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BRANDING


INTEGRITY, CHARACTER, WIT


XMAS Designworks is a multipotentiality creative studio serving clients — individuals, businesses, events, campaigns — using non-linear problem solving to communicate estimable values through the ideation, design, and application of sharp, efficient visual language.

Below are samples of typical identity work-ups for XMAS and some favorite clients. For an example of a branding design brief, click here.



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DESIGN


GRAPHIC, FURNITURE, SPATIAL


Lead by ideas, design is bound not by rules or genre, but by values and principles. The design sensibility of XMAS is born of minimalist aesthetic philosophies of Pennsylvania Shakers, the Bauhaus, and Scandinavian design. Through study in San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Providence, and practice in NYC and Philadelphia, XMAS was developed to accomodate nearly any design project with solutions of comfort and joy.
 


Read the design brief for Philly Marathon weekend t-shirts here



Read the design brief for this Theater “mural” proposal here


A small lounge chair concept inspired by studies in Copenhagen


A bench inspired by field landscapes and made by threading die-cut wool felt over a steel frame armature



XMAS’s 2022 furniture collection debut: Reversible chair; small stacking stool/stand; skewered double wicker floor lamp; and a cement Brutalist birdhouse.


ART


PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTS, OBJECTS


Painting inspires all other form-making, regardless of media; art is a ceaseless commitment to solve an indeterminate problem.


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ABOUT


XMAS Designworks was founded in 2020 by Andrew Russel Coates to cultivate the concept of generalist design and provide clients with products and visual communication full of good cheer.

Andrew has studied broad genres of art and design at some of the best institutions around the world, practiced in Brooklyn before relocating to Philadelphia for a more ideal studio setting.

Housed in a unique, expansive loft in the historic Globe Dye Works building in NE Philadelphia, with easy access to NYC and a diverse network of highly-skilled craftspeople, XMAS was also created to provide consulting, project management, and vendor-sourcing for artists, galleries and museums.

All are welcome to schedule a studio visit — you will likely come away encouraged and with a free houseplant cutting. Please email or book a visit via Setmore to get started now.


CONTACT


xmas@xmas-made.com



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XMAS COMFORT TEE


Hand screened on front of Dark Heather Grey 60/40, super soft, lightweight Alternative Apparel AA1070 short sleeve unisex t-shirt. Size S pictured.




XMAS BE GOOD TEE


Hand screened on back of Vintage White 100% cotton, super soft, lightweight Bella-Canvas 3001C short sleeve unisex t-shirt. Size M pictured.