Zoë Pulley (b. 1993) is a designer, maker and educator who utilizes stuff to surface the seemingly ordinary stories of Black folks through textiles, typography, and digital media.


She earned a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015, an MFA in graphic design from Rhode Island School of Design in 2023 and currently works and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Full CV available here.

  • Photo by Courtney Sofiah Yates.

Experience


Instructor, Parsons School of Design — New York, NY (2024-25)

Instructor, Pratt Institute — New York, NY (2025)

Artist-In-Residence, The Studio Museum In Harlem — New York, NY (2023–24)

Creative Director, Included by FAVOR — Remote (2023-24)

Designer, Wolff Olins — New York, NY (2023)

Designer, Fortunately Magazine — Remote (2024)

Exhibition Designer, Harvard Houghton Library
Do It Yourself! Self-Publishing from Letterpress to LaserJet — Cambridge, MA (2023)

Designer, The Black Biennial Catalog — Providence, RI (2023)

Exhibition Designer, Harvard Woodberry Poetry Room —Cambridge, MA (2023)

Designer, RISD Museum Inherent Vice Exhibition Catalog —Providence, RI (2022)

Designer + Creator, black joy archive (2020 & 2022)

Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design — Providence, RI (2022 & 2023)

Designer, 1:1 Series Boston Center for the Arts — Boston, MA
(2021–22)

Design Intern, Something Special Studios — New York, NY (2022)

Exhibition Designer, The Black Biennial  — Providence, RI (2022)

Designer, Combahee River Collective Zine Boston Center for the Arts —Boston, MA (2021)

Graduate Assistant, Costumes + Textiles Department at The RISD Museum — Providence, RI (2020–21)

Concept Costume Designer, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever— Remote (2020)

Designer + Founder, Gran Sans — (2017–2024)

Designer, Spalding for Delta Galil — New York, NY (2019–2020)



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