Alyssa Arnesen
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Detroit-based graphic designer specializing in branding and editorial design. Open for freelance opportunities
Mabel Gray Travel Guide
2025
  • Branding and animation for a Substack that shares tips and tricks for how to travel the world like a chef. View project
Spot
2024
  • Branding, animation, social media and menu design for an ever-changing Detroit food pop-up. View project
Be Bold
2023
    Book design commemorating Kohler’s 150th anniversary. View project
Superbloom Floral & Event Co.
2023
  • Branding, animation and print design for a Detroit florist. View project
Climate Chains
2022
    Self-initiated research project and illustration series exploring the trickle-down effects of climate change. View project
The Architecture of Health and
Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics
2021
Book design and museum exhibition for MASS Design Group and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum showcasing creative responses to healthcare crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic. View projects
Manual Cinema
2021Branding and web design for an Emmy Award-winning performance collective, design studio and film/video production company. View project
Kimball Arts Center
2020Branding, illustration and web design for a creative hub of Chicago small businesses and independent artists. View project
SOM Foundation
2020
    Web design for a foundation that supports the research of emerging professionals in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and engineering. View project
Modern in the Middle
2020Book design for a collection of essays surveying the twentieth-century Chicagoland houses that defined American Midwestern modernism. 
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