Hi I'm Ryan.
visual designer
Just your friendly neighborhood visual designer based in the Chicago suburbs who works with cool clients like Verizon, Walgreens, and Coca-Cola. These days, I make cool stuff at Razorfish and Publicis Groupe.
With an MFA from New York University and a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University, I won a GDUSA award for my work at Shillington while I studied graphic design.
Outside of the design world, I'm a composer and musician, having worked on Broadway shows, recordings, and films. This grounds my design process in strong storytelling and empathy.
Ko • rell [kuh-'RELL]
Last names can be hard. Mine sounds like CorelDRAW or Steve Carell. Almost rhymes with the hand sanitizer. Yeah, you got it.
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