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.
select clients
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select agency + studio collaborators
Mojo Supermarket ➼ BUCK ➼ Wieden+Kennedy
Red Antler ➼ CONTINO ➼ Ologie ➼ WITHIN
Burn&Broad ➼ Colossus ➼ Article Group
Farewell ➼ Funeral ➼ Marine Lane ➼ SITU
Mirmade Productions ➼ Noble Signs ➼ Tandem
Something Special Studios ➼ Work-Order
Block Party Films ➼ CMYK ➼ Colossal Media
contact
say hi @ basiakurlender(at)gmail(dot)com
@bshawww on instagram
projects
✳︎ Great Better Best ✳︎ is my studio practice :) certified by New York State as a Woman-Owned business!
✳︎ ✳︎ 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
image of me power washing silkscreen frames in the woods by rené macioce