About
Piknik Press is a playful design studio in Los Angeles. Find us where curiosity and quirkiness meet elegance and simplicity. We make cool things for great artists, good people, and clever companies.
Nicole Kiki Jaffe is a graphic designer, web developer, and illustrator in Los Angeles. She enjoys working on projects with art and cultural organizations, schools, small businesses, non-profits, and artists of all kinds.
In 2018, she founded her studio, Piknik Press. She teaches Web Coding Fundamentals at Otis College.
Previously, Nicole was on the faculty at CalArts from 2015–2017 where she taught Multimedia Web. In 2014, she and Roman Jaster co-founded Yay Brigade, a studio specializing in web development and publication design. Nicole graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California in 2012 with a BA in Neuroscience and minors in Communication Design and Theatre.
When she’s not designing, Nicole can be found playing in her band at venues around Los Angeles, dancing in the studio, swaying in the front row at a show, knitting, thinking about food, or watching Rupaul’s Drag Race.
Website Design
Website Development
WordPress Development
UX Design
Identity Design
Publication Design
Print Design
Art Direction
Illustration
Packaging
Social Content
Strategy
Time’s Up
CalArts
National CAPACD
Oakwood School
Odyssey Theatre
MAK Center for Art & Architecture
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Blackbook Presents
Tibor de Nagy
Alexandre Gallery
Elysian
Thread & Supply
Food & Bounty
Bamberger Books
LA Department of Cultural Affairs
LA County Youth Justice Work Group
LA County Alternatives to Incarceration Work Group
Directors Joey Soloway and Nina Menkes
Artists Alexandra Grant, Ann Toebbe, Carolyn Monastra, Margeaux Klein, Quintan Ana Wikswo, Rosten Woo, Sam Greenspan, Sarah McEneany, and Trevor Winkfield
Musicians Lauren Ruth Ward, Tim Schou, Alicia Blue, Ken Oak, Madison Malone, Jordan West, Abby Litman, Leila Milki, Phoebe Silva, Brett Fromson, Maffa Rico, and Gilbert Louie Ray
Web Coding Fundamentals at Otis College
Multimedia Web at CalArts
Guest Lecturer at Nassau Community College
Guest Lecturer at Otis College
Guest Lecturer at USC