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Gabriel Melcher Studio

studio@gabrielmelcher.com
ig: @melcher.gabriel

Gabriel Melcher is a designer and art director specializing in typography, publications, and visual identities.

Gabriel has experience as an independent designer and as a core member and leader of design teams. Between 2019–2022 Gabriel led the design team at SSENSE on projects for Humanrace, Burberry, Gucci, Maison Margiela, Vans, Soho House, and others. Between 2020–2022 he was Art Director of SSENSE’s biannual magazine. From 2016–2019, Gabriel worked both as a Senior Designer and Design Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where he worked on an expansive range of projects, publications, and exhibitions, including “Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech,” the MCA’s 50th anniversary renovation and exhibitions, and “Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg.” 

Gabriel’s work has received recognition from the Type Director’s Club, the American Alliance of Museums, GDUSA, Wallpaper* Magazine, and AIGA. He holds an MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Complete portfolio available on request.
J BALVIN FOR SSENSE SS22. ART DIRECTION. Art Direction: Gabriel Melcher with Ross Scareno; Photography: Victor Llorente Styling: Sita Abellán; Groomer: Tatiana Nader; Styling Assistant: Steven Gillman; Production: Hen’s Tooth Productions.
SSENSE MAGAZINE, FW 22. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Camille Leblanc-Murray with Gabriel Melcher. Made by Hand special designed by Camille Leblanc-Murray with tltling by Nejc Prah.
SSENSE MAGAZINE, SS 21. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Camille Leblanc-Murray; Counterculture special Designed by Justin Hunt Sloane. 
SSENSE MAGAZINE, FW 21. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Camille Leblanc-Murray with Gabriel Melcher; Ecomm zine designed in collaboration with Tracy Ma. 
SSENSE : BOTTEGA VENETA, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Camille Leblanc-Murray. Photos: Camille Leblanc-Murray and SSENSE.
SSENSE : STONE ISLAND, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Thanh Truc Trinh. Photo: SSENSE.
SSENSE EXCLUSIVE SALE, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design: Gabriel Melcher.
SSENSE : MAISON MARGIELA, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design: Wesley Yendrys and Gabriel Melcher. Photo: SSENSE.
SSENSE : SOHO HOUSE, 2019. IN-ROOM COLLATERAL. Design: Gabriel Melcher.
VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. Photo: New York Times. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. Photo: Dorothy Lin. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher.
VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", ARCHIVE SECTION, 2019. ARCHIVE SECTION DESIGN AND LAYOUT. Book Design and Direction: OK-RM; Archive Section Design and Layout: MCA Design Studio in collaboration with Playlab, INC..
MICHAEL RAKOWITZ: BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST, 2017. BOOK DESIGN. Design: Gabriel Melcher with guidance from Dylan Fracareta.
JONATHAS DE ANDRADE, 2019. BOOK DESIGN. Design: Gabriel Melcher.
ETERNAL YOUTH. TITLE WALL. 2017. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay. MICHAEL RAKOWITZ: BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST. TITLE WALL. 2017. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay. OTOBONG NKANGA: TO DIG A HOLE THAT COLLAPSES AGAIN. TITLE WALL. 2018. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay. PRISONER OF LOVE. TITLE WALL. 2019. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Christine Zavesky; Photo: Nathan Keay. PICTURE FICTION: KENNETH JOSEPHSON AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY. TITLE WALL. 2018. Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay. WE ARE HERE: I AM YOU. TITLE WALL. 2017. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay.
RELATIONS, 2018. PERFORMANCE COLLATERAL. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Dorothy Lin.
MCA MAGAZINE SUMMER 2019. Design: Gabriel Melcher.
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: THE OCTOPUS EATS ITS OWN LEG, 2017. EXHIBITION IDENTITY. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher and Dylan Fracareta; Gallery Installation Photos: Nathan Keay.
