Mikki Janower dot Work

Mikki is a designer and researcher working across editorial layout, typography, branding, and interaction design. She is currently participating in a research practicum at The Guggenheim Museum; maintaining an active freelance practice; and cultivating her library of independent magazines.

She recently recieved a BFA in Communication Design and Writing from Washington University in St. Louis and is on the lookout for projects and collaborations.

Try email, Instagram, or Are.na. Also, download her resume, find her on LinkedIn, or send a nice note to her mother. Feel free to reach out about new projects and collaborations!

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Cyberotica

Technology & fetish in contemporary art

2020

Cyberotica compiles recent works by over fifty artists—including Jacolby Satterwhite, Hito Steyerl, and Marguerite Humeau—to explore a prominent motif in the contemporary oeuvre: the chimera of fetish and technology.

Spanning gender politics, decolonization, and techno-utopianism, Cyberotica presents a vast narrative of identity and protest.

Joshua Leifer dotcom

A writerly portfolio site

2020

An animated typing effect and stripped-down formatting for Joshua Leifer, assistant editor at Jewish Currents.

Reflections on Practice

Not a process book

2019

Reflections on Practice documents and discusses my creative output over the course of six months at Washington University in St. Louis.

Each book synthesizes traditional methods of process documentation with relevant essays and ruminations. The result is an intimate but robust reflection on learning in the institutional sphere.

Armour Magazine

Selects from 4 years of creative direction

2017 – 20

Commissions, collaborations, and fever dreams compiled over the course of four years at Armour.

Armour is Washington University's style & culture publication. As Editor-in-Chief, led a full visual rebrand; comissioned photographs, illustrations, and prose; and oversaw collaborations with Unbound and Pebble, among others.

Postcursor / Starrynite

Machine learning as relational design

2020

Postcursor and Starrynite are microsites trained to generate graphics according to users’ hand movements, exploring the notion of process-as-product.

Each site uses the same machine learning model to its own end. Postcursor lets users draw cursors across the screen, while Starrynite leaves a trail of stars across the user's backdrop.

Cocktails of the Major Arcana

Mixology for pagans

2019

Cocktails of the Major Arcana is a collection of cocktail recipes inspired by the art of tarot.

Each hand-drawn illustration represents one character in the tarot pantheon. On the backside of each card, a curated cocktail represents the corresponding character.

Reconna Typeface

A typeface inspired by 19th-century print

2019

Reconna is a prototype inspired letterforms by found in 20th-century Italian print archives. The condensed serif has high ascenders and angled serifs.

Glyph set includes numerals, basic punctuation, and a variety of symbols.

Found Soundscapes

Phonetic poetry from the streets of Florence

2019

Found Soundscapes is a zine of phonetic poetry inspired by the streets of Florence. Each poem represents the sonic landscape of a different location in the city.

The zine features found typography collected on site using the process of Frottage.

Nike: Discover Your Air

A '90s-infused ad campaign

2018

Discover Your Air is a '90s-infused campaign promoting a series of sneaker drops for Nike and Foot Locker.

As a creative intern at Bullish, Inc., I worked on art direction, graphic design, and copywriting for deliverables including a game show hosted by iconic rapper Fat Joe

The Spirit Molecule

A psychedelic microsite

2019

The Spirit Molecule is a microsite exploring the debate around natural psychedelics.

Built to emulate the sensation of tripping, The Spirit Molecule employs a series of variables and algorithms to create a dynamic, ever-changing environment and make each page visit a unique experience.

Super Mario Void

A video game for nihilists

2019

Play Nintendo à la Nietzsche! Help your favorite cartoon run ceaselessly into a neverending abyss—before time runs out.

This game is unaffiliated with the Super Mario Bros franchise and all too relevant to our interminable, meaningless existence.

Assorted Posters

Experiments, exercises, et cetera

Ongoing

A collection of posters made here and there, for assorted reasons or no reason whatsoever.

Tenets of Anarchic Design was inspired by this Are.na channel, and also by this one. Save Indepent Booksellers outlines steps we can take to protect bookstores and small publishers. More soon :)

Post-Science Quarterly

A journal on imaginative empiricism

2019

The Post-Science Quarterly is a experimental journal on the double-edged sword of empirical thinking.

The volume navigates the ongoing debate around post-empiricism, turns a critical eye on Positivism, and asks the reader to

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