Kurt Woerpel

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Kurt Woerpel is an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and a few more things living and working in Brooklyn, NY.

Previously Kurt worked as art director at Interview Magazine where he assisted in its relaunch and redesign. Now Kurt is available for Freelance, working with clients like Apple, A24, Highsnobiety, i-D, Brooklyn Art Book Fair, Figma, and Y,IWO to list a few. His work has been recognized by TDC, D&AD, and Young Guns awards for design excellence. He sometimes teaches.

In addition to commercial work, Kurt is a publishing partner at TXTbooks, a Riso zine press with publications held in the MoMA, Met, and NYPL libraries.

A taste:

and more...

Highsnobiety
Print redesign & design direction. 'Radical Legibility.' Written up in NYT. 2025-ongoing. More

Interview
Logotype, art direction, lettering, refreshes, 5000+ pages designed. Won awards. 2018-2024. More

i-D
Special projects & branded publications for Substack, Pinterest. 2025. More

A24
Books & zines for movies. 2025-2026. More soon.

Civilization
Illustrations and animations for the 'news' paper. Used in a CdG collection. Platinum on are.na. 2016-ongoing. More

Apple
In-house work for Screens/Services teams. Design, AD, Etc. Not legally shareable. Contracted stints since 2022.

Lettering
Bespoke typographic works. Mostly for the love of the game. Ongoing. More

Editorial Illustration
For NYT, Bloomberg, and and and... More

This and That
Design, direction, etc. for independent clients. Ongoing. More

Yeah, I Work Out
Identity, design and direction for Y,IWO, a back-to-basics sports apparel company in the Muscle Beach tradition. Ongoing. More

TXTbooks
Ongoing design for independent publisher TXTbooks, a small press with big interests. Ongoing. More

Zines
DIY & short-run publications. Collaborative & self-published via TXTbooks. More

Drawings
I still draw. For shows, residencies, for myself. 2014-Present. More

Old
MTV News, 2014-2016 Matter, 2016 Businessweek, 2016