Evi O Studio

Evi O. Studio is a Sydney based design office specialising in print and digital publishing, brand identity and creative collaborations.

Working alongside publishers, editors, photographers, stylists, web developers and writers, we’ve got wide-ranging experience completing projects of different sizes and types. Our experience, curiosity and commitment to our clients results in unique and exciting creative and commercial outcomes.

Things we do, things we’ve done: Books, websites, brand identity and collateral, poster design, homeware design collaborations, bottle labels, café menus, colouring walls, typeface creation, creating photography sets, shooting supermarket aisles and making good mixtapes.

Things we want to do: Create giant books and art, design costumes for a music video, invent a new snack, start a vegetable garden, make big abstract sculptures, curate a vending machine, make furniture, and fill the studio with even more plants.

Evi O. Studio is led by Evi O – a designer with over 10 years industry experience. Evi established a reputation for her strong design aesthetic and collaborative spirit during a decade working as a book designer at Penguin Books. Her work has won a number of publishing and design awards, notably the prestigious Young Designer of the Year and Book of the Year, awarded by the Australian Book Design Association (ABDA). She is often asked to speak at writer’s festivals, conferences and universities. 

In addition to her prolific design output, Evi is also a well-known artist, exhibiting her abstract paintings regularly in Sydney and Melbourne.

In her spare time, she can often be found roaming the streets of Marrickville with her whippet Henri.

We have worked with

Industry awards

When We Hit The Street	Identity Campaign Merit	AGDA 2019
Tokyo Stories	Design Crafts Merit	AGDA 2019
Lisbon	Design Crafts Distinction	AGDA 2018
T2 The Book	Best General Illustrated Book under $50	ABDA 2016
Naples: A Way of Love	Best General Illustrated Book under $50	ABDA 2014
Young Designer of the Year		APA 2013
Things I Love	Book of the Year	APA 2013
Things I Love	Best General Illustrated Book	APA 2013
Best Students Award		AGDA 2008

Industry talks

Colour is My Superpower	Sydney Contemporary 2019
Today, Tomorrow	Food and Words Festival 2019
Shot Down!	ABDA 2019
Hungry Eyes	University of Technology, Sydney 2018
Cover Up!	Melbourne Art Book Fair 2018
Life of a Book Designer	Sydney Writer’s Festival, Sydney 2017
Look of the Book	Ubud Writer’s Festival, Bali, Indonesia 2016
Illustrating the Book	Ubud Writer’s Festival, Bali, Indonesia 2016
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words	Independent Publishing Conference, Melbourne 2015
Look of the Book	Emerging Writer’s Festival, Sydney 2014

Industry participation

Judge	Australian Graphic Design Association 2019
Founding member	Australian Book Designer’s Association 2014 – 2015

Press

Books + Publishing	2019
Yellowtrace	2019
The Design Files	2019
Yes! Journal	2019
Australian House & Garden	2019
Metal Magazine	2018
Happy Mag	2017
Yes! Journal	2017
Writing NSW	2017
The Design Files	2017
Make Nice	2016
The Conversation	2014