Elizabeth Goodspeed

Elizabeth Goodspeed is an independent designer, writer, and educator based in Providence and working between New England and New York City.

As a commercial designer, she’s a devoted generalist with a focus on idea-driven, historically inspired editorial, print, and identity design. Her clients range from major cultural institutions to small businesses, including A24, Phaidon, Herman Miller, Google, HBO, NYC Parks Department, Planned Parenthood, and The Whitney Museum. She has also collaborated with studios such as Moniker, Mythology, Interbrand, Pentagram, Porto Rocha, and Red Antler.

Her writing explores the cyclical patterns of visual culture and the influence of ephemera and other everyday graphic design on the broader creative landscape. Her essays have appeared in Fast Company, PORT, The Architect’s Newspaper, and AIGA Eye on Design, and her commentary has been cited in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Dwell, CNN, Eater, Vox, and Business of Fashion. She is the US editor-at-large for It’s Nice That, where she writes a popular monthly column on the design industry.

Elizabeth is a graduate of the Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program and Type@Cooper’s Condensed Program and in 2024 was named a Young Guns 22 winner.