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 distinctive work.

Featured Projects

Odds & Ends







Cooper Union
Chair in Graphic Design

Wrapped up my 5th semester of teaching at Cooper Union! Thanks to my students who showed up with new ways of seeing the world. It energizes my work so much. Oh, also! I’m sharing my syllabus for the first time, in case it’s helpful for your own work.

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Front & Center
Podcast

Everyone is in their podcast era, including me. Loved joining Alex & Kevin on Front & Center. We talked about everything from Ed Sheeran to working on Pennsylvania’s new license plate.







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.








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!

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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!

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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!

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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!