Robyn Kanner

Creative Director — Storyteller





Photo by Noémie Marguerite 

A creative director devoted to telling humanity’s most urgent stories.
My expertise is building and leading teams that share a commitment to creating meaningful work.

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Odds & Ends







Cooper Union
Syllabus

This semester marks the 5th year I’ve taught at Cooper Union -- an experience I’m deeply grateful for. Every time I teach students bring in interesting work with new perspectives that energizes me.

For the first time, I’m sharing an abberviated version of my syllabus, in hopes it can inspire others in their work. 

Read my syllabus




Alex Edelman’s latest stand-up
Poster Design

Some recent posters for my friend Alex Edelman. He’s hitting the road with his new comedy show, called What Are You Going To Do. I haven’t seen it yet but I’m excited to catch the Carnegie Hall set.








Typographics 2025
Conference Talk

Typographics is one of my favorite conferences. I loved sharing the stage with so many brilliant folks. Thanks to Ellen Lupton for inviting me!

Watch my talk












Pennsylvania’s new licence plate
Design

Fun project. Led the creative direction for Pennsylvania’s new license plate. The Studio Mosaic team did such an incredible job on this one. Big love to Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring!

Order the new license plate







OUT OF POCKET
Chapter 2: Tweaking
Titles, Credits, & Poster

Very fun to do the title and credits for the second episode of Out Of Pocket. Also got to collaborate with one of my favorite illustrators, Jason Adam Katzenstein, for the poster. What an incredible talent.

Written, directed, and edited by Babe Howard. Starring Debra Winger. Watch the episode below!









Kevin Nguyen
Mỹ Documents
Photography

I was grateful to be an early reader of Kevin Nguyen’s second novel, Mỹ Documents, which is out now. I also took the headshots for the press photos and book jacket, which was designed by Arsh Raziuddin.

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2024 Brand New Conference
Conference Talk

It’s been a couple years since being on a stage. Felt great to get back out there and meet everyone in Utah. Thanks for having me, Armin & Bryony!

Watch the talk












Arto Lindsay
Brutus Magazine
Photography

Photographed Arto Lindsay for Brutus Magazine’s feature on Ryuichi Sakamoto. Grateful to Arto here — it was a cold November afternoon in NYC!








OUT OF POCKET
Chapter 1: Nepo Babe
Titles, Credits, & Poster

A new show from writer and director, Babe Howard. Loved going on this journey with him to support design on the titles, credits, and poster. Here’s the synopsis — watch the ep!

After a viral article links him to his famous mother, a filmmaker is determined to succeed without benefiting from nepotism. But his obsession with making a movie the "right" way leads him to the wrong people.