Amy Stafford is an award winning designer, multidisciplinary creative, author, artist and identity development consultant based in Berlin Germany. She received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art in 1994. The following several years were spent in San Francisco working in web tech startups by day, while making and writing about art at night, for publications including Surface Magazine and The New Art Examiner. Then, in 2000, Amy moved to Berlin, joining the applied think tank Arthesia as creative director. In this role she contributed to high level brand strategy development projects for clients including Deutsche Bank, Swiss Re and Volkswagen / Autostadt. Since launching Blixa 6 Studios in 2002, she has worked with clients around the world, including olympic gold medalist figure skater Katarina Witt and The Max Planck Institute and other a remarkable clients from a broad range of industries – including hospitality, private equity, archaeology and culture makers. Over the years Amy has supported many non-profit arts and cultural programs, most notably the Berlin based dance performance series LUCKY TRIMMER e.V.. In this enterprise she holds a seat on the board of directors, participating in the strategic development and curatorial board, while leading the brand development and wildly popular advertising design since 2004. Amy’s writings on art, culture and architecture have been published internationally in magazines, journals and online sources. She has also held professor positions at art & design colleges and speaks on the topics of branding, identity creation and digital entrepreneurship to academic, creative and business communities.

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Amy Stafford is an award winning designer, multidisciplinary creative, author, artist and identity development consultant based in Berlin Germany. She received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art in 1994. The following several years were spent in San Francisco working in web tech startups by day, while making and writing about art at night, for publications including Surface Magazine and The New Art Examiner. Then, in 2000, Amy moved to Berlin, joining the applied think tank Arthesia as creative director. In this role she contributed to high level brand strategy development projects for clients including Deutsche Bank, Swiss Re and Volkswagen / Autostadt. Since launching Blixa 6 Studios in 2002, she has worked with clients around the world, including olympic gold medalist figure skater Katarina Witt and The Max Planck Institute and other a remarkable clients from a broad range of industries – including hospitality, private equity, archaeology and culture makers. Over the years Amy has supported many non-profit arts and cultural programs, most notably the Berlin based dance performance series LUCKY TRIMMER e.V.. In this enterprise she holds a seat on the board of directors, participating in the strategic development and curatorial board, while leading the brand development and wildly popular advertising design since 2004. Amy’s writings on art, culture and architecture have been published internationally in magazines, journals and online sources. She has also held professor positions at art & design colleges and speaks on the topics of branding, identity creation and digital entrepreneurship to academic, creative and business communities.

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Amy Stafford is an award winning designer, multidisciplinary creative, author, artist and identity development consultant based in Berlin Germany.

She received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art in 1994. The following several years were spent in San Francisco working in web tech startups by day, while making and writing about art at night, for publications including Surface Magazine and The New Art Examiner. Then, in 2000, Amy moved to Berlin, joining the applied think tank Arthesia as creative director. In this role she contributed to high level brand strategy development projects for clients including Deutsche Bank, Swiss Re and Volkswagen / Autostadt.

Since launching Blixa 6 Studios in 2002, she has worked with clients around the world, including olympic gold medalist figure skater Katarina Witt and The Max Planck Institute and other a remarkable clients from a broad range of industries – including hospitality, private equity, archaeology and culture makers. Over the years Amy has supported many non-profit arts and cultural programs, most notably the Berlin based dance performance series LUCKY TRIMMER e.V… In this enterprise she holds a seat on the board of directors, participating in the strategic development and curatorial board, while leading the brand development and wildly popular advertising design since 2004.

Amy’s writings on art, culture and architecture have been published internationally in magazines, journals and online sources. She has also held professor positions at art & design colleges and speaks on the topics of branding, identity creation and digital entrepreneurship to academic, creative and business communities.

