Sam Wood

Sam is a graphic designer based in San Diego, California. He is the Design Director at Nécessaire and previously worked as a designer at Actual Source. In 2016, Sam published the first volume of World Series, a collaborative photography publication now in its fourth issue. His work is part of the Special Collections Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Haas Arts Library at Yale University. He holds an MFA from the Yale School of Art.

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The Body Retinol Packaging Design for Nécessaire. Photography by Ricardo Parra. (2023)

Euphoria Box Set. Designed with Actual Source Team. Creative Direction by JP Haynie and Davis Ngarupe. (2021)

Website design for HANGHAR, an architectural and design practice based in Madrid. (2021)

Branding system for HANGHAR, an architectural and design practice based in Madrid. (2021)

World Series Volume III, featuring the work of Alex Blouín and Turkina Faso. Published by Actual Source. (2018)

Branding Applications for "Practice, Product, Protocol" at the Taubman School of Architecture. Special thanks to Jacob Comerci, Matiss Groskaufmanis, and Eduardo Mediero . (2020)

Spreads for Shoplifters 8: New Type Design. Creative Direction by JP Haynie and Davis Ngarupe. (2019)

Publication for Linda Van Deursen's workshop at the Yale School of Art. In collaboration with Jinu Hong, Tuan Pham, and Orysia Zabeida. (2020)

Flyer for Madrid-based architecture practice HANGHAR with Eduardo Mediero. (2021)

Branding and custom typography for the Yale School of Art Open House. Designed with Tuan Pham. (2019)

Album artwork and packaging for Spencer Zahn's debut album, People of the Dawn released by Double Denim Records. (2018)

T-Shirt released in conjunction with the publication of World Series Vol. II. (2017)

World Series Volume II, featuring the work of John Francis Peters and Ilyes Griyeb. Published by Actual Source. (2017)

Flyer for Run What You Brung!!! at the Yale School of Art. (2018)

Poster design for ION Solar. (2018)

Misc. type design. (2018-2021)

Packaging for Stroll — a first-person drawing application created in Unity. (2020)

"A Dog Named Shadow" is a collection of first memories collected by strangers, recreated in Maya then printed at Walgreen's Photolab. (2020)

Design for Volume 5, Issue 6 of Paprika!, an ongoing publication by students at the Yale School of Architecture. Designed with Mengyi Qian. (2019)

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