About Studio Vessel
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About Studio Vessel 𐃢
Studio Vessel believes branding is a sacred process: a fusion of strategy, design, and divine intention.
Our Ethos
This is a question we ask often at Studio Vessel. We believe that we can be vessels for change, love, innovation or joy, it all starts with a choice.
What are you a vessel for today?
Our Mission
Studio Vessel is a holistic design studio that merges the material with the metaphysical, helping high-impact brands become vessels for transformation. We co-create with visionary leaders to build brands that serve a higher purpose and evoke emotion, embody cultural depth, and create immersive experiences.
Through design, strategy, and storytelling, we craft living, breathing identities that connect deeply with people and the world around them. Studio Vessel is where design meets divine intention—creating well-being for all through meaningful, culturally rich, and unconventional brand solutions.
Our Founder
Amina Maya Blyden-Guillory is a multidisciplinary creative director, brand strategist, and designer with 10 years of experience in graphic design, creative direction, brand partnerships, and crafting five-figure brand deals. She has worked with internationally renowned companies to expand into the growing wellness sector. Amina holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications and a Master's degree in East-West Psychology. With a decade of expertise in branding and brand strategy, she has successfully guided dozens of businesses, creatives, and influencers in launching impactful brands.
Her work is deeply rooted in cultural storytelling, design theory, and spiritual alignment, making her uniquely positioned to help brands evolve into vessels of transformation. Through Studio Vessel, she brings her extensive knowledge, intuitive insights, and strategic vision to help brands step fully into their highest potential.
Select Residencies
Los Angeles Review of Books Workshop + Incubator. Fellow. Los Angeles, CA
Seattle Art Museum My Favorite Things Tour. Guided Tour. Seattle, WA
IGNITE: Retreat for Black Artists & Activists. Participant. Private Residence. Vancouver, B.C
Festival:Festival. Arts and Activism Panelist. Northwest Film Forum. Seattle, WA
Center on Contemporary Art Gener8 Artists Residency. Participant. COCA Gener8 Studios. Seattle, WA
Select Exhibitions
Sovereign Soul. Lead Curator. The Happy People Experiment DAO. Hubble Studios, Los Angeles.
Northwest Mystics 2019: Women Of The PNW. MATRIARCHS series. Center on Contemporary Art Seattle.
festival:festival. Co-Curator. LoveCityLove & Northwest Film Forum.
Summer School Collective's Comfort Poster Show Half Moon. Consign Design Belltown.
Cornish Poster Show 1st Place Poster Design. Bumbershoot Festival of Music and Arts.
COCA Gener8 Artists Residency Capitol Hill June and July Artwalk. Respectability. Center on Contemporary Art Gener8 Space.
COCA Members Show 2017: Make America Create Again . The Monolith Myth. Center on Contemporary Art.
Seattle Design Festival Block Party. Metal Over Wood. Seattle
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
— Maya Angelou