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I am a passionate, accomplished, and quality-driven Lifestyle Art & Design Director and Graphic and Apparel Designer. I excel at building on-trend product lines and developing key brand stories and assets. I am forward-thinking and resourceful, with abilities in streamlining processes and instituting best practices across global, cross-functional teams while building positive relationships. With years of experience in art direction, design direction, branding, apparel and textile design, and color direction, I bring creative vision and leadership to every project. Throughout my career, I have launched my own brand and developed successful contract graphic design businesses, contributed to global design strategies, and created key product and marketing assets for well-known brands such as Volcom, Vans, and Rip Curl. I am adept at creative direction, identity design, merchandise design, and packaging design, ensuring cohesive and market-ready branding solutions that enhance product appeal and consumer engagement.…I am a passionate, accomplished, and quality-driven Lifestyle Art & Design Director and Graphic and Apparel Designer. I excel at building on-trend product lines and developing key brand stories and assets. I am forward-thinking and resourceful, with abilities in streamlining processes and instituting best practices across global, cross-functional teams while building positive relationships. With years of experience in art direction, design direction, branding, apparel and textile design, and color direction, I bring creative vision and leadership to every project. Throughout my career, I have launched my own brand and developed successful contract graphic design businesses, contributed to global design strategies, and created key product and marketing assets for well-known brands such as Volcom, Vans, and Rip Curl. I am adept at creative direction, identity design, merchandise design, and packaging design, ensuring cohesive and market-ready branding solutions that enhance product appeal and consumer engagement.

GulliverFarnan

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I am a passionate, accomplished, and quality-driven Lifestyle Art & Design Director and Graphic and Apparel Designer. I excel at building on-trend product lines and developing key brand stories and assets. I am forward-thinking and resourceful, with abilities in streamlining processes and instituting best practices across global, cross-functional teams while building positive relationships. With years of experience in art direction, design direction, branding, apparel and textile design, and color direction, I bring creative vision and leadership to every project. Throughout my career, I have launched my own brand and developed successful contract graphic design businesses, contributed to global design strategies, and created key product and marketing assets for well-known brands such as Volcom, Vans, and Rip Curl. I am adept at creative direction, identity design, merchandise design, and packaging design, ensuring cohesive and market-ready branding solutions that enhance product appeal and consumer engagement.…I am a passionate, accomplished, and quality-driven Lifestyle Art & Design Director and Graphic and Apparel Designer. I excel at building on-trend product lines and developing key brand stories and assets. I am forward-thinking and resourceful, with abilities in streamlining processes and instituting best practices across global, cross-functional teams while building positive relationships. With years of experience in art direction, design direction, branding, apparel and textile design, and color direction, I bring creative vision and leadership to every project. Throughout my career, I have launched my own brand and developed successful contract graphic design businesses, contributed to global design strategies, and created key product and marketing assets for well-known brands such as Volcom, Vans, and Rip Curl. I am adept at creative direction, identity design, merchandise design, and packaging design, ensuring cohesive and market-ready branding solutions that enhance product appeal and consumer engagement.

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I am a passionate, accomplished, and quality-driven Lifestyle Art & Design Director and Graphic and Apparel Designer. I excel at building on-trend product lines and developing key brand stories and assets. I am forward-thinking and resourceful, with abilities in streamlining processes and instituting best practices across global, cross-functional teams while building positive relationships. With years of experience in art direction, design direction, branding, apparel and textile design, and color direction, I bring creative vision and leadership to every project.

Throughout my career, I have launched my own brand and developed successful contract graphic design businesses, contributed to global design strategies, and created key product and marketing assets for well-known brands such as Volcom, Vans, and Rip Curl. I am adept at creative direction, identity design, merchandise design, and packaging design, ensuring cohesive and market-ready branding solutions that enhance product appeal and consumer engagement.

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Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Owner - Art Direction / Branding / Graphic Design / Apparel Design / Textile Art / Color / Packaging Art Direction & Design Direction at Nowhereverywhere Design Studio - formerly Gulliver Design

August 1, 2016 - Present

Owned and led a design studio providing art direction, branding, graphic design, apparel and textile design, and packaging art direction. Developed creative vision boards, brand strategy, branding kits, logo designs, and marketing assets. Produced original textile and tee shirt designs, color stories, and internal and external product packaging for market-ready applications.

Design Director - Men’s and Women’s Apparel Design Direction at Liberated Brands, Costa Mesa California

May 1, 2022 - August 18, 2025

Directed design for men’s and women’s apparel lines including building vision boards for creative direction, developing seasonal product strategy for textile print and apparel design, creating CAD and specification designs with PLM integration, building seasonal color stories based on market analysis, as well as trim and packaging design aligning product and marketing narratives.

Owner / Brand Manager / Artist at State of Nowhere art-wares brand

August 1, 2021 - Present

Founded and managed an art-wares brand focusing on art direction and design direction, brand strategy and application, brand development and visual storytelling through web and social media, product line design including canvas flags and tee shirts, creation of unique art pieces for installations and private sales, and photography including product and interior staging.

Senior Textile Art / Color and Trim Designer Mens Apparel at Volcom Inc

July 1, 2016 - August 18, 2025

Led color, textile art, and trim components for the mens apparel collection. Created unique themes and innovative art assets for multiple apparel divisions with global trend research, seasonal color palette design, global theme building, and trim package design that supported product and marketing stories.

Global Boardshort Designer / Textile Art Designer Mens Apparel at Vans Inc

March 1, 2015 - August 18, 2025

Designed and merchandised global boardshort and hybrid shorts categories. Managed fabrication, trims, construction, fit testing, and line structure through design. Conducted global trend research and reporting and developed textile art and trim package designs supporting product and marketing messaging for boardshorts and hybrids.

Art Director, Mens Apparel at Rip Curl

March 1, 2013 - August 18, 2025

Led and inspired a team of graphic designers to grow a stable and efficient mens apparel team. Conducted global trend research and reporting, developed vision boards for creative direction, planned and designed the boardshort and printable collections, created key global graphic theme assets linking apparel collections through product design, packaging and marketing, and traveled internationally for product development and testing.

Senior Boardshort Designer / Graphic Designer USA Apparel at Rip Curl

March 1, 2013 - August 18, 2025

Handled key category design for boardshorts in USA market, planned line structure, conducted trend research and theme building, managed fabrication, trims, construction, fit testing, and oversaw production from prototype to production. Traveled to Europe and Asia to test and develop next generation products. Played key role in global design meetings to create cohesive global brand story.

Head of Global Boardshorts at Rip Curl, Torquay, Australia

March 1, 2007 - August 18, 2025

Led global boardshorts category for US, EMEA, and APAC regions. Built and led a team covering concept to specification and product development, created key global graphic themes linking apparel collections through design, packaging, and marketing. Conducted global trend research and seasonal theme development, planned and directed the global boardshort collection, and traveled internationally for product development and testing.

Graphic Designer - Tee Shirt / Mens Apparel Graphics at Quiksilver

July 1, 2003 - August 18, 2025

Designed tee shirt and merchandise graphics including conceptual design through to finished art production. Developed key global graphics and apparel themes used across multiple divisions including mens, boys, and juniors. Planned line structure and merchandising for tee shirt collections.

Graphic/Shoe Design Consultant at Gulliver Farnan (Freelance / Contract Graphic Designer)

July 1, 2016 - August 18, 2025

Provided freelance graphic and shoe design consulting services to various clients including Water Cooled shoe company, Bauhaus apparel, FarnanFindlay architecture firm, Zeally Bay Sourdough organic bakery, Quiksilver, Dot Connect, and Carter & Custer.