Photo: Butch Adams
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Creative Direction
Art Direction
Graphic Design
Current focus: authentic storytelling (in all media), doing what I can to save the planet, book design, identity design, photography, lettering.
Select Client List
California Water Impact Network
Patagonia
Patagonia Books
Slipstream
Tompkins Conservation
Toad&Co
Environmental Defense Center
Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper
Conservation Alliance
1% For The Planet
Packard Foundation
Current and Past Positions
{ christina speed graphic design }
C-WIN, Communications Director
Toad&Co, Creative Director
Patagonia, Marketing Director
Horny Toad Activewear, Creative Director
Black Diamond Equipment, Art Director
Education
Rhode Island School of Design, BFA Graphic Design
Gewerbeschule Basel School of Design, Switzerland
Book Design Awards
Title: A Forest Journey
PubWest Book Design Awards 2023, Gold
Title: Headwaters
PubWest Book Design Awards 2022, Gold and Bronze
National Outdoor Book Awards 2022
IBPA Ben Franklin Awards 2023, Silver
Title: Sweet in Tooth and Claw
IBPA Ben Franklin Awards 2023, Gold
Title: Was It Worth It?
PubWest Book Design Awards 2022, Silver
National Outdoor Book Awards 2022
Title: Waves and Beaches
PubWest Book Design Awards 2021, Judge’s Choice
Title: Salmon
IBPA Ben Franklin Awards 2021, Gold
Select Speaking Engagements
IBPA Publishing University, April 2021
Virtual Conference
Topic: Beyond the Serif: An Introduction to Book Typography
IBPA Publishing University, April 2019
Chicago, Illinois
Topic: Entwined: How Editorial and Design Work Together to Create a Best-Selling Book
Illustration Institute Speaker Series 2017
Peaks Island, Maine
Topic: Road Work Ahead, a Mobile Studio
Patagonia Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference
Stanford Camp, Lake Tahoe, California
Messaging Workshops 2001, 2011
SXSW Conference 2011
Austin, Texas
Panel: New Models in Brand Collaboration
Memberships
Type Directors Club
AIGA
Independent Book Publishers Association