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Ethan Murakami is a multidisciplinary designer based in Brooklyn, NY by way of Honolulu, HI.

With a strong foundation in building DTC brands, his work spans digital/content design, ads, marketing, print, packaging, and strategy.

He holds a BFA in Graphic Design alongside a liberal arts concentration in Theory and History of Art and Design (THAD) from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

He is currently thinking about windows, candles, longing, prayer, altars, headboards, love letters, and medieval medicine.


Say hello! You can find Ethan doomscrolling the web via:
   • Instagram (@ethanmurakami)
   • LinkedIn
   • Email (ethankmurakami@gmail.com)


ONDO: Email Marketing
2024-Present

Digital Design As a brand specializing in no-show socks, these emails for ONDO engage with its audience through sales and educational content related to ONDO’s growing range of products.

The scope of this work includes the execution and evolution of the brand’s visual identity and direction, alongside the strategizing of content and development of copy.


IGN Entertainment
2023-2024

Video Syndication,
Thumbnail Design,
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
With seven YouTube channels and over 18 million subscribers, this work for IGN Entertainment handled the syndication of videos for upload, strategizing upload schedules and upload destinations, thumnbnail design, and search engine optimization.
Isaac Mizrahi
Wild One
2022

Packaging Design,
Product Design Wild One’s first brand collaboration, Isaac Mizrahi Wild One, showcases Wild One’s visual identity through the lens of Isaac Mizrahi’s signature colorful and playful style.

Collaborators:
Design: Lizzy Lawrence, Ethan Murakami
Photography: Andy Anderson
W&P: Silicone Stretch Lid Set Packaging
2022

Packaging Design Packaging for a new line of products from W&P, which was designed specifically around showcasing the functionality and use-cases of the Stretch Lids.
Wild One: Digital Catalog
2022

Publication Design Wild One’s yearly catalog showcasing the brand’s collection of products, collaborations, and members of the Wild One community and their pets.
Wild One: Product Packaging
2021-2022

Packaging Design Packaging for additions to Wild One’s pet care product lines — designed to fit in line with existing brand guidelines and product packaging.
I Found Myself in a __________

2021

Thesis:
Print Collateral,
Installation,
Garment, Video
 I Found Myself in a __________ is an exploration into the coded structures of social spaces, using the sites of the grocery store and the hardware stores as sites of inquiry.

The grocery store serves as a site that focuses heavily on conformity and is examined as a white space through the lens of an Asian American moving within it. The hardware store, on the other hand, is a site upheld by gendered views of masculinity, and is examined through my own troubled relationship with the concept.