ALL — Monica Magsanoc

Monica Magsanoc
Art Direction, Design, and Illustration

PREVIOUSLY UNICEF, UN Women, The New York Times,
Gohar World, Bode, The Carlyle, & Others

New York City ¹⁰⁰³⁸

For Inquiries — monica@magsanoc.com

Lobmeyr
Completed with Gohar World
(2025)

Hand-painted crystal glassware for Lobmeyr, a 200-year-old Austrian atelier. Designed at the Gohar World studio in New York, with final illustrations brought to Vienna for production by Lobmeyr artisans. The collection debuted at MATTER and SHAPE and is available for purchase at Gohar World.

Project Type
ILLUSTRATION, Art Direction

Graphite Illustrations
(2016 —)

Hand-drawn pencil illustrations across personal and professional projects.

Project Type
ILLUSTRATION

Bode
(2023 — 2024)

Custom illustrations for Bode’s signature Senior Cord series. Hand-drawn on British corduroy styles — jackets, tote bags, and pillows — with compositions unique to each piece, inspired by a 20th-century collegiate tradition of personalization.

Selected work available upon request.

Project Type
ILLUSTRATION

Tulip Shades
(2025)

A collection of ten hand-painted cotton lamp shades featuring found and floral motifs, each finished with a unique butterfly pin. Part of Tulip’s sold-out inaugural Artist Collective capsule.

Project Type
ILLUSTRATION, Art Direction

EAT Gohar
Completed with Gohar World
(2024)

Packaging and identity design for EAT Gohar, Gohar World’s first line of fine food featuring Casa Bosques Chocolate, Fishwife, and award-winning Solar extra-virgin olive oil.

Art direction for the campaign photoshoot, shot on location at Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery by Pippa Drummond. The collection is available for purchase at Gohar World.

Project Type
Art Direction, GRAPHIC DESIGN

Gohar World, Miscellaneous Illustrations
(2021 — 2025)

Various paintings and drawings completed by hand across my five-year tenure at Gohar World. The illustrations range from large-scale signage to miniature, trompe l'oeil renderings.

Project Type
ILLUSTRATION, ART DIRECTION

Gohar World, Packaging Design
(2024 — 2025)

Identity design and production for Gohar World’s signature packaging. Devised a scalable, modular system to accommodate over a hundred objects spanning various sizes and product categories, ranging from tableware to jewelry.

Project Type
Art Direction, GRAPHIC DESIGN, CREATIVE PRODUCTION