THE CIVILIANS
Branding for NYC's innovative investigation-based theater group
Max is a designer/art director from NYC,
currently settled in  -ly Montréal, working
@ Previously,
he was the UX design manager at .
Sidegigs: he co-founded & ran the acclaimed
quarterly event series         , the annual
        conference &       podcast. He also plays a monthly internet radio set on
  called Maxed Out. Over the years Max received various design honors, including being named an   Young Gun.
as senior design lead.
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Selected
Works:
SHOP
Since 2022, I've been a Staff Designer on Shopify's Shop app brand team. The app is a Top 5 free shopping app in the iOS App Store. It's a genuine pleasure to collaborate with our exceptional team of engineers, marketing and UX designers.
SSENSE APP
w / Design Lead: Jane Wong
Collaborators: Florian Pétigny, Gabe Melcher
Product Lead: Khajan Yadav
JOGGY
A pre-heat site for Ty Haney's new line of CBD + THCV products designed for daily activity and individual performance. Branding: Actual Source
Art Direction: Ty + Tiffany Wilkinson
WILLS
Branding/UX/Packaging for a brewery
& bar in Montreal's Mile-Ex neighborhood.
Type: Radim Pesko + Commercial Type
Photography: Matthew Perrin
CAFE GUERRERO
Logo + custom lettering for Mile-Ex cafe.
FÉST
UX & Art Direction for Amsterdam-based designer furniture brand featuring home goods crafted exclusively in Europe.
festamsterdam.com
Illustration: Cécile Gariépy
Development: Ask Phill
MTTR
Brand design & art direction for a media platform building a "3rd Space" for community and good faith discussion, offering a nuanced understanding of the issues that matter most today.
VIOLET GREY
UX + website redesign for one of the most trusted names in luxury beauty as they re-platformed following an aquisition by Farfetch.
GOODEE
Logo, branding, art direction, website, packaging and special projects design for an impact-focused venture from Byron and Dexter Peart, a curated platform where good design meets good purpose. One of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.
goodeeworld.com
LARRYS
Website design & art direction
HOME VIDEO
Art direction & album packaging design
SUAREZ FAMILY BREWERY
logo + can/bottle label design
YARDSALE
Branding, UX and art direction for a ski gear start-up recently featured on Shark Tank.
yardsale.ski
GLOSSIER
website design + direction
GREENHOUSE JUICE
site design + art direction
CMJ
Music Festival branding & art direction
Select Client List:
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Cou Cou Intimates
NCC.LA
Violet Grey
California Naturals
Dolls Kill
Näak
Howl.xyz
Noon
Great Jones
Waverly
Wino Importations
Lasso
Hudson Hemp / Treaty
VIAVIA
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NOON
UX + website design
Branding by: St. Jules
NMUSA
Year in Review publication design
DYNAMIC/MTL
Co-founded, designed, curated Montréal's premier event series. 2014—2020
ONE&ALL CONFERENCE
Organized, art directed, and curated a full-day design event in Montréal featuing speakers from Nike, IDEO, SSENSE, Glossier, Tokyo Smoke, Element AI, HAWRAF and kastor&pollux.
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Accomplishments:
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- Founder/Organizer of Dynamic/MTL
  and One&All Conference
- Co-Creator of Workmode
- Applied Arts winner
- Webby Awards nominee
- Art Directors Club Young Guns winner
- Clio Awards Shortlist
- The One Show Finalist
Featured:
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AIGA Eye on Design
One Club for Creativity
Siteinspire
Typewolf
Awwwards
One Page Love
Webflow
DesignerNews
Httpster
abduzeedo
Applied Arts Magazine
Ride Journal(UK)
MyOwnBusinessCard
(Marc Praquin)
Business Cards 3
(Harper Design)
No Rules! Logos
(Rockport)
Community:
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- Fashion Originators Podcast Interview
- Host of Maxed Out show on n10.as
- ADC One Club Young Guns Jury 2019
- Unsplash Awards Jury 2019
- MTL Design Club Talk Dec. 2018
- Infopresse Boomerang Jury 2017
- OnTheGrid Montreal curator
- Applied Arts contributor
- Concordia University visiting critic
- Applied Arts Student Awards judge
- Leaders of Design Art Directors Club
- McGill University Design panel
- Young Guns Apple Talk Montréal
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