I’m a creative professional, artist, and designer with over twenty years of experience across fine art, graphic, and art direction. I work fluidly with traditional media such as drawing, ink, painting, and digital tools, and I’m highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite as a working graphic designer for apparel and branding expert in apparel and fashion industry. I’ve spent many years working both independently and in collaboration with other artists, designers, writers, and creative teams, and I’m very comfortable communicating verbally and in writing. Whether I’m building a body of work or contributing to a design project, I approach it with the same level of skill, focus, and curiosity.

David Briker

I’m a creative professional, artist, and designer with over twenty years of experience across fine art, graphic, and art direction. I work fluidly with traditional media such as drawing, ink, painting, and digital tools, and I’m highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite as a working graphic designer for apparel and branding expert in apparel and fashion industry. I’ve spent many years working both independently and in collaboration with other artists, designers, writers, and creative teams, and I’m very comfortable communicating verbally and in writing. Whether I’m building a body of work or contributing to a design project, I approach it with the same level of skill, focus, and curiosity.

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I’m a creative professional, artist, and designer with over twenty years of experience across fine art, graphic, and art direction. I work fluidly with traditional media such as drawing, ink, painting, and digital tools, and I’m highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite as a working graphic designer for apparel and branding expert in apparel and fashion industry.

I’ve spent many years working both independently and in collaboration with other artists, designers, writers, and creative teams, and I’m very comfortable communicating verbally and in writing. Whether I’m building a body of work or contributing to a design project, I approach it with the same level of skill, focus, and curiosity.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Graphic Design and Product Development at Darklands Berlin
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2025
Design and development of all in-house clothing, branding, labels, packaging, and bags.
Graphic Apparel Designer (contract) at Supreme NY
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022
Creative and collaboration design work for menswear collections for a renowned streetwear NY-based brand.
Lead Designer and Art Director at Blazed Made
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2019
Head designer for an LA-based streetwear brand with access to world-class IP in the realm of 80s and 90s hip hop.
Lead Graphic Designer and Art Director (contract) at Bravado Merchandising
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2022
Designer of merchandise for numerous international music touring acts such as AC/DC, Black Sabbath and more.
Founder, Art Director, and Head Designer at Some Product Apparel
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2016
Branding, labels, packaging and apparel graphics for an art-forward streetwear brand.
Founder, Art Director, and Head Designer at Le Monde Gris
January 1, 2009 - Present
Progressive menswear brand exhibited at Tranoi (Paris) and featured in Vogue Italia and Vogue UK.
Freelance Designer and Art Director at Various International Clients
January 1, 2010 - Present
Branding, web design, art direction, graphic design, and fashion development for a range of clients.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Film Studies and Graphic Design at Emily Carr University
January 1, 1994 - January 1, 1998
Graphic Design and Communication Degree at Vancouver Community College
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2000

Qualifications

Helen Pitt Award for Best Graduation Project
January 11, 2030 - April 2, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Retail, Professional Services
    paper Design Portfolio PDF (Branding, apparel, art direction)
    This is a select portfolio of examples of graphic design, branding and apparel design. My experience in fashion and apaprel design spans nearly 20 years. I have designed hundreds of tshirts and other graphgics for apparel. graphicdesigner tshirtdesigner appareldesign fashiondesign artdirection branding pdf