About
Hi, I'm Tsilli Pines, and this is the website that stitches together all of my various endeavors. I'm a designer and artist living and working in Portland, Oregon.
I coordinate the Portland chapter of CreativeMornings and have been working as a designer for over a decade. My work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, HOW, and Print. My commercial projects have primarily been done in the company of the talented folks at Fine Design Group, first in San Francisco, and more recently in Portland. I've designed award-winning projects for Francis Ford Coppola and David Bowie, among others. I taught at Parsons while living and working in New York, and I really enjoyed that.
In 2006, I started making Jewish marriage contracts under the name New Ketubah, where I seek to marry a traditional art form with modern design. I also run Alef Betty, a collection that gives Jewish visual culture a contemporary spin. My first solo show opened in May of 2008 in Portland. I made a series called "The Figures". My parents were super proud at the opening, which made me happy.
I create cards for the people I love, and still shoot Polaroids. I've been making calendar desktops almost every month since 2003. If you'd like to get a monthly update about my doings, sign up for my love letters here.