I am a multidisciplinary graphic designer and illustrator based in London.

My formal practice centres on a dynamic blend of cultural influences and innovative methods across publication, visual identity & branding, editorial illustration, animation, art direction, and printmaking. With over 5 years of experience, I have collaborated with several creative agencies and multinational clientele during which I have consistently delivered contemporary and culturally impactful designs, within print and digital media.

In my personal practice, I explore South-Asian motifs and their global cultural connections, extrapolating colour, typography, graphic, and symbolic elements through a conscious stylisation and an evolving methodology.

EXHIBITIONS AND GRANTS

Hypha Studios Gallery
— Fruit Salad group exhibition / 2024

Whitechapel Gallery
— The film ‘Margins of Memory’ for a group show / 2023

The Kerala Museum
— Gendarilities festival group exhibition / 2023

Bangalore Literature Festival
— Award shortlisted for Book Cover Design of ‘Tears of the Begum’ / 2023

reFrame Institute of Arts & Culture
— Genderalities Fellowship / 2020

Goethe-Institut and Sandbox Collective
— Gender Bender Grant / 2020

Have a project in mind? Get in touch
reyaahmedd@gmail.com

EDUCATION

MA Graphic Communication Design — Central Saint Martins, UAL

SERVICES

Graphic Design
Illustration
Visual Identity + Branding
Packaging Design
Animation
Editorial Design
Book Cover Design
Art Direction
Concept Development
Design Research

CLIENTS

Snapchat, Google Arts & Culture, Meta, The Natural History Museum, WPP, Penguin Random House UK, Macmillan, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, W+K London, Cutter & Squidge, Dishoom, UAL, Courier Magazine, Verve Magazine, Acacia Magazine, Kiblind Agence, National Survivor User Network, The Queer Muslim Project, Maslaha Org, ODI

PRESS

It’s Nice That, Platform Magazine, Nowness Asia