Emily Swenson
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Emily Swenson is a graphic designer and creative based in Chicago, Illinois. Her creative practice seeks to shape visual systems that feel both studied and instinctive, where design can become a dialogue between eras, mediums, and cultural cues. She is most inspired by the beauty found where simplicity meets emotional resonance, where forms become emblems of collective human understanding.

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Identity, WebsiteSonny’s2026Workshop, PublicationType-Writing2025IdentityAllRecruit
2025Poster, PublicationRituals I Can’t Complete2024PublicationQ4 → 1 Billion Poppy Seeds2024PublicationClothing Sale2024
IdentityMilk and Kisses2023
Art Direction Desires2023

EducationUniversity of Florida
BFA in Graphic Design
Gainesville, Florida

Typography Summer School
London, United Kingdom
2025

Typographic Printing Program
Näfels, Switzerland
(upcoming)



ExperienceLead Designer
WANT Branding
2024—Present

Designer
Freelance
2023—Present

Founder and Director
Gallery 4009
2024—2025

Designer
WANT Branding
2023—2024

Designer
University of Florida
2022—2023

Founder and Editor in Chief
Gelée Magazine
2020—2023

Gallery Intern
4Most Gallery
2020—2021




Select Clients
POLITICO
Cisco
Georgia Aquarium
Oliv
Qlik
Hut 8





Skills
Typesetting and Layout
Visual Identity
Logo Design
Editorial Design
Art Direction
Photo Editing
Risography

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© Emily SwensonLast Updated February 2026