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Publication design for the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Complete publications can be found and downloaded here.
NextView Ventures

Illustration & Animation
These animated banners were developed around the themes of logistics, consumer conveniences, and technology, to highlight the core focus of NextView, a venture capital firm that invests in tech companies focused on the everyday economy. I also developed a suite of related icons.



NextView Ventures: Logistics Hero



Logistics: static detail



NextView Ventures: Technology Hero



NextView Ventures: Consumer Conveniences Hero



                              




               

NextView Ventures: Spots


          
Nina Porzucki
Audio Producer
I worked with audio producer Nina Porzucki and designer Amanda Pickens to build a website showcasing Nina’s work, which you are likely to have heard if you ever listen to stations such as the BBC, NPR, GBH, or PRI/PRX. Visit the site.


    
      


Carr Center Annual Reports

2024 / 2023 / 2022
A comprehensive examination of the research, publications, events, podcasts, and webinars produced by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy over the past year. See the full 2023-24 Report, the 2022-23 Report, and the 2021-22 Report.






Supporting social media graphics
HKS Magazine

Alumni magazine for
the Harvard Kennedy School

The Harvard Kennedy School Magazine comes out twice a year. During my three years as a graphic designer for the communications office, I worked on art direction, design, and production work for a wide range of feature stories on alumni and faculty, and developed templates for recurring sections like Class Notes.



Summer 2019 Issue: Lead art direction of cover art and corresponding feature spread (magazine work in collaboration with the HKS editorial team, the design director, and the cover illustrator for this issue, Israel Vargas).




Summer 2021 Issue: Lead art direction of cover art and corresponding feature spread (magazine work in collaboration with the HKS editorial team, the design director, and the cover illustrator for this issue, Ben Wiseman).



Spring 2019 Issue: Lead art direction of cover art and corresponding feature spread (magazine work in collaboration with the HKS editorial team, the design director, and the cover illustrator for this issue, Christian Northeast).


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About

Rachel has over fifteen years of experience working at the intersection of information design, branding, and motion graphics. She has most recently worked as a designer for the Harvard Kennedy School, and Fathom, a data visualization studio.

Rachel holds a MFA from RISD in graphic design, and has taught classes and served as a visiting lecturer / guest critic at design programs around New England.

She is available for projects and collaborations, and would be glad to hear from you.
Clients

The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Harvard Kennedy School, the Yale School of Drama, Amazon, General Electric, iHeartRadio, Pretty Good Friends, The Village Voice, Chicago Magazine, St. Louis Magazine, and the Girl Scouts of the USA.