Photo by Arturo Silva Fujikawa
about
Dana Tanamachi is a New York City-based artist and designer who enjoys living a quiet life and working with her hands. In 2009, an impromptu chalk installation for a Brooklyn housewarming party landed Dana her first commission for Google and set the popular chalk-lettering trend—and her career—in motion. After working under design icon Louise Fili, she opened Tanamachi Studio, a boutique design studio specializing in custom typography and illustration for editorial, lifestyle, food, and fashion brands. She has been commissioned globally by clients such as Target, Nike, USPS, Penguin Books, Ralph Lauren, Instagram, and West Elm. Named a Young Gun (YG9) by the Art Director’s Club in 2011 and a Young Creative to Watch by HOW Magazine, she has had the distinct honor of creating custom cover art for O, HOW, and TIME Magazines.
Bio written by Jessica Haberkern
Client list
Ace Hotel
Adidas
AKQA
American Express
Andaz 5th Avenue
BEAMS Japan
Belkin
Bloomingdale's
Blue Buffalo
BlueQ
Box.com
Brown-Forman
Burton Snowboards
Charity:Water
Chronicle Books
Clinique
Crate & Barrel
DHC Japan
Diageo
Entertainment Weekly
Evernote
EveryDay with Rachael Ray
Food & Wine Magazine
Girl Scouts of the USA
Google
H-E-B
H-E-B Foundation
Hilton Hotels
Hyatt Hotels
Instagram HQ
Jameson Whiskey
Kiehls
Library of Congress
Los Angeles Magazine
Lululemon Athletica
MiiR
Michaels
MSNBC
National Grid
Nike
NRG
O Magazine
Obama Foundation
Ogilvy
Parade Magazine
Parents Magazine
Penguin Random House
Prismacolor
Ralph Lauren
Saint Frank Coffee
Sephora
Slayer Espresso
Southern Living
Southern Poverty Law Center
SpotCo
St. Martins Press
Starbucks
Sub Pop Records
SXSW
Target
The Wall Street Journal
TIME Magazine
Tommy Hilfiger
U.S.-Japan Council
USPS
Vital Farms
Waitrose
Water.org
West Elm
Yahoo!
Zondervan
Speaking Engagements
AAF Miami
AIGA Austin
AIGA Colorado
AIGA Design Ranch
AIGA Houston
AIGA Kansas City
AIGA New York
AIGA Nashville
Apartment Therapy
Cornish College of the Arts
Create Upstate
Creative Works Conference
DSVC
Disney's Yellow Shoes
HOW Conference Keynote
Ladies Wine Design Brooklyn
Made in the Middle
Mama's Sauce, Orlando
Montana State University
Oso Bay XIX
Plywood Presents
Portland Design Week '16
Q Ideas Boston
Royal Caribbean Cruises
SUNY New Paltz
Typecon Keynote
University of Florida Ligature
Creative Mornings (2019) | Gaman: Enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity
Awards & Recognition
ADC Young Gun 9 (2011)
HOW Magazine Young Creative to Watch (2011)
Type Director's Club Communication Design Award for Abi-Haus Signage [with Jeff Rogers & Ryan Feerer] (2013)
Apartment Therapy Top 10 Under 40 (2015)
judging
University of Florida Ligature Student Show 2011
AIGA Kansas City A10 Awards 2014
DSVC Student Show 2015
PRINT's Typography & Lettering Awards 2015
representation
Represented by
Conjure Creative and A-Gent Tokyo