Taylor Franklin is a graphic designer and art director based in New York. With a background in painting, she balances daring vision and elegant sensibility to create thoughtfully executed solutions for a wide range of clients. Her work ranges from identities, print, and digital design to photo and art direction for graphic and motion design. She has previously worked at Pentagram Design, Hugo & Marie, Partners & Spade and Apple. She was the Creative Director of Atmos Magazine for their first issue and is now taking independant design and direction projects.

SELECT CLIENTS

Saint Laurent
Apple
Nike
Equinox
Lady Gaga
CFDA
Saks Fifth Avenue
Roc Nation
Shiseido
Clé de Peau Beauté
Buffy
Chobani
Levi’s Made & Crafted
The Cooper Hewitt 
Alabama Chanin
The Wing
The Thing Quarterly

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
BA Fine Art, 2010

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
BA Graphic Design, 2013

EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE SENIOR ART DIRECTOR
May 2019 – Current

APPLE INC.
Contract Senior Designer
Oct. 2018 – April 2019 

ATMOS
MAGAZINE
Creative Director
2018 

HUGO & MARIE
Lead Designer
2017

HUGO & MARIE
Designer
2016

PENTAGRAM
Designer
Team Michael Bierut
2015

Always curious and excited to partner and
work towards creating beautiful & timeless designs.