Cagla Budak
Freelance Art Director & Editorial Designer
Cologne, Germany

cagla@caglester.com
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i work at the intersection of east asia and european brand culture — fashion, music, beauty.

recent in-house work at Buffalo Boots, Cologne spans campaigns, seasonal image catalogues and promo systems across web and paid. i publish k., an ongoing self-printed editorial series on the korean wave and its takeover of global culture.

available for projects and retainers from October 2026.

Services

01 — art direction
campaigns · editorial · image worlds · creative concepts
campaign concepts, catalogues and image worlds with one visual language across every channel.
→ buffalo ss26 catalogue

02 — visual design
campaign design · social · digital · print · brand touchpoints
campaign assets, newsletters, paid ads and print, built for the channel they run on.


03 — brand experiences
pop-ups · events · spatial graphics · launch experiences
visual concepts for how a brand is experienced in space, at launches and on site.

working with brands, agencies and studios in Cologne / Düsseldorf and remote.

Selected Work

Buffalo Boots — Spring/Summer 2026 Image Catalogue
2025

k. 01 — KPOP, self-published
2025

k. 02 — BEAUTY, self-published
2025

Experience

Graphic & Content Designer @
URBNCONCEPTS / Buffalo Boots, Cologne

09.2025 - 09.2026

Graphic Designer for Retail Media @
OBI First Media Group
05.2025 - 08.2025

Education

Rheinische Hochschule Köln
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mediendesign

09.2021 - 01.2025

Konkuk University, Seoul
Semester Abroad at the Design Dept.

08.2023 - 07.2024

Tools

Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
Figma, Jitter