Etc. — Jackson Kruse

Jackson Kruse is an independent graphic designer and design historian from Los Angeles and based in London.

info@jacksonkruse.com
@jacksonkrusestudio

C.V.

Education

M.A. History of Design
Royal College of Art
London, UK
2027

B.S. Journalism, Sociology
Northwestern University
Evanston, US
Cum Laude
2025

Experience

Independent Designer
Self-Titled Studio
Los Angeles, US
Active

Studio Design Intern
Club Studio
Los Angeles, US
2025

Graphic Design Resident
TaxStatus
Chicago, US
2024

Design Specialist Intern
Aon
Chicago, US
2024

Graphic Design Intern
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games (LA28)
Los Angeles, US
2023

Graphic Design Intern
Marquee Sports Network
Chicago, US
2022

Services

Brand Identity
Art Direction
Information Design
Logotypes
Print and Layout
Mapmaking
Wayfinding

Collaboration

Club Studio
Holiday Studio
Long Weekend
MSCHF
Wellspring Strategies

Recognition

William H. Exum Award (H.M.)
Northwestern University
Evanston, US
2024

STA 100 (Shared)
Society of Typographic Arts
Chicago, US
2021

Last Updated June 2026

Work, Index, Etc.

2026 FIFA World Cup Bracket Game

Agentic Coding

2026

Alternate Uniforms, Decadence, and the Issue of Legacy in the National Basketball Association

Essay

2026

Evidence of Wayfinding, Fact versus Fiction, and Experimental Cartography in Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Research Project

2025

Kruse’s development as a designer, strategist, and historian has everything to do with strip mall directory signs in his hometown of Los Angeles.

Made up of mostly amateur graphic elements and typography, these composites offer concise visual cues for the entwined histories of peoples who have converged on the city from every corner of the planet.

As a practitioner, he places emphasis on effectively researched, precisely constructed brand systems; as a theorist, he studies how cultural experience endows visual form with communal and often unsaid meaning.

2026