About / Justin / Detroit, Michigan

Visual language and,
graphic communication.

J. Ivey is an independent multidisciplinary artist and designer working across identity, image-making, design systems, exhibitions, and public programming.

Based in Detroit, my work is informed by the city’s industrial heritage, independent publishing ethos, underground music, and any modernist manifesto typeset in swiss.

Experience & recognition
Snowboarder in bright yellow gear jumping through a snowy aspen forest.
gettin' after it.

Capabilities / 01—07

From premise
to public form.

  1. 01Creative direction
  2. 02Art direction
  3. 03Logo & Brand systems
  4. 04Visual & Interface design
  5. 05Campaigns
  6. 06Digital experiences
  7. 07Cultural programming

Experience + record

Experience, Talks,
Clients, etc.

01 / Experience

2019—Now

Arturon Agency

Creative Director

2017—2019

Unstable, LLC

Creative Director

2013—2017

GTB

Associate Creative Director

2011—2013

Team Detroit

Senior Art Director

2007—2011

Wunderman Group

Senior Art Director

2004—2007

JWT

Senior Art Director

02 / Recognition / press / talks

2026 / Press

Slanted Publications #47 Digital Tools Issue (two sites featured)

2019 / Talk

Detroit Startup Week, Arts + Blockchain Panel

2017 / Press

Detroit Free Press Coverage of Unstable x Tyree Guyton Collaboration

2014 / Award

D-Newtech Inaugural Startup Pitch Competition - 1st Place

03 / Selected clients

LOW RES

Slipcore

Batch Brewing

Ford Motor Company

First Holding Group

Lincoln Motor Company

Connected Ventures

Fuel TV

City of Ferndale

State of New Jersey Gaming Comission

Mudgie's Deli

Hummer

GMC

04 / Résumé

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