Gabriel Melcher
Graphic Design and Art Direction
- Role
- Design Director at Something Special Studios
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gabriel Melcher
Gabriel Melcher is a designer and art director with a focus on identity, exhibition, publication, and experiential projects. Gabriel is Design Director at Something Special Studios* and a member of International Cultural Creative Practice. Between 2019–2022 Gabriel led the design team at SSENSE on projects for Humanrace, Burberry, Gucci, Maison Margiela, Vans, Soho House, and others. Between 2020–2022 he was Art Director of SSENSE’s biannual magazine. From 2016–2019, Gabriel worked both as a Senior Designer and Design Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where he worked on an expansive range of projects, publications, and exhibitions, including “Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech,” the MCA’s 50th anniversary renovation and exhibitions, and “Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg.” Gabriel’s work has received recognition from the Type Director’s Club, the American Alliance of Museums, GDUSA, Wallpaper* Magazine, and AIGA. He has conducted design workshops at School of the Art Institute Chicago and Harvard GSD and has served as guest critic at SAIC and Parsons School of Design. Gabriel holds an MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Experience
Design Director
Oct 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
MFA, Graphic Design
2013 — 2016
Santa Fe Community College
Fine/Studio Arts, General
2007 — 2009
The University of New Mexico
BFA, Painting & Drawing
2009 — 2011
Skills
- Indesign
- Illustrator
- Creative Direction
- Vector Illustration
- Fine Art
- Graphics
- Art Direction
- Visual Communication
- Drawing
- Photography
- Art
- Typography
- Illustration
- Photoshop
- Graphic Design
- Digital Illustration
- Concept Development
- Web Design
- Layout
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Logo Design
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