Level Design Studio is a multidisciplinary firm in New York City with expertise in developing creative communications and branding. Founded in 1998 by partners Jennifer Bernstein and Nicholas Hubbard, work spans the media of print, web and motion graphics and emphasizes the development of an integrated strategy and critical thinking as essential parts of the design process. Project leadership and the development of relationships based on mutual respect and confidence are hallmarks of Level’s collaboration with its clients.

 

Address / Contact

 

57 West 28th Street

Third Floor

New York, NY 10001

 

T (212) 594 2522

F (212) 279 6578

 

design@levelnyc.com

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Capabilities:

 

Branding

Strategy

Naming

Positioning

Marks

Identity

Collateral

 

Interactive

Strategy

Information Architecture

Concept

User interface design

Art direction + design

Site development

Blog development/integration

Usability testing

Cross-browser compatibility

Launch

 

Print

Concept development

Art direction + design

Materials specifications

Art work preparation

Print management

 

Motion

Concept development

Art direction + design

Production management

 

Environmental

Concept development

Art direction + design

Signage

Tradeshow Graphics

Fabrication management

 

 

Level’s work has been recognized by the following publications and organizations:

 

Gold Award, Best of Category, 2008 Create Award

The New York Times

Type In Motion (Rizzoli Books)

I.D. Magazine

Making & Breaking The Grid (Rockport Books)

The Virginia Commonwealth University Design Journal

The New Directors / New Films Festivial at MoMA

The New York International Documentary Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival

 

 

About the Principals:

 

Jennifer Bernstein

Principal, Creative Director

 

Jennifer develops conceptual strategies and directs the design process at Level Design Studio.

 

Prior to founding the firm, she was a design director at such New York studio’s as Wechsler & Partners and Balsmeyer & Everett Inc. where she designed print campaigns for the financial sector and title sequences for feature films respectively, including for the feature films Fargo, Girl 6, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Waiting To Exhale.

 

Jennifer is also a dedicated design educator. Since 2000 she has been a faculty member of the Graphic Design program at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Jennifer also teaches the NYU Summer Design Intensive, Design Theory at NYU, and has taught at the School of Visual Arts, and been a guest critic at the Yale University School of Art, R.I.S.D., Parsons School of Design, and F.I.T.

 

Jennifer received her BA magna cum laude from Brown University and her MFA in graphic design from the Yale University School of Art.

  

Nicholas Hubbard

Principal, Creative / Managing Director

 

Nicholas manages the conceptual process at Level Design Studio.

 

Prior to founding the firm, Nicholas was a designer at such New York studio’s as Foca and Doublespace. Additionally, Nicholas worked in the feature film business for over 9 years on films such as: The Fisher King, The Godfather III, Sleepless in Seattle and Home Alone II to name a few.

 

Nicholas is a regularly invited guest critic in the graphic design programs at the Parsons School of Design, The School of Visual Arts in NYC and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Nicholas studied film at NYU / New York University.

 

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Client List / By Sector

 

Cultural Organizations

Cultural Services of the French Embassy

Educational Video Center

Minus Space

Museum of Art & Design

The Nature Conservancy

The National Immigration Forum

The New York Public Library

NYFA / The New York Foundation for the Arts

The Painting Center, New York City

Opera America

P.O.V. / Point of View (series on PBS)

Soho Guggenheim T-Salon

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Yale University

 

Corporate / Financial

Aetna U.S. Healthcare

Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group LLC

AT&T

AVIVE Technologies

Bank of America

Barclays Bank

Bayer

BI Media

Center for Motivation & Change (CMC)

Glaxo Smith-Kline

Granite Partners LLC

INA

Lever Brothers

MetLife

Morgan Stanley

PGA (Professional Golf Association)

Prudential Douglas Elliman

Smart Apparel

Yale Capital

 

Film / Entertainment

ABC Family

A&E / Arts & Entertainment Network

Camerini-Robertson Films

CNN

C2 Creative

Devlinhaire Productions

DigIt Audio

Docuclub

EMI Music Publishing

Fox Network

GreeneStreet Films

NBA

The Outdoor Channel

Santa Chiara Films

Screenvision

The Gospel Channel

Todd Street Productions

Think Film

Tracknine

Universal

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