Annie Szafranski is an independent designer and typographer designing editorial experiences across the web and sometimes print. She recently completed a year-long type design program, Type West, through the Letterform Archive to enrich her design practice.

low res dark textured background from an old CRT TV with white type embedded into texture showing: Primitiv Text at an angle

Primitiv Text

Type Design

snippet of an illustration by Gustave Dore from Dante's Divine Comedy featuring Beatrice, with an olive green overlay and Beatrice No. 30 written in a white serif font in the center.

Beatrice No. 30

Type Design

a macbook sits in front of a high contrast gradient background. The computer screen shows the homepage of a blog called signals & stories. It has a large masthead and highlights a post with a maroon background and abstract pattern.

Signals & Stories

Web Design

an angled photograph of someone using a macbook with mixpanel.com on the screen. The website is light and highlights and illustration with copy above stating: Progress is Possible.

Mixpanel Rebrand

Brand & Web Design

a photograph of 3 copies of the same book, lined up at an angle and laying flat on a black background. The book is titled: The Guide to Product Analytics. It is a black hardcover book with metallic silver foil debossing

The Guide to Product Analytics

Book Design

A photograph of a CD standing up, front and center, in front of a bright white background. The CD cover is type heavy, with layers of transparency hiding different descriptions and credits of the CD itself. The album is called 'Webtape' by the band, April.

April: Webtape

Album Design