MIDNIGHT UMBRELLA is the creative workshop of Ryan Arruda, a Rhode Island-born designer who’s designing, illustrating, writing, and building community around Worcester, MA.

Say Howdy.

Let’s work together!

Don’t be a stranger now, we’d love to hear from you. While you are free to use tin-can telephony, pony-delivered post, or pigeon-flown telegrams, the methods below ensure a prompt response.

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The Story

“PRESENTED IN THE FIRST PERSON”

Howdy, friend. Ryan here. I’ll lay it right out for you: I’ve got a love for art directing, burly typography, writing words, design communities, making cool work with cool people, and talking shop with fellow appreciators of design minutiae. I like having a voice and using it, especially to help others say what they need to say.I’m originally from the great state of Rhode Island. Before throwing down professionally, I graduated from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts with an undergraduate degree in film studies, and went on to an MFA in graphic design from back home at the Rhode Island School of Design. Now I stake my claim in central Massachusetts, where I grill up projects large and small. I co-founded  Bay State Design Shop, a growing community that’s for New England-area designers, by New England-area designers, with my buddy Erik Weikert. Professionally, over the years I wrangled art direction, design, writing and community for MyFonts + Monotype, Dribbble, and Tree House Brewing Company.

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places you might've seen my work

Eye, Graphic Design: Now in Production; Type Trends; Communication Arts, Quipsologies, Green Patriot Posters: Images for a New Activism, Dribbble, Creative Bloq, The Drum, Branding Magazine. Oh, and on my parents’ refrigerator, too.