Graphic Design for Atmos (currently)
ATMOS,
2023-currently
Design for Atmos across digital platforms, events partnerships, and various collateral. Atmos is an exploration of climate and culture, a nonprofit biannual magazine and digital platform curated by a global ecosystem of artists, activists, and writers devoted to ecological and social justice, creative storytelling, and re-enchantment with the natural world.
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JUNE DIGITAL COVER, 2024
Photo by Jeremy Everett
Art Direction by Tessa Forest
Digital Cover for Atmos featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones.
EVENT INVITE , 2024
Event invite designed for the Atmos Volume 10: Afterlife launch event. Atmos Volume 10: Afterlife dives into the politics of waste colonialism, the artistry of upcycling, cultural understandings of death and the occult, material and spiritual composting, the extinction crisis, and more stories seeking to answer the question: what comes next?
ATMOS INSTAGRAM DESIGN, 2024
LaTonya Yvette and Rachel Cargle on Reclaiming Rituals of Home, published in Atmos. Printed and scanned to create distortions within the text.
ATMOS INSTAGRAM DESIGN, 2024
For Atmos Volume 09: Kinship, award-winning queer poet, writer and performer from St. Paul, Minnesota, Danez Smith explores the deep grief of environmental destruction and humanity’s complicity in it. Smith’s words ask us to confront the devastation we’ve caused—from the extinction of species to the loss of Earth’s crucial ecosystems.
THE NATURE OF
Branding for The Nature of Podcast
BREAKING NEWS TEMPLATE
Breaking news template designed for Atmos. Implementing the template allows for quick responsive content to breaking news stories.
ATMOS INSTAGRAM DESIGN, 2023-current
Various designs for the Atmos Instagram account.
Ásta Þrastardóttir
astathrastardottir@gmail.com
Instagram
Ásta is a graphic designer specializing in typography, editorial design, and art direction. She is based in Copenhagen and Los Angeles.
Her background in journalism and writing practice continues to inform her work, and she is interested in building strong narratives for design. She is originally from Iceland and finds inspiration from the shapes and textures found on the island.
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design
MFA Graphic Design
2019-2022
The New School
MA in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism
2017-2018
Boston University
BA in Psychology, Minor in Journalism
2011-2014
EXPERIENCEAtmos
Graphic Designer
Remote
2023-present
IN-FO.CO
Design Intern
Los Angeles, CA
2022-2023
RISD Museum
Design Assistant
Providence, RI
2020-2021
SPECIALIZATIONSTypesetting and Layout
Editorial Design
Art Direction
Video Editing and Color Grading
Photo Editing
Brand Identities
Environmental Design
PROGRAMS
Adobe Creative Suite
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Lightroom Classic
AfterEffects
Premiere Pro
Capture One
Figma
AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS
Gonda Fund for Social Justice Recipient,
Rhode Island School of Design, 2022
Multiple Formats Contemporary Art Book Symposium Panelist, Boston University, 2021
Excavating Form within Design Education,
Is a Gallery, Jing’an Shanghai, 2021
Ásta Þrasatrdottir
astathrastardottir@gmail.com
Instagram
Ásta is a graphic designer specializing in typography, editorial design, and art direction. She received her MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is currently based in Copenhagen & Los Angeles.
Her background in journalism and writing practice continues to inform her work, and she is interested in building strong narratives for design. She is originally from Iceland and finds inspiration from the shapes and textures found on the island.
ATMOS (currently)
PREVIOUS WORK
CV