Hi, I’m Nathalie Gribinski, a multidisciplinary graphic designer and illustrator based in Chicago. With over fifteen years of experience blending fine arts intuition with precise graphic design, I specialize in crafting compelling branding, digital content, and visual storytelling across print, digital, and motion platforms. I love transforming complex ideas into clear, engaging visuals that connect with audiences.
Throughout my career, I’ve worked in diverse industries ranging from healthcare and legal to publishing and film. Whether designing educational healthcare visuals or creating imaginative children’s books, I bring creativity and clarity to every project. I’m passionate about making design that not only looks great but also serves a purpose and tells a story.
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This minimalist and geometric logo design was created for Habitat Avenue, a brand in the real estate or urban development sector. The bold letter “H” is cleverly integrated with the shape of an abstract home, using negative space and a pop of cyan to suggest architectural form and open space. The design evokes trust, innovation, and a clean, modern approach to housing solutions. Ideal for a contemporary real estate firm, architecture studio, or housing initiative.
This professional logo design for American Business Acquisitions, Inc. conveys strength, stability, and sophistication. The use of bold, serif lettering emphasizes trust and tradition, while the elegant arc unifying the initials “ABA” adds a modern, dynamic flair, symbolizing connection and forward momentum. The color palette of deep navy and soft gray reinforces professionalism and reliability, key values for a business acquisition firm.
I was commissioned to create a poster celebrating the merger between Sofitel and Le Méridien, two iconic hotel brands. The artwork blends the refined luxury of Sofitel with the cosmopolitan spirit of Le Méridien, symbolizing their shared French heritage and global reach. Through a sophisticated composition and elegant design elements, the piece reflects the unity, prestige, and future vision of the two brands coming together.
I created this detailed illustration for Sofitel Hotels as part of an international competition, where the focus was on capturing the essence of French sophistication and world-class hospitality. The artwork blends architectural elegance with a refined artistic style, conveying a sense of prestige and timeless beauty. This piece was awarded first place and helped strengthen Sofitel’s visual identity in its global marketing.
Designed a medical advertisement for WinRho®, a treatment for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The piece uses a dual visual metaphor: a fragile egg representing vulnerability and bold typography to emphasize life-saving intervention. Focused on delivering a sense of urgency while maintaining clarity and trust, aligning with healthcare industry standards for print media. My role included concept development, art direction, and final layout design.
I developed a striking advertisement for this healthcare project promoting Atropen, an emergency antidote device used in life-threatening chemical exposure situations. The design emphasized urgency through a dramatic split-page layout: one side showing a vulnerable, crowded environment, and the other delivering urgent, bold typography. I carefully balanced emotional resonance with medical accuracy, ensuring the design spoke to healthcare professionals and the general public. This project involved complete art direction, visual storytelling, and production-ready file preparation.
Designed a striking pharmaceutical advertisement for Biaxin XL®, using humor and strong metaphor to communicate confidence in treatment efficacy. The visual concept features a man calmly facing an alligator, symbolizing patients’ trust in the product. I was responsible for the graphic layout, typography, brand consistency, and delivering production-ready files for print media, ensuring visual impact and adherence to medical marketing standards.
Created a sophisticated print ad for Fashion Fair’s lipstick line, blending bold typography with elegant, minimalist visuals. The design emphasizes the brand’s essence of mystery, strength, and refined beauty through strategic color selection, layout, and emotional storytelling.
This logo was designed for a conceptual food brand with a sophisticated edge. The minimalist serif wordmark is paired with an abstract sunburst element, suggesting refinement, cultivation, and bold flavor. The tagline “acquired taste” echoes in the earthy green and warm bronze tones, evoking nature and complexity. The logo strikes a balance between clean modernism and gourmet allure.
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Brand identity development and logo design. Responsibilities included concept creation, typography exploration, color palette selection, and final vector design for scalable use across print and digital platforms.
This logo design, “Imagine by Philippe Lesuisse,” features an elegant and artistic representation that blends creativity and sophistication. The main word, “Imagine,” is styled in a flowing, calligraphic script, Suave Script Pro, conveying a sense of artistry and inspiration. Above, the subtle outline of a camera forms a frame around the text, suggesting a connection to photography and creativity. The text “by Philippe Lesuisse” appears in a complementary cursive font, enhancing the refined, personal touch. This logo effectively captures a blend of elegance, visual storytelling, and creativity, ideal for a brand focused on imaginative visuals and photographic artistry.
This logo represents the harmonious connection between nature and music, using a tree with leaves designed to resemble musical notes. The colors—brown, green, and pinkish—were chosen to evoke a natural and creative atmosphere, with the pinkish hue adding a subtle, playful touch. The typeface Charlemagne was chosen for its classical elegance, perfectly complementing the organic and artistic feel of the design.
The logo was created using Adobe Illustrator to ensure scalability and precision, making it suitable for digital and print applications.
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