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Skills

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Artwork
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Branding
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Stock Image
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Experience Level

Artwork
Expert
Branding
Expert
Stock Image
Expert
Business Card
Expert
Logo
Expert
Freelance Gig
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
T-shirt Design
Expert
Pitch Deck
Expert
Postcard
Expert
WordPress
Expert
Presentation Design
Expert
Brochure
Expert
Book Cover
Expert
Flyer
Expert
Web Design
Expert
UI
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Infographic
Expert
Poster
Expert
Collage Illustration
Expert
Surface Pattern Design
Expert
Letterhead
Expert
Copywriting
Expert
Greetings Card
Intermediate
Email Design
Intermediate
Social Media Design
Intermediate
Advert Design
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Education

MFA at Maryland Institute, College of Art
June 3, 1994
BFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
May 10, 1992

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Travel & Hospitality, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Consumer Goods, Retail, Software & Internet, Real Estate & Construction
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    Developed brand identity and logo for Boann, a Seattle based business focused on providing outdoor ash scattering and memorial services. The project included brand story research and development as well as establishing a clear look and feel with logo and color system. graphicdesigner designer logo
    uniE621 Beceptum Branding
    Logo Design for Beceptum - part of a brand concept development and identity design project for a private equity firm in Munich, Germany. 2020 The program included: – Logo re-design – Website re-design – https://www.twine.net/signin – Company presentation decks – design and texts branding graphicdesigner designer webdesigner
    uniE621 GSports Brand & Logo Design
    Developed the overall brand story as well as logo design, website and CI materials for GSports, a contemporary physiotherapy practice based in Zurich, Switzerland. logo branding webdesigner designer graphicdesigner
    uniE621 XUITS Website Re-Design 2017
    I was tapped in 2012 to art direct the re-branding of XUITS, a German custom suiting retailer with locations in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne. Leveraging my experience in high end fashion merchandising with Emporio Armani, I worked closely with the founder and business director to define and express the identity of XUITS with creative direction and design strategy consulting over the course of several years. First rollout included Brand Bible, followed by CI, Shop Design, Website and Campaign Photography. After 3 years of growth, I was called back to revisit the Brand Bible and to update the website with online shop and fresh facelift. 2012-2014 Initial brand development including: – Brand story, DNA, strategy – Creative direction for shop design, website, logo, packaging and campaign photography in partnership with: aletja retail architecture, Bijan Latif, web design 2017-2018 Brand revisit, including: – Website redesign integrating online shopping experience and new UX/UI in partnership with Magneto development – Brand story review, CI update graphicdesigner webdesigner designer branding logo
    uniE621 XUITS Re-Branding 2012-14
    I was tapped in 2012 to art direct the re-branding of XUITS, a German custom suiting retailer with locations in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne. Leveraging my experience in high end fashion merchandising with Emporio Armani, I worked closely with the founder and business director to define and express the identity of XUITS with creative direction and design strategy consulting over the course of several years. First rollout included Brand Bible, followed by CI, Shop Design, Website and Campaign Photography. Initial brand development including: – Brand story, DNA, strategy – Creative direction for shop design, website, logo, packaging and campaign photography in partnership with: aletja retail architecture, Bijan Latif, web design branding designer
    uniE621 LUCKY TRIMMER Website
    Website design built on a Wordpress engine for LUCKY TRIMMER, the renowned dance festival presenting short format dance from around the world. Features include: Performance Video Archive Online Application Portal Donation Program branding webdesigner designer graphicdesigner logo
    uniE621 LUCKY TRIMMER Promotional Posters
    Logo and selected promotional posters for LUCKY TRIMMER Dance Performant Series 2010-2020 graphicdesigner branding logo designer posterdesigner
    uniE621 Soloreise Book Cover Design
    Book jacket design for a non-fiction book about the art of solo travel; developed with the author, Guido Narberhaus, using ephemera collected on his travels. Guido’s writing unpack the journey of self discovery one undertakes on long solo travels. During the workshop his aesthetic emerged to be attracted to elements of travel journals with ephemera and hand drawn details, as well as typography reminiscent of vintage school books and instructional guides. The final design reflects this spirit and achieves the aim of being both uniquely memorable and evocative of notes from a solo journey. graphicdesigner designer bookcoverdesigner bookdesigner bookjacketdesigner
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    A collection of perpetual journals for everyday mindfulness, from Blixa 6 Books. With titles for evening reflection, morning meditation, daily mindfulness, a full day's practice and more, you have plenty of options for whatever type of journal keeper you are. And, with the signature un-dated feature, you have a year's worth of entries, even if it takes a lifetime to fill them all. branding graphicdesigner designer bookcoverdesigner