Aran Baker

Leading visual design and design research projects; clients include the City and County of San Francisco (sfgov) and California Community Colleges; projects include brand strategy, multimedia campaigns, and website design, as well as service design and design research.

Print/branding, environmental, and interactive graphic design; clients include Chobani, Oracle, Condé Nast, and Delos; projects include brand architecture for Chobani and environmental graphics for Oracle Open World

Designer for the Department of Economic and Workforce Development. Developed presentations, reports, and printed collateral for initiatives such as TechSF and CityBuild. Led a marketing and re branding effort for the Workforce Division, working with Design Media on a design research phase followed by a visual redesign of the website, brochures, and the development of a brand and style guideline for department employees. Also led service design workshops with employees in the Invest in Neighborhoods division of the department, to improve delivery of year-end reports and highlight program impacts at the neighborhood level.

Taught Sustainable Systems, a course that provides foundational understanding of the scientific and social issues related to the design of resilient urban futures, emphasizing the need to design products, systems, and services that are more socially, environmentally and economically resilient