
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.
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.
Building brands in 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.
Speaking & writing
Feature
2025
Creative Boom
Booms & Shakes: December's Big Wins, Bold Hires and a Glimpse of What's Next
Podcast
2025
That Business of Meaning
Michelle Mattar on Design & Identity
Feature
2025
Brand New
New Logo and Identity for kikki.K by Practice
Panel
2025
Beanstalk Conference
Boardroom Moderator: How to price your product
Feature
2024
Creative Boom
Practice develops a simplified identity for new skincare brand Remedy
Interview
2024
CreativeBloq
A Day In The Life: Founder of Practice Michelle Mattar
Panel
2024
NYCxDesign
The Business of Design - Behind the Scenes of Successful Design Studios
Speaking
2024
Index Space
A Practical Guide to Sustainable Package Design
Feature
2023
Creative Boom
Dirt Baby: Practice on why it's created a fake brand for people who treat their plants like pets
Podcast
2023
Low Key Legends
S1.E12. Building Your Dream Agency with Michelle Mattar
Featured
2022
It’s Nice That
Practice donates studio time to design a guerilla print piece for anti-racism community Outer Work
Interview
2022
Creative Boom
Michelle Mattar of Practice on brand building in the post-lockdown era and donating Fridays to meaningful work.
Speaking
2022
Yale School of Art
What is Graphic Design Made Of?
Interview
2021
DesignStudio
NotNot Smiling
Speaking
2021
Freelance Founders
Buying Time
Interview
2022
Stojo & Co
Brands We Love: Waste Not
Speaking
2021
Business Today
Design Nation Conference 2021
Podcast
2020
Forward Thinking Founders
Michelle Mattar On Finding Sustainable Suppliers For Your Company
Interview
2019
Lingo
Q&A with Creative Director Michelle Mattar
Writing
2019
Forbes
Brand Building Tactics for a Digital Future
Writing
2019
Forbes
Five People to Have in Your Circle
Feature
2018
Refinery29
Queer Women's Most Popular Dating App Has A Fresh New Look
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.

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.



