Lauren West is a designer, illustrator and muralist based in Philadelphia. Her work explores humor, nature and everyday city life with a focus on simple forms, bright color and dynamic spaces.
As a Designer and Art Director, Lauren has worked in design agencies full-time and as a freelance consultant since 2011. Her client work spans across higher education, small business, consumer brands, professional sports and food and beverage through branding, marketing and advertising design. Yes, it doesn’t make sense that someone who laughs at her computer the entire time she’s working on something because it brings her that much joy can also make serious work for clients. It’s true. I can prove it. 
As an illustrator, well it's pretty obvious Lauren has little to no professional training, but she sure does work with a lot of fun clients! 
As a muralist, Lauren started painting walls in 2015 as an apprentice for a project refurbishing faded business signs in the city. From there she began to take on bigger projects of her own and eventually painted her first large outdoor mural in Summer 2017. Her murals can be seen throughout Philadelphia and NJ. Lauren paints independently and is also an artist with Mural Arts Philadelphia. 
Before working as a full-time artist, Lauren worked in the bicycle industry for 10+ years. Cycling still plays a major part in her everyday life whether riding through the city or in the woods. Man, bikes are so cool. 