JAKE CARLSON

Meaning is moving.

Through systems, objects, and repetition. I design brands and products that function in the world, and I build artifacts that exist beyond it.

Sculpture, painting, printmaking, performance, and artifact-making formed from repetition and personal myth.

source work

Clear, structured work designed to perform. Brands, tools, and systems built for real-world use.

The Cornstalk Curse
Assemblage · Denim, Workwear & Artificial Turf

Sigil 3
Vinyl, Yard Sign, Steel Stake & Artificial Turf

Collective Ignition
Charcoal & Acrylic on Canvas

Monogram Cutting Board Collection
Product Design · Collection Development · Merchandising

Stamp Product Development
Product Design · Art Direction · Merchandising

I Like My Juicebox & My Juicebox Likes Me
Papier-Mâché Sculpture

Every project begins with something unresolved: a practical need, a visual opportunity, or a contradiction worth exploring. I look for the point where function meets feeling, clarity meets instinct, or the ordinary begins to carry more weight than expected.
I work through research, images, language, materials, prototypes, and repetition. The idea becomes clearer through making, whether it takes the form of a product, brand, object, painting, or performance.
I edit until the work feels direct without becoming predictable. What remains should be clear enough to function, but open enough to create a response, hold a question, or reveal something beneath the surface.