David Rager

Design & Creative Direction

About

Creative Lead with over two decades of experience in design leadership, brand building, and environmental experiences.

Contact

info@davidrager.co
+1.323.384.9117

Current

Designer, Creative Director for NASA, co-founder of Weekends design studio, public speaker, musician

Previous

Manager of DesignLab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Art Director at Disney & Disney+, Art Director at Compass, Art Director for New Museum (NY) and MoCA (LA), and Project-based Designer for clients including: Landor, Chiat-Day, Laird + Partners, Sub-Pop, Virgin Records, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Xavier Veilhan & Galeries Lafayette.

Links

Some Brands, Campaign, and Experience projects, Behance (recent-ish), Weekends Studio (ongoing), Archive (older stuff), Instagram / Threads, LinkedIn,
Massage (the band) on Apple / Spotify / Bandcamp

Appearances

Upcoming: In-house, In-focus, In-person 2025 Previous: SUNY Purchase Visiting Artist Lecture, Kevin Kelly's 'Cool Tools' podcast, NASA: Vision by Design at SXSW 2024, UC Davis Center for Spaceflight Research, Stories from NASA: Launching Rockets and Brand Campaigns at Adobe Max 2023, Art Center Guest Crit. / Lecturer (ongoing).

Press

The New Yorker: A Design Geek’s Space Race: Meatball vs. Worm, The New York Times: How NASA Learned to Love 4 Squirmy Letters, Fast Co. NASA is breaking a cardinal rule of branding, Sight Unseen Studio Visit, T Magazine Paris Restaurants Cali Vibes, Res Magazine, Print Magazine, The Selby

Awards

Webby's for NASA's Immersive Earth, Jet Propulsion Laboratory's website relaunch (2023), and JPL's Virtual Tour (2022) / Shorty: Disney+ Launch Campagin (twitter)