Crystal Simone

Poster Archive | Merch | Textiles
Crystal Simone is a multidisciplinary digital and print designer working across fiber art, sound, and collage. She specializes in campaigns, visual identity, and branding

Previously: Okayplayer/Okay Africa, Vox Media

New York

Select Clients
SONY Certified, Raedio, Underground Music Academy, The Kitchen, Sirius XM, NEW INC, Broadway Advocacy Coalition, F.Y. EYE, Areya Media, BET, HAVAS

Featured in

DAZED MAGAZINE
Cult Classic Magazine 005* (print only)
Black Cherry Mag
Impulse Magazine
Rememory Directory
Nylon Mag
Brooklyn Magazine
Attack Magazine
Resident Advisor (2020)

Superfood Studio

2026

Branding, Visual Identity

Reimagine your relationship with cooking as a sensory experience in our culinary playhouse.
Superfood Studio is an evolving concept space to reclaim/re-care/recycle usage of [our] superfoods for health, beauty and well being

Concept: Francesca Chaney-Weir
Photography + Videography: Michael Weir
Art Direction + Lead Design: Crystal Simone

Queensboro Dance Festival

2026

Campaign, Marketing

Campaign artwork created for Queensboro Dance Festival in collaboration with F.Y. EYE, HAVAS Media and The Nonprofit Colab. This project sparked my love of nonprofit work and local community engagement

Creative Direction + Design: Crystal Simone
QDF Executive Director: Karesia Batan
Project Manager: Gaby Perez

KY-Jelly

2023

Design, Social Campaign

Social designs for a three-day, large-scale photo campaign for K-Y featuring 12 models across multiple locations. Candid photography and a faceted 3D gem motif capture the warmth, intimacy, and many dimensions of human connection.

Creative Direction: Jenny Anna Ung
Senior Art Direction: Davianna Absera
Art Direction: Maty Ikeda
Design: Crystal Simone

In Rotation

2024

Visual Identity, Marketing

“In Rotation” is a weekly Instagram series that highlights emerging Black artists and rising voices in underground music and culture. Spearheaded by my coworker and me, the series grew out of conversations about new favorite albums and artists in the Okayplayer office

Creative Direction + Design: Crystal Simone
Writer: Adrienne Black

VOX Media x Rocket Mortgage

2023

Design

Animatics for Rocket Mortgage x Explainer Studio in collaboration with PS Powerhouse.

Art Director: Brittany Falussy
Designer: Crystal Simone
Animator: Sara Afridi

Okayplayer

2024

Editorial

Editorial designs for the Okayplayer website

SONY Certified

2023

Campaign

Design commission for Sony Certified for their Black History Month series titled ‘The Music That Made Us’ on Instagram

Art Direction + Design: Crystal Simone

black superstars

2026

Personal, Print

★ 𝗯𝗹𝐚𝗰𝞳 𝐬𝖚𝐩𝙚𝐫𝐬𝘁𝐚𝐫𝐬 ★ will be vending at the Black Zine Fair in May at Powerhouse Arts, and the Brooklyn Art Book Fair at Recess. Learn more about the zine on Substack

Concept + Design: Crystal Simone

the DARK web

2026

Personal, Digital

Who told you that everything dark was bad? Think again...

Concept + Design: Crystal Simone

cry$cross

2026

Personal, Branding

Ongoing branding and cover art for cry$cross, my DJ/Producer moniker. Link to purchase on Bandcamp here