Ballio Chan is a creative director, designer, and artist. Raised in Hong Kong, based in California. He runs Makeshft, a brand and design studio, sells prints and apparel, and is building TheKnow, a taste engine for food and drink. His work spans identities for startups in food, beauty, finance, and technology, campaigns for ESPN, Nike, Disney, and Paramount, concert graphics for Eminem, and led brand and creative for Automattic and WordPress.com.
An ongoing study of taste as a system.
Grace Street Coffee
Identity and packaging for an artisan coffee shop in the DC area.
Grace Street Coffee is an artisan coffee shop in the DC area. The work is identity and packaging design, carried from the mark through to the bag on the shelf.




