John Ferguson is a designer navigating the confluence of culture, visual language, narrative systems, and craft. He practices and collaborates across a spectrum of media, including print, brand expression, digital products, creative coding, art direction, and mentorship. He’s a Design Director at Work & Co where he leads and collaborates across multi-disciplinary teams at the intersection of brand and product.
Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.
James Baldwin
For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I’m not sure where I’m going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn’t do it.
Frank Gehry
Recent Talks
Led an “Intro to Product Design” workshop for over 100 high school students at the Diversity in Design Collaborative / Designed By Youth Fest in Philadelphia.
Invited to speak at the State of Black Design conference on ‘Navigating the Path: Process and the Power of Authenticity
Currently Reading:
What Design Can’t Do by Silvio Lorusso
Counter Intuitivity by Mario Van der Meulen
All About Love by bell hooks
Work & Co
Design Director
2020 -Netflix / Lululemon / The Obama Foundation / Bullish / Harley Davidson / Home Depot / Traeger / Major League Baseball
Goods & services
Design Director
2019 - 2020JP Morgan / ABC Home
HUGE
Design Director
2013 - 2019Nakamura.ke / Time Warner / Ranstad / Samsung / Lowes / Sprite Embraer Air / Nike / AMC
Razorfish
Sr. Art Director
2012 - 2013Audi / Microsoft
Ogilvy
Sr. Art Director
2011 - 2012IHG / Coca-Cola / BCBS
Sapient
Art Director
2009 - 2011American Airlines / Carters / Coca-Cola
Schematic
Art Director
2007 - 2009NPR.com
Freelance
Art Director
2001 - 2007
IBM Interactive
Designer
1999 - 2001
The Coca-Cola Company
Designer
1998 - 2000
Contact: john.jferguson@gmail.com Current
VML
ECD, Experience Design
& Craft
Previous
Work & Co
HUGE
Razorfish
Ogilvy
Armchair
IBM
Coca-Cola
Contact
Email
Linkedin
John Ferguson is an multidisciplinary designer and creative director based out of Atlanta.
He is the recipient of the prestigious Design is Human award, celebrating his impactful contributions to the field of design.
Guided by curiosity, John’s work balances craft and invention, blending artful moments with deep conceptual grounding to create meaningful connections. His practice spans diverse disciplines, including culture, visual language, narrative systems, storytelling, print, brand expression, digital product, art direction, mentorship, creative coding, and a touch of love and care.
He has worked with clients including: Lululemon, The Obama Foundation, Harley Davidson, Netflix, Nike, Traeger, Early Majority, Randstand, JP Morgan Chase, and ABC Home.