Gabriel Stromberg is a Seattle-based artist, designer, and educator whose work bridges visual culture, history, and contemporary design practice.
In 2008, he co-founded the design firm Civilization, serving as the studio’s creative director and lead designer until 2022. During his tenure, Civilization received numerous honors—including two HOW Design Awards, the Print Magazine Regional Design Award, a Webby, and the 2018 Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Award for Communication Design.
Now working independently, Stromberg collaborates with institutions and organizations such as the Biennale of Sydney, the Museum for Art in Wood, the Newark Museum of Art, and the Gates Foundation. His work is held in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
He teaches design history at Seattle Central Creative Academy and brand design at the University of Washington.