Designers for the Arts specializes in graphic design services for arts and educational organizations.
We excel at designing exhibition graphics, event and program collateral, artist catalogs, books, newsletters, magazines, advertising, web, and branding. We can accommodate any design project, no matter the scope. Need a title-wall graphic or a business card? We can do that. Need a coffee-table book, multiple pieces of collateral for a major event, or a complete rebranding? We can do that too.
Our founder, Erik Flippo, is a seasoned design professional with a unique portfolio of work focused on the arts and education.
When designing for arts and educational institutions, there is a larger responsibility to create something that will excite, entice, and immediately give a sense of place or purpose. That is exactly the kind of design we seek to create.
Our clients are pillars of their communities. They provide culture, education, and experiences that are unique and vital — yet most are expected to do a lot with little. We know budgets are a real thing, and our experience makes us fast, efficient, and flexible. The result: you get a terrific end product at a reasonable price.
Our project fees are fixed so there are no surprises (unless they are good surprises!) and we do not mark up hard costs, like printing.
We are experienced in the special needs of cultural and educational institutions. Working with production vendors is our specialty, so we can shepherd your project from beginning to end.
Erik Flippo is the firm’s founder and lead designer. He has more than two decades of experience as a designer and has spent the majority of his career designing for arts and learning institutions.
Prior to founding Designers for the Arts, Erik was the Design Director for the Nevada Museum of Art, where he brought monumental exhibits to life like Art of the Tiffany Era, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from The Brooklyn Museum, and Chester Arnold: On Earth as It is in Heaven. He also led the redesign of collateral for the National Judicial College, moving their look and communication from outdated and stuffy to engaging, commanding, and modern.
Erik has also worked as art director or lead designer for architecture and design firms, ad agencies, newspapers, high-tech companies, and most recently at the University of Nevada, Reno. Under his trained eye and artistic hand, many brands have sprung to life and countless advertising campaigns have propelled organizations forward. His breadth of experience makes him particularly well positioned to lead a team that needs to draw design inspiration from several facets.
He has a BA in journalism from the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BFA with honors in graphic and packaging design from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California.