MCA CHICAGO RE: RE: RE: RENOVATION IDENTITY, 2017. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher.
WEST BY MIDWEST, 2018. EXHIBITION IDENTITY. Design Direction and Design: Gabriel Melcher. Installation Photos: Nathan Keay/MCA Chicago.
J BALVIN FOR SSENSE SS22. ART DIRECTION. Art Direction: Gabriel Melcher with Ross Scareno; Photography: Victor Llorente Styling: Sita Abellán; Groomer: Tatiana Nader; Styling Assistant: Steven Gillman; Production: Hen’s Tooth Productions.
SSENSE MAGAZINE, 2021-2022. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Camille Leblanc-Murray and Gabriel Melcher.
SSENSE : SOHO HOUSE, 2019. IN-ROOM COLLATERAL. Design: Gabriel Melcher.
SSENSE : BOTTEGA VENETA, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Camille Leblanc-Murray. Photos: Camille Leblanc-Murray. SSENSE : BOTTEGA VENETA, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Camille Leblanc-Murray. Photo: SSENSE. SSENSE : BOTTEGA VENETA, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Camille Leblanc-Murray. Photo: SSENSE. SSENSE : MAISON MARGIELA, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design: Wesley Yendrys and Gabriel Melcher. Photo: SSENSE. SSENSE : MAISON MARGIELA, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design: Wesley Yendrys and Gabriel Melcher. Photo: SSENSE. SSENSE EXCLUSIVE SALE, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design: Gabriel Melcher. SSENSE : STONE ISLAND, 2019. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Thanh Truc Trinh. Photo: SSENSE. SSENSE EXCLUSIVE SALE, 2020. RETAIL GRAPHICS. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: SSENSE Design.
MICHAEL RAKOWITZ: BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST, 2017. BOOK DESIGN. Design: Gabriel Melcher with guidance from Dylan Fracareta.
JONATHAS DE ANDRADE, 2019. BOOK DESIGN. Design: Gabriel Melcher.
VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. Photo: Christine Zavesky. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. Photo: New York Times. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. Photo: New York Times. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. EXHIBITION IDENTITY.. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher. VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", 2019. MEMBER'S TOTE. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher and Christine Zavesky; Design: MCA Design Team and Gabriel Melcher.
VIRGIL ABLOH: "FIGURES OF SPEECH", ARCHIVE SECTION, 2019. ARCHIVE SECTION DESIGN AND LAYOUT. Book Design and Direction: OK-RM; Archive Section Design and Layout: MCA Design Studio in collaboration with Playlab, INC..
ETERNAL YOUTH. TITLE WALL. 2017. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay. MICHAEL RAKOWITZ: BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST. TITLE WALL. 2017. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay. OTOBONG NKANGA: TO DIG A HOLE THAT COLLAPSES AGAIN. TITLE WALL. 2018. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay. PRISONER OF LOVE. TITLE WALL. 2019. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Christine Zavesky; Photo: Nathan Keay. PICTURE FICTION: KENNETH JOSEPHSON AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY. TITLE WALL. 2018. Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay. WE ARE HERE: I AM YOU. TITLE WALL. 2017. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher; Photo: Nathan Keay.
RELATIONS, 2018. PERFORMANCE COLLATERAL. Design Direction: Gabriel Melcher; Design: Dorothy Lin.
MCA MAGAZINE SUMMER 2019. Design: Gabriel Melcher.
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: THE OCTOPUS EATS ITS OWN LEG, 2017. EXHIBITION IDENTITY. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher and Dylan Fracareta; Photo: Nathan Keay.
MCA CHICAGO RE: RE: RE: RENOVATION IDENTITY, 2017. Design Direction: Dylan Fracareta; Design: Gabriel Melcher.
WEST BY MIDWEST, 2018. EXHIBITION IDENTITY. Design Direction and Design: Gabriel Melcher.
MCA CHICAGO PROGRAM GIG POSTERS, 2017. Design: Gabriel Melcher.













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