Awards

Our work has been recognized with some of the most prestigious design awards in the industry. For 3 consecutive years, Alfalfa Studio has been nominated for the National Design Awards by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

German publisher Taschen named Rafael Esquer, the creative director at Alfalfa Studio, as one of the world’s 100 most influential graphic designers working today.

Esquer has taught at the School of Visual Arts, New York University, and Art Center College of Design. He frequently serves as judge and speaker at national and international design events.

Collections

  • The Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland

  • The Library of Congress Poster Collection, Washington DC

  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada

  • The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado

  • The Poster Museum, Warsaw, Poland

Selected Exhibitions

  • Björk. The Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY

  • Book Worm Phoenix International Festival. Hangzhou, China

  • Image of the Studio. 41 Cooper Gallery at Cooper Union. New York, NY

  • III Bienal Iberoamericana de diseño (BID12). Madrid, Spain

  • Algarabia. Plaza Loreto. Mexico City, Mexico

  • Korean Typography Exhibition: “Found in Translation.” New York, NY & Seoul, Korea

Board Member

  • Adobe Partners by Design, Advisary Board Emeritus

  • AIGA Diversity Board

  • AIGA / NY (2001-2002)

  • New York Toastmasters, President

Guest Design Critic

  • Fashion Institute of Technology

  • Parsons The New School for Design

  • Pratt Institute

  • School of Visual Arts

  • Yale Graduate Design Program

Press

Since opening our doors in 2004, our philosophy has been strictly consistent:

Make the idea clear and simple, the design surprising and beautiful.

Living up to this philosophy has paid off. Our work has been recognized and widely published for design excellence. Our design work has been covered in books, magazines, blogs, podcasts, and even a documentary!