About
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Brian Stern is currently the Creative Director at Design 446 where he brings with him over 20 years’ experience developing major corporate identity programs and collateral for both US and international organizations. Prior to joining Design 446, Brian spent 15 years in the design industry in New York City, working with a diverse clientele from Fortune 100 companies to small niche firms.
Creative Director
Design 446, NJ
Clients include: American Leisure; American Properties; Contemporary Healthcare Capital; Continental Properties; French & Parrello; iStar Finacial; JMP Holdings; JS Hovnanian; K. Hovnanian Homes; Kushner Real Estate Group; Lennar; Larken Associates; The Kliener Group; Pulte Homes; Ritz-Carlton Residences; The Garden State Philharmonic; Trammel Crow.
In 2007, Brian Stern was invited to become a member of the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, a worldwide assembly of leading professionals facilitating the vibrant exchange of new ideas, business models and trend information in the visual arts.
2004
Senior Art Director
The Barnett Group, NYC
Clients include: Caramoor Center for the Arts; Deloitte & Touche; DTCC; Empire BlueCross BlueShield; Genentech; Imagine NY; JPMorgan Chase; MBIA; nexxthealth; Pfizer; SynCo Technologies; TIAA-CREF; US Realty; WellChoice.
2000
Senior Design Director & Communications Consultant
ASA Communications, Inc., NYC
Clients include: AT&T; Lucent Technologies; Lowenstein Sandler; ASA; Merrill Lynch.
1998
Senior Design Director & Studio Manager
Creative Source, Inc., NYC
Clients include: Auerbach Grayson & Co.; Barclays; Barrons’; Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada; Interior Design Magazine; Metropolitan Transportation Authority; New York Bankers Association; Reuters; Scudder, Stevens and Clark; SH&E; Smith Barney; TIAA-CREF; The Equitable; The Federal Reserve Bank of New York; The Wall Street Journal; Tweedy Browne.
1992
Senior Designer
Bonnell Design Associates, Inc., NYC
Clients include: Berol USA; International Design Center, NY; LeeJofa; Modern Age, Driade; Steelcase; Teknion; Federal Express; Syska & Hennessy; TapeTex; The Color Association.
1990
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Studied under: Wolfgang Winegart, Kenneth Hiebert, Richard Saul Wurman.
work featured
Thoughout his career, Brian’s work has been featured in leading design publications and books. Most recently, Brian sat on the judges panel for the W3 Awards, sponsored by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.
AIGA
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Creative Quarterly – 15
International Journal of Art & Design
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
The Big Book Of Self Promotion
HarperCollins Publishers
American Graphic Design Awards Annual
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015 & 2017
Creativity 37, Design Annual
HarperCollins Publisher
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery
Retrospective: the Past 30 Years of Graphic Design
The Big Book of Green Design
HarperCollins Publisher
Really Good Logos Explained
Rockport Publishers
The Graphic Artists Guild
Creativity 36, Design Annual
HarperCollins Publishers
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HarperCollins Publishers