I draw, design and sometimes art direct things. In-between Toronto and NY these days. Proud alum of Alberta College of Art + Design. Say howdy and let's make some beautiful stuff together!
hello (at) laurentamaki (dot) com / Please email me directly for editorial or advertising inquires!
Literary Representation: Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency / Salky Literary Management
Please email Jesseca Salky for book projects: jsalky@salkylitmgmt.com
Selected Clients
The New York Times
The New Yorker
Pentagram
Apple
Google
AIGA
Penguin UK
New York Magazine
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Wall Street Journal
Harper's Bazaar Germany
Women's Wear Daily
GQ Magazine
GOOD Magazine
Food & Wine Magazine
The Walrus
PLANSPONSOR
Saveur Magazine
Nickelodeon
CBC
Rockefeller Center
Bumble and bumble.
National Geographic
Creed Fragrances
Armani Exchange
Loeffler Randell
Cole Haan
Bobbi Brown
Book Learning + Real Jobs
Toronto Metropolitan University (Formally Ryerson University) (Bachelor of Design w/ Distinction)
Alberta College of Art + Design (Bachelor of Design w/ Distinction)
Bumble and bumble. / Graphic Design, Illustration, Art Direction, Product Design
Arch & Loop / Web Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Art Direction
Kate Spade Saturday / Photography Art Direction
School of Visual Arts / Instructor (2019-2020)
Bragging
2023 Robert F. Sibert Medal for Seen and Unseen
The BolognaRagazzi Award for the 2023 Special Category of PHOTOGRAPHY for Seen and Unseen
Chair for Society of Illustrators 62
Panelist at Talking Pictures: The Visual Book Now Symposium
Gold Medal / The 2018 National Magazine Awards
Society of Illustrators 64
Society of Illustrators 60
Society of Illustrators 59
American Illustration 42
American Illustration 41
American Illustration 40
American Illustration 39
American Illustration 38
American Illustration 37
American Illustration 36
American Illustration 35
American Illustration 34
American Illustration 32
American Illustration 31
Silver Medal in the 32nd Society for News Design Competition
Interviews and People Saying Nice Things
FOR SEEN AND UNSEEN:
The New York Times
Publisher’s Weekly
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
The Children’s Book Podcast
Los Angeles Public Library Video Interview
The Horn Book Interview with Elizabeth Partridge
SJL Fuse 8 Review
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UC Berkeley
Check out more reviews here!
OTHER STUFF:
First Generation Burden
Domestika Creatives (Video)
In Which I Talk to Artists (Podcast)
The Capsule ‘98 Podcast
Girls Club Asia
WePresent
Penguin Teen Canada
Video Interviews + Paint with One More Thing
Soft Focus
CBC
National Magazine Awards
It's Nice That
Master & Dynamic
American Illustration Profiles
Miss Moss
AI-AP: Design Arts Daily
The Illustrated Magazine
Refinery29
Illustration Age
Book By Its Cover