PLAYLAB, INC. is a Los Angeles-based creative studio founded in 2009. With no particular focus, we explore themes using art, architecture, and graphic design to initiate ideas for ourselves and others. PLAYLAB, INC. is: Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeff Franklin, Dillon Kogle, Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta, Justin Kim, Kylie McMahon, Jacob Lemon, Brett Su, Blossom Liu, Kiesha Jones and Chelsea Hernandez.

All of us

  • People
  • Services
  • Clients
  • Talks And Exhibits
  • Contact

people

  • CURRENTLY
  • Archie L Coates IV
  • Jeff Franklin
  • Dillon Kogle
  • Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta
  • Justin Kim
  • Kylie McMahon
  • Jacob Lemon
  • Brett Su
  • Blossom Liu
  • Kiesha Jones
  • Chelsea Hernandez
  • THANKS
  • Jessie Baxa
  • Ben Puffer
  • Peter Deering
  • John Lyman Ballif
  • Erica Smith
  • Carolyn Rhee
  • Phil Gibson
  • Anya Shcherbakova
  • Ryan J. Simons
  • Luiza Dale
  • Davis Scherer
  • Jonathan O'Brien
  • Sean Suchara
  • Elie Anderson
  • Olga Monina
  • Nick Fogarty
  • Lauren Kirk
  • Kim McGuire
  • Kaimin Sun
  • Becca Pad
  • Nick Hum
  • Russell Flench

services

  • Graphic Design
  • Brand Strategy
  • Concept Development
  • Naming
  • Identity
  • Print
  • Packaging
  • Architecture
  • Environmental Design
  • Exhibition Design
  • Events
  • Production
  • Interactive
  • Creative Direction
  • Art Direction
  • Copywriting
  • Curation
  • Film/Video
  • User Experience
  • Signage

clients

  • Adidas
  • Adobe
  • Al Gore
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Bruno Mars
  • BMW/Mini
  • Christopher Wool
  • Cotton
  • Dig Inn
  • FLAG Art Foundation
  • GE
  • Heineken
  • Marc Jacobs
  • Moleskine
  • Need Supply
  • New Museum
  • Off White ℅ Virgil Abloh
  • SFMOMA
  • Venice Biennale
  • LACMA
  • Knight Foundation
  • Storefront For Art & Architecture

talks-and-exhibits

  • Image as Communication Lecture Series @ Pratt Institute, Memorial Hall

    Brooklyn NY, December 5, 2018

  • UNFINISHED @ National Museum of Art

    Bucharest Romania, September 2018

  • INSIGHTS 2018 @ Walker Art Center

    Minneapolis MN, March 2018

  • Non-Professional Practice @ Harvard GSD

    Cambridge MA, February 2018

  • Visual Culture @ Parsons

    New York NY, November 2017

  • NXT City Symposium

    Toronto ON, October 2017

  • Working Not Working Too Early

    New York NY, July 2017

  • Cooler Gallery

    Brooklyn NY, June 2017

  • A/D/O "Common Sense" Panel

    Brooklyn NY, May 2017

  • Columbia GSAPP

    New York NY, March 2017

  • Urban Design Forum: Forefront

    Brooklyn NY, October 2016

  • YMS

    Brooklyn NY, September 2016

  • Likeminds Conference

    Upstate NY, June 2016

  • Peabody Essex Museum: Playtime

    Salem MA, June 2016

  • AIA Design Forum @ the Slover Library

    Norfolk VA, April 2016

  • Awesome Foundation @ Ace Hotel

    New York NY, March 2016

  • AIA Global Dialogues H2O

    New York NY, March 2016

  • The Future of Civic Space @ SoHo House

    New York NY, January 2016

  • AIGA Houston @ CAMH

    Houston TX, September 2015

  • Isarlust @ DAV Museum

    Munich DE, September 2015

  • Neighbors

    Richmond VA, June 2015

  • Ar(t)chitecture @ Center For Arch.

    New York NY, April 2015

  • Throwing a Very Heavy Flag @ University of Illinois

    Champaign-Urbana IL, November 2015

  • Adobe MAX Conference @ LA Convention Center

    Los Angeles CA, October 2014

  • CAUS Commencement @ Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg VA, May 2014

  • Apple Store Talk

    New York NY, April 2014

  • TEDxRVA

    Richmond VA, March 2014

  • Apple Store Talk

    San Francisco CA, February 2014

  • Lecture Series @ Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg VA, November 2013

  • Van Dusen Lecture Series @ Wayne State

    Detroit MI, June 2013

  • AIANY New Practices "RE:THINK Profit"

    New York NY, April 2013

  • Moleskine Salon Series

    Brooklyn NY, November 2012

  • Target Creative Retreat

    Minneapolis MN, October 2012

  • Reasons to Be Creative Festival @ SVA

    New York NY, June 2012

  • SEGD Conference: The Bridge

    Brooklyn NY, June 2012

  • Technical Urbanism Salon @ Flux Factory

    Queens NY, October 2011

  • AIGA Dog & Pony: Fundraising Edition

    Brooklyn NY, October 2011

  • TEDxEast Hampton

    East Hampton NY, July 2011

  • TEDxArabia

    Jeddah SA, December 2010

contact