Summary
Kurt Woerpel is an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and a few more things living and working in Brooklyn, New York.
Currently
♥ Freelance Art Direction & Design (Present)
♥ Co-Founder/Partner with TXTbooks (Since 2014)
Previously
♥ Art Director at Interview Magazine (2018-2024)
♥ Senior Screens Designer at Apple [Contracted through Aquent] (2021-22, 2023)
♥ Freelance Art Director at Bloomberg Businessweek (2017)
♥ Freelance Designer at Wieden and Kennedy NYC (2016-17)
♥ Freelance Designer at Matter (2017)
♥ Designer/Animator at MTV News: Always On/No Chill. (2014-16)
♥ Designer in Pratt Institute Communications Design Chair’s Office. (2013-14)
♥ Design Intern at Zut Alors! (2013)
Portrait by Alyssa Kazew, 2013
Past Works For
♥ A24, Actual Source, Apple, The Baffler, Bloomberg Businessweek, Brooklyn Art Book Fair, Civilization, Figma, Grailed, Highsnobiety, i-D, The Intercept, Interview Magazine, Look Studios, Matter, MTV News, New Inc., The New York Times, NYT Magazine, Spike Art Magazine, Superfly, United Talent Agency, Johannes Leonardo, Wieden+Kennedy [NY+Portland], Yeah I Work Out, and more...
Awards & Recognition
♥ Young Guns 20 (2022)
♥ Type Directors Club Ascenders Award (2022)
♥ D&AD Graphite Pencil (2019) and Wood Pencil (2020)
♥ International Motion Arts Awards Winner in Motion Graphic and Illustration/Animation categories [Two awards] (2016).
♥ American Illustration 34 Chosen (2016)
Articles/Features/Tidbits
♥ New York Times, Styles 'How Real Can a Fashion Magazine Get' Redesign mention. [Article Tidbit] (2025)
♥ Wear Many Hats interviewed by Rashad Rastam [Podcast/Interview] (2025)
♥ Monster Children 'An Interview with Interview Magazine Art Director, Kurt Woerpel.' [Feature/Interview] (2023).
♥ Backstage Talks Magazine 'How To Avoid Cynicism' [Written Contribution] (2023)
♥ MagCulture 'Magazine of the Month: Dec. 2022.' [Feature] (2022).
♥ BrAND Magazine Issue 64: Weather Forecast of Graphic Design. [Feature](2022).
♥ Eye on Design Intentionally Bad in a Confident Way by Somnath Bhatt [Feature/Interview] (2021).
♥ Where Are We Convo w/ Robert Blair & Logan Heffernan [Written Interview] (2020).
♥ Talk is Cheap w/ Harry Gassel [Podcast/Interview] (2020).
♥ It's Nice That [Feature] (2017).
♥ Vice New York Art Book Fair Roundup [Article Tidbit] (2016).
Speaking/Saying
♥ ICON 12: Illustration Conference Mainstage (2024)
♥ Apple P&D Artist Talk (2023)
♥ MagCulture NYC Lunch Chat w/ Linyee Yuan and Jeremy Leslie. (2022)
♥ Printed Matter x TXTbooks' Book Fell Into Ocean: Developers Notes [Archival Youtube Link] (2021)
♥ MagCulture, Live! 'ANALOG' [on demand virtual link here] (2020)
Juries
♥ American Illustration 44
♥ NewOnes Awards 2022
Teaching
♥ Integrated Visual Communication 2: New Forms. Pratt Institute UG Communications Design Department, FA21
♥ Image as Communication. Pratt Institute UG Communications Design Department, SP21.
♥ Integrated Visual Communication 2: New Forms. Pratt Institute UG Communications Design Department, FA20
♥ An Independent Publishing Primer. [Rewrote Curriculum] Pratt Institute UG Communications Design Department, SP20
♥ Integrated Visual Communication 2: New Forms. [Contributed to course development] Pratt Institute UG Communications Design Department, FA19
Selected University Visits:
♥ Visiting Lecture, Class Visit and Critique, Editorial Design & Typography Studio inserted by Chris and Kathleen Sleboda, Boston University (2025)
♥ Visiting Lecture, Publication Design with instructed by Devin Washburn, Parsons (SP24)
♥ Visiting Lecture, Editorial Design with instructed by Jeff Glendenning, MICA (FA23)
♥ Class Visit and Critique, New Forms with instructed by Robert Blair, Pratt (FA22)
♥ Visiting Lecture with Robert Blair and Nichole Shinn Bad Design instructed by Luiza Dale and Tuan Pham, Parsons (SP22)
♥ Class Visit and Critique w/ Duncan Hamilton's Independent Publishing Class (with TXTbooks) from Pratt Institute, (2018)
♥ Class Visit and Critique, Kevin Chao and Mike Finkelstein's Senior Studio Class, Keen University, (2018)
♥ Class Visit and Critique, Motion Graphics instructed by Sally Thurer, Parsons (2017)
Selected Exhibitions
♥ Silver Lining. Solo exhibition, Heavy Manners Library. LA, CA. August 2024.
♥ Printing The Future: The Riso Revolution at dieFirma, Curated by Panayotis Terzis. NY, NY. 2022.
♥ The Great Outdoors at Permanent Maintenance, Curated by Ariel Davis and Alicia Aderamovich. Ridgewood, NY 2018.
♥ Library Of Babel at Cuchifritos Gallery. Curated by Endless Editions, NY, NY. 2017.
♥ Muscle Relaxant at Sleep Center. Curated by Hyun Cho and Kerim Zapsu, NY, NY. 2016.
♥ Island Time at Rabbithole Gallery. Curated by Morgan Maher, Dumbo, BK, NY. 2015.
♥ MTVNEWS PRESENTS: AYYYYYYYGA, at AIGA: Southstreet Seaport. An exhibition exploring studio practice and design process. Our team participated under project leadership of Sally Thurer & Richard Turley. 2015.
Education
♥ BFA Communications Design from Pratt Institute. (2014)
♥ Typography Summer School, NYC. (2014)
