Nishat Akhtar is a graphic artist living in Portland Oregon. Originally from Philadelphia, educated in Brooklyn she traded tall buildings for taller trees. A...

Got Love For Sale was a Talking Heads inspired valentine art show curated by the great Will Bryant, Kate Bingham-Burt and Frank Chimero. I was so thrilled to be...

Announcing the arrival of Santa at Wieden+Kennedy Portland! Check out the sketch too!

New fun with old technology! A few pieces from the print show at Compound Gallery, December 2013

Wintery type styling for application to various digital media celebrating Nike's Cold Weather Winter 2013 line.

Shirt graphics for Crossfit Aliena, San Francsico gym.

Everyday

I love to bike! And to be outdoors! It was great to work together with Brad Hughes on this... I made handful of illustrations for his Strava IMBA Rules of the Trail...

Daylife Savings is a collaborative project with a few friends consisting of weekly illustrations on varying winter and darkness themes to inspire productivity as we...

The awesome folks at The Feed and I have partnered to do some fun inserts in their monthly nutrition boxes. This is the first one.

Risograph poster print of a sylvia plath quote.

Some hand-cut-out food illustrations with a sexy voice for Valentines Day. Food Porn!

The California state flag is an icon that I've wanted to do something with for a while. A friend recently moved back there to follow his dreams, which inspired this...

Nike Fuelband manifesto poster.

Reading Frenzy, an awesome zine and art book store celebrated 17 years in the same location in Portland, right before it had to close it's doors and move. This was...

P&G created a digital poster campaign sourcing motherly quotes and advice from the public via twitter, and turning them into inspirational/aspirational posters....

A few type treatments celebrating client Powerade's call to action, Power Through

Silksreened poster designed to aid in the relief of Hurricane Sandy. Being away from the east coast has been a tremendously hard thing at times, away from...

Summer-time means iced coffee, awesome times and bands going on tour. It's coming up! I made this shirt design for my friends in Big Eyes. Nothing better than...

For Nike, the task was design a multifaceted and strong display face.. I came up with a kaledescoping geometric system layered on top of simple grid type.

At Wieden+Kennedy I am just a piece in the large process of some massive projects. Here is the final Nike spot I worked on the concept art for to inform the final...

Poster for the super rad band Mean Jeans Check it out plastered up here in a Travel Oregon spot, hosted by the awesome Alex Barrett

The awesome and amazing Adam Garcia handpicked an amazing group of designers and illustrators to make this beautiful promotional piece for local Portland printer...

Illustration for the Portland Mercury, celebrating the Year of the Snake.

Here are some images of the an interactive project in the works... a book club that tracks what you've read and allows you to connect with others and discuss books,...

Elevation layout for Nike Mercer installation by PeetKegler. Walls of the Nike Mercer store were covered in various urban sport items and painted all black....

Graphic treatments for Nike 6.0 logos and tshirt designs for Nike, while with PeetKegler

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Typeface designed for Diet Coke's 12oz of Inspiration promotion on Coolhunting. This is a handdrawn alphabet, inspired by effervesce and fizzing. This made it...

Branding for handmade bikes by Brendan McGrath, built in Philadelphia.

Bedding labels for Anthropologie, 2 color silkscreened on muslin. Each label was specially designed to match the bedding it represents.

In-store campaigns for Anthropologie. Concept, illustration and materials carry across signage, window installation and web as well as some handmade signage and...

Handmade store event invitations for Anthropologie.

Various Anthropologie online communication and specimins designed and illustrated for the loyalty customer. Emails included invitations, events, special sales and...

Email announcements for Leifsdottir seasonal fashion shows.

Like childhood valentines with a naughty twist, punch out the eight letterpress cards to deliver to your various sweethearts. available here:...

Laughing while you draw is great. Smiling while you clean or cook is better. Hand silkscreened tea towels of illustrations made for valentines day, but really great...

Posters for Wieden+Kennedy Bicycle Commute Challenge

A few prints and sketches of hand type illustration.

My friend Lisa, from Tree and Kimball asked me to do her wedding invites. It was a fun collaboration, working on the invitations, and design for the wedding, table...

Been spending some downtime making some fun type. I have the full alphabet nearly done.

A quick look at a few band posters Ive done for friends.

Various feather drawings silkscreened in two colorways on teatowels for WK Goodness shop. Available...

BCBG campaign design and layout while at Lipman.

Signage for the annual anniversary bash for Wieden+Kennedy. Major Rager. Lots of glitter.

friends keep you going. Erik Nick Hans Proctor Caleb Braulio Lloyd Aaron and Ben's Fort Port Josh Boston Derek Anne Luke Jia Dan Never...