Programmed for TAR Studio / Visit Site
Designed at John McNeil Studio / Visit Site
Designed at And Partners NY
Designed at And Partners NY
Designed at TAR Studio / Visit Site
Designed at Templin Brink
Designed at Agency.com NY
Designed at Emotive Brand
Designed at And Partners NY
Designed at New York Times
Designed at New York Times
Designed at TAR Studio
Designed at Cahan & Associates
Designed at Cahan & Associates
Designed at Templin Brink
Designed at Cahan & Associates
Designed at Cahan & Associates
Designed at Cahan & Associates
Concept designed at Cahan & Associates
Nicholas is an Art Director and Designer based in San Francisco, California. Nicholas's ability to merge concept and design has allowed him to work with a wide range of clients and industries from biotechnolgy to fashion. He is currently accepting projects from agencies, design studios and
direct clients.
Nicholas began his career at Cahan & Associates in San Francisco. He has also worked independently with some of the nations top design firms: Hot Studio, Ammunition Group, Y&R SF, Emotive Brand, Goodby Silverstein, Method, Tar Studio, Yard NY, Turner Duckworth, Point One Percent, IDEO, Interbrand NY/SF, Agency.com, Howry Design, Toda, and Addis creson. Recently, Nicholas was an Art Director for And Partners NY and oversaw the creative staff.
His clients include Herman-miller, Coca-cola, New York Times, John Varvatos, Lesportsac, Bio-rad Labs, West-elm, Le Tigre, Brown-forman and numerous others. His work has received recognition from the Aiga, Graphis, GDUSA, Type Directors Club, Step Inside Design, Print, London International Advertising Awards, The One Show, Communication Arts, Healthcare Communications Worldwide Design Global Award, and Website Design Awards (WDA).
Nicholas graduated from the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)
in 2003 with a BFA in
Graphic Design. He won a portfolio competition placing first out of more than 100 portfolios,
while still a student.
Dell / VMWare / Bank of America / Bio-rad / British Airways / Brown-Forman / Coca-cola / Corcoran /
Credit Suisse / Halstead / Herman Miller / IDEO / Jaman / John Varvatos /
Juniper Networks / Kipling / Le Tigre Clothing / Lesportssac / Lotus Vodka / Milk-bone / New York Times / Nokia /
Nyne Clothing / Stearns
HOW Magazine, 2010 Design Annual / SCAD Alumni Show, 2010 / Graphis Annual Report 2010 Platinum Award / GDUSA, February 2010 / GDUSA, May 2009 / AIGA 365 2008 / Website Design Awards (WDA) / Typography 27 / Step Inside Design, April Design 100 Annual / Typography 25 / Print, 2006 Regional Design Awards / London International Advertising Awards Finalist / The One Show, 2006 Winners Showcase / Communication Arts, 2005 November Design Annual 46 / The Best in Healthcare Communications Worldwide Design Global Award / Aiga Portfolio Competition, Jacksonville, Florida Spring 2003 / Portfolio Scholarship, SCAD
Nicholas Davidson / Design & Art Direction
T 415.515.9909
E nicholas@nicholasdavidson.net