About – Alexander S. Budnitz

I am...

a designer with over 20 years of experience conceiving and executing brand projects for major educational, cultural, and financial institutions;

a systems thinker committed to advancing meaningful enterprises through visual solutions grounded in research, strategy, experimentation, and collaboration;

a practitioner committed to serving the best interests of my clients and doing my small part to make the world a more beautiful and comprehensible place.

Let's talk
alex@abudnitz.com

Portrait by Liz Linder

Services

Visual brand systems
Identity development
Collaborative concept development
Web and print design
Editorial design
Print production
Art direction
Photography

Verticals

Higher and secondary education
Arts and culture
Financial services
Food and beverage

Representative clients

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra**
Architecture Boston*
Bright Power
Cambridge School of Weston**
Clark Art Institute**
Curtis Institute of Music**
Curry College**
Detroit Opera**
Emmanuel Music**
Fidelity Investments*
Forsyth Institute*
Haemonetics**
Harvard Business School*
Harvard College**
The Jackson Laboratory**
Meketa Investment Group
MassArt**
MIT Brain+Cognitive Sciences*
MIT Human Resources**

Representative clients

MIT Professional Education*
New Jersey Symphony**
Newport Classical**
Northeastern University**
Olin College of Engineering**
Orchestra Lumos**
Prolific Cannabis
Roundhead Brewing Company
Sarah Lawrence College**
Seattle Symphony**
Skinner Appraisers and Auctioneers**
Static Motor Recordings
The Rashi School**
The University of New Haven**
The Wheeler School**
Tufts Hillel**
Vermont College of Fine Arts**
Wesleyan University**
Yale School of Management*

at Stoltze Design*
at Sametz Blackstone Associates**

an intersticial moment

In more detail...

I’m a listener, synthesizer of information, and communicator who uses the elements of design—type, color, image, composition—to give form to content, inflect meaning, and build resonant, flexible, and memorable visual systems that help you tell your story, connect to your people, and advance your mission.

By way of a professional introduction, I serve as Creative Director at Sametz Blackstone Associates, where I've been developing brands and building communications since 2009.

Prior to moving to Blackstone Square, I honed my design skills at Stoltze Design, where I was Senior Art Director at the conclusion of a very productive seven year tenure.

My work has appeared in Print and How magazines, and recent work for Olin College of Engineering, The Wheeler School, and MassArt have won awards from CASE and UCDA.

I began teaching introductory and intermediate graphic design courses at Northeastern University in 2005 and continue to be inspired and challenged by my students. I'm currently teach Identity and Brand Design, Typography 2, and Degree Project, the capstone course sequence for graduating design majors.

In addition to practicing graphic design, I occasionally show my photographic and collage work, and my commissioned photography has been featured in several of my design projects.

I'm a proud husband and father of two, a home owner, a collector (of books, photographic miscellanea, moka pots, and other objects of beauty), and a committed advocate of walkability and public transportation who dreams of traveling the country pulling an airstream or other tiny dwelling (and I do recognize the inherent conflict between these last two statements).

Before moving to Boston, I completed my MFA in graphic design at the Yale University School of Art. Prior to that, I worked in event management and as a independent designer.

I graduated with highest honors in philosophy from Emory University in 1999. I was raised in Nashua, NH—voted more than once and by more than one publication as the number one place to live in these United States.

Recognition

Recent work for MassArt, The Wheeler School, Olin College of Engineering, and Harvard College has been recognized in the annual UCDA (University and College Design Association) design competiton.

My work has also been recognized by CASE District 1 and has been featured in Print and How magazines.

I've presented on branding and visual systems at CASE District 1 and have been a guest critic at RISD, UConn, and Keene State.