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.
[3 slides]
Bantu Wax
2019
Designer & Animator
Motion graphics for the Bantu Wax website. (Art Direction: Look Studios)
[1 slide]
Alfred Uniforms (proposals)
2020
Designer
Rebranded employee uniforms for Hello Alfred.
[2 slides]
Pratt Institute Gift Guide
2015
Art Director
Art Direction for Pratt Institute's 2015 Holiday gift guide featuring products made by alumni and faculty. Photography by Daniel Terna.
[4 slides]
The Fund For Pratt
2017
Strategist & Designer
Marketing campaign that transforms the fundraising department of Pratt Institute into a producer and publisher.
Full proposal deck → PDF
[2 slides]
Urban Life HUD
2019
Designer
UI/product design of HUD displaying live arrival times for local NYC MTA bus and subway services, as well as the date, time, and local weather.
[1 slide]
SpaceSpaceSpace
2018
Co-organizer, Designer, Fabricator
A three-day gathering/symposium centered around alternative pedagogy, self-organizing, and exploring ways of disrupting the productions of knowledge within academic structures.
[4 slides]
321 Gallery
2016–Present
Creative Director, Designer, Programmer
Visual identity for 321 Gallery, based on the gallery’s DIY approach to a white-collar profession.
[4 slides]
Alyssa Klauer
2019
Designer & Art Director
Book design for painter Alyssa Klauer. (Collaboration with Brenden Lovejoy)
[4 slides]
Various Logotypes
2011–Present
Designer
[4 slides]
Pratt Institute Design Systems
2016–2017
Designer & Art Director
Design systems made to help expedite the workflow of the Pratt Creative Services department.
[3 slides]
Differentiate by Design 6 (Art Fairs)
2016
Designer, Art Director, Illustrator
A conceptual publication critiquing contemporary art fairs. It uses french folds and collaged stock photography to force the reader to tear open the gaudy french folds as a destructive act toward the facade that art fairs have constructed.
[3 slides]
Differentiate by Design 5 (Diversity)
2015
Designer, Art Director, Illustrator
A conceptual publication, printed entirely in black and white with illustrated portraits as embossments on every page.
[3 slides]
TyPoGrApHy
∞
Designer
Custom typography for various clients.
Open source fonts can be found here.
[5 slides]
Seeing Through
2018
Designer & Animator
“You can’t go on ‘seeing through’ things forever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. To ‘see through’ all things is the same as not to see.” —C.S. Lewis
[1 slide]
Frantic Philanthropy / Soft In Speech, to the Bone
2019
Designer & Illustrator
Paintings/illustrations made for Cranbrook Academy Of Art's MFA thesis exhibition. These illustrations were visual representations of my Oozethetics statement: dark entanglements producing disorientation that invigorates solidarity.
[2 slides]
Cranbrook Leather Lounge
2018
Designer
Poster for a gathering that celebrated goth, post-punk, and EBM music and culture.
[1 slide]
Rory King is a designer, art director, and writer based in New York City. In addition to his freelance practice, he has worked as a designer at Pratt Institute and 2×4, taught multidisciplinary design courses at Wayne State University, and received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy Of Art.
Clients include Sony Music Entertainment, Instrument, Look Studios, OnePlus, Noë & Associates, We Are Listen, 321 Gallery, Daniel Terna, Even The Strong Records, and Cranbrook Art Museum.
© Rory King. All rights reserved.
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