typeset in Simula by Sharp Type, and BallPill by Benoît Bodhuin.