Marily Papanastasatou

Partner directly with independent clients on branding, identity, and visual strategy, managing projects from brief through final delivery. Illustrate and design music album covers and editorial layouts for magazines, translating artistic and brand narratives into cohesive visual systems.

Designed and produced quarterly calendars, translating brand narratives and guidelines into cohesive visual systems and managed print production. Designed motion graphics templates for weekly club act announcements on social media and illustrated, designed, and screen-printed a new merchandise limited edition line from concept to production.

Developed the winning visual identity for the Other Islands Book Fair in response to a competitive brief. Applied the identity across print, digital, and spatial media, collaborating with a supporting design team, and supported the production of an event with 40+ participants.

Conducted primary and secondary research into online learning platforms to inform the development of a new educational platform. Conceptualized and led the creative development of frame-by-frame animations.

Collaborated with client to map decision-making structures and inform the development of new participatory approaches. Researched and adapted design sprint methodologies to plan and co-facilitated a two-day workshop with 12 young people, and synthesized research and workshop insights into actionable concepts using design thinking.

Co-designed with three strategic partners across policy, open government, and data intelligence to explore Glasgow's civic futures. Planned and co-facilitated 5+ futures workshops with subject experts, council stakeholders, internal teams, and members of the public, and applied speculative design and research-led futures methods to develop an actionable 10-year roadmap.

Developed concepts and translated a curatorial narrative into a cohesive spatial experience. Managed the production and on-site execution of the exhibition setup, coordinating logistics, materials, installation, and timelines, and worked closely with the AIGA representative and external collaborators.

Completed training in Risograph printing and production.

MFA in Communications Design, graduated May 2026. Relevant coursework includes book design, design systems, advanced typography, branding, and editorial.

BDes (Hons) in Product Design, graduated July 2022. Relevant coursework includes speculative design, branding, co-design, ethnography, service design, and user research.

Completed a silk screen printing course.

Completed a portfolio preparation course.