Riley Smith

Aotearoa New Zealand

Most weekends you'll find me in the mountains climbing, out in the ocean diving, or jamming instruments with friends. Based in Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa, I feel incredibly grateful for the landscape I get to call home — and the time I spend outdoors feeds directly into both my life and my work.

I'm a communication designer with a growing reputation for using visual storytelling and mapping to reveal and strengthen relationships between people, place and the natural world. I bring a strategic design lens to publishing, product, events and public space projects — working across print and digital mediums to create work that is grounded and visually compelling.