John Christian Rose is a designer and art director based in New York, and currently working at Something Special Studios. Previously, he’s worked at Gander, B.A.D. Studio, and Pacific Books. He’s made projects for musicians such as Flying Lotus, Solange, and Ty Segall, publications like Vice, Garage, and Packet Biweekly, and venues such as Good Room, Public Records, and Mohawk Austin. He’s also been written about in Eye on Design, Intern Mag, and It’s Nice That. Full portfolio and resume available upon request.

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• Daido Moriyama

  Identity Design (2020)

  Speculative project completed at the Cooper Union as an experiment with visual identity design. Exhibition identity and merchandise directions for the Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Professor: Virginia Chow

  Course: Visual Identities

• Leaning Into the Wind

  Identity Design (2020)

  Speculative project completed at the Cooper Union as an experiment with visual identity design. Identity design and merch directions for the rollout of the 2018 Andy Goldsworthy documentary, Leaning Into the Wind.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Professor: Barbara Glauber

  Course: Experimental Typography

• NBCS Merch

  Merch Design (2020)

  Merchandise design for the Newark Boys Chorus School. NBCS is the only urban chorus school in the nation and has been offering tuition-free education and musical training to students in grades 4-8 since 1969.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Studio: Something Special Studios

  AD: Jackson Cantor & Sammie Purulak

  Photography: Salim Green

• Lunch From a Care Package

  Artist Book (2020)

  A personal short-run artist zine containing speculative fictions and compositions based on the first-person-shooter game, Call of Duty, and dives deep into the online communities and subcultures spawned by the game's widespread success.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Professor: Helene Silverman

  Course: Open Studio

• Organic Typefaces

  Type Design (2020)

  Experiments with type design inspired by the growth of a plant in the rain by thinking of typefaces in terms of stages of growth.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Professor: Barbara Glauber

  Course: Experimental Typography

• Posters

  Poster Design (Ongoing)

  Posters for various clients, primarily in the entertainment industry.