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Michelle Mattar is a brand builder and graphic designer who builds narrative-driven brands as strategic as they are distinct. She blends brand strategy, visual identity design, positioning, naming, messaging, research, marketing, and art direction to help global companies build meaningful brand equity and scale with intention. Her practice partners with visionary founders and teams from brand inception and fundraising through global expansion.

Named a Graphic Design USA Designer to Watch and Storetasker Top 15 Designers in E-commerce, Michelle's work has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, It's Nice That with interviews in Creative Boom, Low Key Legends, Forward Thinking Founders, Front & Center, and more.

She builds brands out of her studio, Practice. When clients work with Practice they work directly with Michelle and a focused senior team without layers of account managers or traditional agency models. Michelle also created Waste Not, a free online directory of sustainable suppliers.

Building brands in Practice.

Practice

I built my studio Practice to expand my approach while staying deeply involved. With a small team, we lead holistic brand launches, rebrands, strategic campaigns, and retail evolutions designed to help brands grow quickly without compromising quality, clarity, or vision.

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Speaking & writing

Honors & awards

  • Award

    Graphic Design USA

    60th Anniversary Designer to Watch Award

  • Award

    The Dieline

    First Place, Body Care Category

  • Honor

    Storetasker

    15 of the Best Designers in E-commerce

  • Award

    Fast Company

    Innovation by Design Awards

  • Award

    Communication Arts

    First Place, Public Service Category

  • Award

    Society of Illustrators

    63rd Annual Winner, Institutional Category

Waste Not, a passion project.

Waste Not

After years of having mandatory sustainability research scopes for new brands, I decided to open-source my rolodex of sustainable supplier info. Made public and built to grow so we can all share great sources.