Hiya folks. I'm Joey Sweener, a graphic designer and typographer living in Upstate New York and working with the cool, creative people at Syracuse University.
Syracuse University
Working in the Division of Marketing, I've been helping bring the Syracuse University brand to life since 2022. We're talking large-scale airport takeovers, proprietary font development, and a whole lot more.
Oswego County Historical Society
Since joining the Board of Trustees in 2021, I've partnered with the Oswego County Historical Society to develop a renewed visual identity, resurrect their print newsletter, and overhaul their website to put volunteers, patrons and donors at the forefront.
Oswego County Business Magazine
With over thirty years of groundbreaking business and economic development journalism, Oswego County Business Magazine is a periodical unlike anything else in Central New York. Working with editor and publisher Wagner Dotto, I kept the magazine looking the part.
“Support the Arts” Poster Series
My personal poster series tackling toxic philanthropy and the effects of capitalism on the art and museum worlds.
Hey!
I'm Joey, a Syracuse-based graphic designer and creative technologist looking for more problems to solve, pixels to push, and type to kern.
🎵 LISTENING TO :: Clancy by Twenty One Pilots
📕 READING :: I Died Too, But They Haven't Buried Me Yet by Ross Jeffery
📽️ WATCHING :: The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Manifesto
There is so much suffering in the world. This much is obvious. We live in what can only be described as apocalypse, with the world getting warmer and storms getting worse. At first blush, the outlook is bleak.But if you really go searching for it, you'll also find the world is full of love and sacrifice, generosity and resilience, growth and transformation. Those that tend to wounds, listen intently, ask about your day, talk to strangers, give back to their communities, pick each other up, and fight for a better world... one painful act of love at a time.The answer is not a cabin in the woods. The answer is kindness, even at the end of the world.Our manifesto for the apocalypse, then, is this: As you're able, put one foot in front of the other each and every day. Give what you can; if it isn't money, give your kindness. Do the next right thing until everything's over. This is all that we can do. Breathe, grieve, love, and repeat. It's what we have to do.
More About me
I graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design and an Art History BA from SUNY Oswego, here in beautiful upstate New York. It's landed me jobs for the Oswego County Business Magazine, Syracuse University, and more. I am the youngest sitting board member at the Oswego County Historical Society, where I get to geek out about art history, Victorian architecture, and graphic design in service of making local history more interesting and approachable.I currently live in Syracuse with my ineffable, brilliant better half, Megan.When I'm not working, chances are you'll find me buried deep in a book (even though the stack of books on my nightstand says otherwise...), jamming out to some hardcore music, doing some personal art-making, or buying novelty coffee and craft beer (a particular guilty pleasure of mine!). If I wasn't a designer, I would probably take up life as a cartographer and draw maps all day long. Doesn't that sound cool as hell?Oh, if you wanna view my resume, you can do that here (last updated: Sept. 2022).Thanks for stopping by. Make art, make rent, and help others do the same.
The typography across the site is set in Rasmus Andersson's Inter and Undercase Type's Fraunces. Website hosted by carrd.co. All thoughts and opinions expressed on my website and on Medium do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my current or past employers. Cool? Cool.
ephemera
One-offs, duds, scribbles and doodads. Find 'em all here, and check back regularly for more.
