Hi there!

I'm Stephanie Wise, a designer and art director from Venice, California. I design things and I shoot the content that sells them. W5E is my studio — design on one side, freelance content production on the other.

On the content side I concept, storyboard, direct, shoot, and edit social-first work for brands. Recent projects include campaign content for Blenders Eyewear, event coverage and social edits for Roadie, creative and production on a national Nike pitch, and a spot for Got Milk?. Before that, campaigns for Beats by Dre and Hard Rock Digital.

On the design side I make things you can hold. I started Graveyard Garage to hand-paint clothing — a pair of my trousers ran in British Vogue's May 2021 issue, styled with Prada and photographed by Craig McDean. They shot it on the beach I grew up on. I was also one of three people in the editorial.

I designed an original surf rack and took it from a CNC prototype through a small-batch run. It's in the shop. Most of my painting these days is surfboards, commissioned one at a time. Last winter I studied at Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy, and built a VR spatial design thesis around the Biennale Architettura.

B.A. in Multimedia from San Diego State, and five degrees from Santa Monica College in graphic design, studio art, art history, and liberal arts.

I'm looking for full-time creative work. I'm also open to commissions.