basia kurlender is a graphic designer, an illustrator, a sign painter, a lifelong new yorker, a friend to dogs, an aquarius, a chain stitch embroiderer, a muralist, a successful matchmaker, a Pratt grad, a loyal craigslist missed connections reader, and also a lot of other things.

image by René Macioce

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agencies & studios:
Mojo Supermarket  ✳︎  BUCK  ✳︎  Wieden + Kennedy  ✳︎  Red Antler  ✳︎  CONTINO  ✳︎  Ologie  ✳︎  WITHIN  ✳︎  Burn&Broad  ✳︎  Article Group  ✳︎  Farewell  ✳︎  Funeral  ✳︎  Marine Lane  ✳︎  Mirmade Productions  ✳︎  Something Special Studios  ✳︎  SITU  ✳︎  Tandem  ✳︎  Work-Order  ✳︎  Block Party Films  ✳︎  CMYK  ✳︎  Colossal Media  ✳︎  Noble Signs

brands, businesses, etc:
McDonald’s  ✳︎  Venmo  ✳︎  North Face  ✳︎  Peloton  ✳︎  Nordstrom  ✳︎  Nasdaq  ✳︎  Nike Kids  ✳︎  UBS  ✳︎  Box  ✳︎  Rite Aid  ✳︎  Brooklyn Book Festival  ✳︎  The Juilliard School  ✳︎  Iowa State University  ✳︎  Luna Park  ✳︎  Momofuku  ✳︎  New York International Children’s Film Festival  ✳︎  Select Aperitivo  ✳︎  Food IQ (Daniel Holzman & Matt Rodbard)  ✳︎  Nobell Foods  ✳︎  Medidata  ✳︎  Baby’s All Right  ✳︎  my friends  ✳︎  my enemies  ✳︎  myself  ✳︎

contact

say hi @ basiakurlender(at)gmail(dot)com
@bshawww on instagram

projects

✳︎ Great Better Best ✳︎ is my brand-new studio practice :)

✳︎ ✳︎ Fool’s Errand ✳︎ ✳︎ making & designing goods, incl. hand-tufted rugs, a ton of t-shirts, bumper stickers, & hand-cranked chainstitch pennants

✳︎ ✳︎ ✳︎ COLD EMAIL ✳︎ ✳︎ ✳︎ recording podcasts about the non-linear path of “professional development” in hopes of demystifying the design & illustration world for early-career creatives

press / features

︎ hotsingles.nyc sent out a short but telling personal interview, hilariously (& aptly) titled “25W Mets Fan Seeks Man To Meet At Citifield”

︎ “Preservation” was included in “Design Without Borders,” a Pratt Institute publication about the first five years of the School of Design

︎ VICE: a quote about the ubiquity of tufted rugs in “The Handmade Rug Scene is Booming, Thanks to TikTok”

︎ “SECURITY DEPOSIT” was the culmination of a digital artist residency at Picnic Collective in July 2020

︎ AIGA: “Student Spotlight” profile

︎ spoke to Prattfolio and answered the question, “What Question Can You Not Stop Thinking About?"

︎ Forge Art Magazine published an artist profile

︎ Scully’s Digest asked a few questions about my practice

︎ Dead Ramones interviewed me about the intersections of skating & gender

︎ & a video of me presenting my thesis at AIGA’s Education Warmups