bio

asad is an independent creative director with interest and experience in the cultural sector and arts education. he has worked for mgmt. design, pentagram, omfgco, work-order and media arts lab where he specialized in editorial, exhibition, brand and interactive design. his work has contributed to exhibitions and programs at major museums and cultural festivals, including the national building museum and world pride 2019. asad has taught and lectured at yale, rutgers, and alfred universities on topics that include inclusivity in design and queer communication.

as a member of the queering space artists collective, he works to promote visibility and encourage creativity for marginalized artists through exhibitions, workshops and programming. current and forthcoming projects include radical affirmation, a summer camp for queer youth in utrecht, netherlands, as well as an archival excavation, symposium and exhibition of materials held by the schwules museum, berlin, whose extensive archives document lgbtq life and history.

asad received his bfa from the rhode island school of design and holds an mfa from the yale school of art.

capabilities

logos and visual identity
strategy and editorial positioning
broad systems thinking
copywriting, naming and narrative voice
print and digital collateral
motion and information graphics

press

queering space at alfred university, ravelin magazine, alec coiro, 22 mar 2018

a look inside the first queer show at yale school of art, vice creators project, antwaun sargent, 27 oct 2016

examining queer at yale university, two coats of paint, sharon butler, 21 oct 2016

with designs published in segd, i.d., how and step magazines

client list

american folk art museum
apple
the atlantic
children’s museum of the arts
complex networks
day for night
heritage of pride
hotel g san francisco
good magazine
guggenheim museum
international center of photography
knoll
martha stewart living
mohawk paper
mozilla
museum of art and design
nakashima woodworkers
national building museum
rizzoli publications
sharjah art foundation
smorgasburg
verve coffee roasters
wired magazine