Abigail Smith is an award-winning graphic designer who creates highly customized interactive environments. After receiving a degree from Parsons School of Design, she began work with a variety of arts, non-profit, and cultural organizations from her studio in Brooklyn, New York. Following a brief stint with the United Nations, she relocated her studio to Berlin, where she currently maintains an international roster of clients.
Past clients and partnerships include: the United Nations, PBS, YouTube, Sharp Solar, Magnum Photos, US Environmental Protection Agency, Queens Museum of Art, The US Green Party, Vice Magazine.
WRITINGS
Humanitarian Campaigns that Grab Your Attention. Notes on Design, February 2012.
Global Fund Photo Competition Winner Freddy Lokossa. Saving Lives, April 2011.
Design Auteurship. Notes on Design, September 2008.
Designing for Multilingual Content. Notes On Design, August 2008.
AWARDS
Ektron Technologies. Site of the Year, 2011.
European Excellence Awards. Nominee, 2010.
Pixel Awards. Nominee, 2007.
Creative Public. Best Portfolio Sites, 2006.
Omni Intermedia. Gold Award, 2004.
PUBLICATIONS
The Graphic Design Exercise Book. Rotovision, 2010.
Young Artists in New York. Cindy the Perky, March 2006.
The Next Generation of Designers for Hire. WWD, December 2003.
EXHIBITIONS
Member's Salon. 3rd Ward, August 2007.
Square Foot Show. Art Gotham, February 2006.
Night of 1000 Drawings. Artists Space, December 2005.
EDUCATION
Parsons School of Design
Carnegie Mellon University