Deborah Levin

For more than 20 years, Deborah Levin has been telling her clients' visual stories. From brand identity, to publication design, to environmental design, she brings together research and creativity to produce the best solution. Deborah moves between hand-crafted and digitally rendered styles, and is skilled at incorporating one into the other. Deborah’s commercial work includes print design, styling, and art direction for clients including Crate & Barrel/CB2, Food & Wine Magazine, The University of Chicago Medical Center Development, U of C Biological Sciences, Design Ideas, Richard Wolf Medical Instruments, and The Gage Hospitality Group, as well as new businesses and startups. Born in California and raised in a small farm town in the Midwest, Deborah brings her earthy and down-to-earth sensibility to every project.

DESIGN AND STYLING  2002 TO PRESENT FREELANCE CHICAGO, SUBURBS, AND EAST COAST

Currently designing for Beltone Hearing Aids—Marketing Design Communications & Corporate Branded 
Environments. Designed and styled for Sanford North America Fine Writing Instruments, The Children’s Clinic 
of Oak Park, Crate & Barrel, Food & Wine Magazine, Design Ideas, The Gage Restaurant, Henri Restaurant, 
Sara Lenart Jewelry, University of Chicago Medical Center, John Huston, Polar Explorer, 
Infinity Magazine & Foundation, and more: Visual identities and logo designs; packaging; 
marketing communications and advertising; photography sets; and props.

 

EDUCATION
MFA UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON, 
CERAMICS & DESIGN 

BA BELOIT COLLEGE, STUDIO ART 
& ANTHROPOLOGY