Melissa Wehrman has developed a strong expertise in the restaurant industry starting with the design of Mercat in Chicago in 2008 which won her a prestigious nomination for a James Beard award in Outstanding Restaurant Graphics. Since then she has developed a vast portfolio of restaurants in Philadelphia, Denver, Las Vegas, California, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toledo helping both launch, maintain and refresh their brands. The range of projects include logo and identity, stationery, marketing, web and social media, menus, uniforms, retails, promotional items, packaging, signage and artwork. © Melissa Wehrman. All rights reserved.

Melissa Wehrman first hotel experience came with the LXR brand’s new The London Hotels while at Korn Design. She was both the art director and lead designer on this project launching the initial New York City property in 2006 and also The London West Hollywood in 2008. With a deliverable list of over 300 items between the two properties, Melissa drove the branding and marketing of the luxury hotels and had an in-depth education in the operations of the hotel industry. Following this experience, she was contracted independently as lead designer for opening of Las Vegas’ The Cosmopolitan hotel and later SLS Hotels’ South Beach launch in May 2012. Melissa’s hotel experience specifically include stationery, housekeeping and operational print materials, turndown cards, map graphics, privacy door hangers, keycards and cases, pens, pencils, notepads, umbrellas, coasters, retail bags, slippers, matchboxes, ironing board graphics, luggage tags, cups, water bottles laundry forms and packaging, tradeshow displays, advertising, e-blasts, websites, VIP opening invitations and guestroom compendiums. © Melissa Wehrman. All rights reserved.

Melissa Wehrman spent five years in the marketing department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston designing hundreds of exhibition brochures and invitations, education and programming schedules, fundraising materials and general marketing pieces. More recently, Melissa has been the exclusive designer for the past seven season of the Toledo Opera after redesigning their identity to launch a new vision in 2011. © Melissa Wehrman. All rights reserved.

© Melissa Wehrman. All rights reserved.

This series is a collection of designed items for personal use including invitations and items for weddings, holidays, and events, as well as gifts such as customized photo lamp and genealogy charts. © Melissa Wehrman. All rights reserved.

This gallery holds a wide variety of mediums, clients, and styles. If you have any questions about any of these or want to see more samples or specific types of projects, just send me an email! © Melissa Wehrman. All rights reserved.