Speakers Jessi Arrington: Designer

Jessi Arrington

Jessi Arrington is a color-loving designer based in Brooklyn.

Why you should listen to her:

Jessi Arrington is a founder and owner of WORKSHOP, a designer firm in Brooklyn. Her favorite color is rainbow and her default answer is YES. She’s taught Design Fundamentals at Touro College and given guest lectures at NYU; she's a board member of AIGA/NY. Before co-founding WORKSHOP, she carried out branding for Brooklyn Brewery, Tomato Records and Lion Brand Yarn under the direction of Milton Glaser. She makes a hobby of wearing nothing new (except undies).

She blogs at LuckySoAndSo.com about design, consumption and color.

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Quotes by Jessi Arrington

  • “Color is powerful. It is almost physiologically impossible to be in a bad mood when you’re wearing bright red pants.”

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  • “A universal truth — five words for you: Gold sequins go with everything.”

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