Livia Foldes is a New York-based art director, designer, and educator.

An independent designer since 2015, she works with organizations and studios to tell unique and resonant stories across brands, publications, and digital experiences.

I’m a white woman with shaggy black hair and a crisp button-up shirt. I’m sitting in my apartment, with an abstract black-and-white painting leaning up against the wall behind me.

Select clients & freelance

Airbnb

New York University

Stanford University

Parsons School of Design

Headlands Center for the Arts

Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Ginkgo Bioworks

Press and awards

It’s Nice That

Femme Type

Women of Graphic Design

Stack Awards

The Society of Publication Designers

Art Directors Club

Speaking

Rhode Island School of Design, 2024

The Photographer's Gallery, 2024

The New Museum, 2023

Gray Area Festival, 2022

Princeton, 2022

Parsons School of Design, 2022

University of San Francisco, 2018

Pinterest, 2018

California College of the Arts, 2018

Teaching

Rhode Island School of Design, 2022 – present

Parsons School of Design, 2020

California College of the Arts, 2019

Education

MFA, Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design

BFA, Graphic Design, California College of the Arts