● Teddy Display
Pinna Brand Typeface
w/ Useful SchoolLogo Design/Type Design
A fun, playful typeface for a children’s podcast company. Its letterforms embrace wobble and quirkiness, turning early handwriting exercises into a playful typographic voice for branding.
The concept was developed independently, with collaborative support to bring the typeface to completion.
Collaborators:
Julee Rene
Useful School
Type Designer
● Sondheim Celebration Poster
Pasadena Playhouse
w/ Pentagram
Art Direction/Poster Design/ Campaign
Print and digital Poster Design for a series of plays from the Pasadena Playhouse theatre. Elements from the story “Into The Woods” from found imagery populate the poster to tell an abstract rendetion of the play.
[full case study here]
● ICD Beauty
w/ Pentagram
Logo Design/Packaging Design
Monogram logo design for a Korean Skincare Brand. Designed packaging, colors, and typeface selection for branding.
[full case study here]
Coffee? Chat? Job?
✒︎ billie.rene.working@gmail
✒︎ /in/billiedesigns
Billie Rene is a multi-disciplinary graphic designer cultivating her skills in art direction, editorial design, visual identity and type design.
Education
Coding Systems WorkshopCoding Systems 2023
Principals of Typeface DesignType@Cooper 2023
Bachelor’s of Art, Digital DesignCUNY 2021
Associate of Art, CommunicationCUNY 2019
EmploymentDentsu Creative
Present
Pentagram Design 2022-2024
Skills
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects
Figma
Logo design
Illustration
Glyphs
Typeface Design
Poster Design
Art Direction
Press
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Last Updated 24.10.31
BILLIE RENÉ
Coffee? Chat? Job?
✒︎ billie.rene.working@gmail
✒︎ /in/billiedesigns
Billie René is a multi-disciplinary graphic designer cultivating her skills in branding art direction, editorial design, visual identity and type design.
EMPLOYMENT
Dentsu CreativePresent
Pentagram Design 2022-2024
EDUCATION
Coding Systems WorkshopCoding Systems 2023
Principals of Typeface DesignType@Cooper 2023
Bachelor’s of Art, Digital DesignCUNY 2021
Associate of Art, CommunicationCUNY 2019
365 POSTERS
Poster Design/Type Design/Experimental Design
Personal Project, ongoing
SITP Poster Public Theater w/ Pentagram
Art Direction/Illustration/Photo Editing/ Campaign
Concept, illustrations, and imagery for 2023 season of SITP. Final poster design by team at Pentagram.
[full case study here]
T-Mobile Brand Refresh & Other Projects
w/ Dentsu Creative
final animation by Adolescent
Visual Identity/Art Direction/Campaign/ Motion Storyboarding/Advertisment
A refresh of a us-based telecom company including refreshed typography, color system, photography style, and visual elements. Brought to life with several projects including photoshoot, OOH boards and in store promotional videos.
[full case study coming soon]
Teddy Display
Pinna Brand Typeface
w/ Useful School
Logo Design/Type Design
A fun, playful typeface for a children’s podcast company. Its letterforms embrace wobble and quirkiness, turning early handwriting exercises into a playful typographic voice for branding.
The concept was developed independently, with collaborative support to bring the typeface to completion.
Collaborators:
Julee Rene
Useful School
Lilly Pulitzer Logo Design
Lilly Pulitzer
w/ Pentagram
Logo Design/Visual Identity/Type Design
Brand refresh for the iconic Palm Springs clothing retailer. Logo inspired by Lilly Pulitzer’s 1975 signature. Refreshed colors and typefaces.
[full case study here]
ICD Beauty Monogram & Packaging
w/ Pentagram
Logo Design/Packaging Design
Monogram logo design for a Korean Skincare Brand. Designed packaging, colors, and typeface selection for branding.
[full case study here]
Sondheim
Celebration Poster
Pasadena Playhouse
w/ Pentagram
Art Direction/Poster Design/ Campaign
Print and digital Poster Design for a series of plays from the Pasadena Playhouse theatre. Elements from the story “Into The Woods” from found imagery populate the poster to tell an abstract rendetion of the play.
[full case study here]
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