Nymdesign is a boutique design studio, focusing on branding, digital/UX and print/books. Over the past 23 years, we have worked with multinational organizations such as the United Nations, Amnesty International, and Microsoft, among others. Our dedicated work within the educational realm has included work for Yale, Stanford, & Harvard Universities. Nymdesign’s ever-evolving passion to support cultural programs has allowed us to design for the Museum of the City of New York, British Art Center, and Museum of Chinese in America.
We have worked internationally with clients in New York, Geneva, Tokyo, Mumbai, Khartoum, and London. Within the US, we have collaborated on projects that range from Boston to DC to Silicon Valley to Seattle. Nymdesign was originally founded in Brooklyn, but is now based in the greater Boston/Cambridge area.
NILOU MOOCHHALA • Principal & Creative Director
Prior to forming Nymdesign, Moochhala worked with a variety of organizations such as Sotheby’s and The New Museum in New York, and Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. While in NYC’s Silicon Alley, she was Senior Art Director at the startup Orientation.com, where she managed the creative team. Ms. Moochhala received her Masters of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the Yale University School of Art. Prior to that, she was awarded her Bachelor’s in Studio Art from Mount Holyoke College. She is expected to receive her UX certificate from Bentley University's User Experience Program in Winter 2023.
Nilou has served as adjunct professor at SUNY Purchase, and been a visiting critic at the Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art. She is a member of AIGA Boston and is a design critic for their Annual Student Portfolio Review. She has been a recipient of numerous grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and New England Foundation for the Arts, among others. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, WBUR, Print, Artscope, and Big, Red & Shiny, among others.