Why We Collaborate
At 2046 Print Shop, space isn’t just an aesthetic. It’s a discipline. Working with NASA and JPL means aligning with a tradition where ideas must face evidence, and evidence drives design. Every piece we make is a tribute to the scientific method—hypothesis, iteration, peer review—and to the engineers, scientists, and technologists who turn uncertainty into data and data into discovery.
“Design can illuminate the rigor behind exploration. We create to celebrate the process—because that’s where the breakthroughs live.”
Highlights of Our Work
Mission Anniversary Poster Series
Our Mission Anniversary poster series marks milestone moments from some of NASA’s most influential planetary missions, created in collaboration with NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The series honors the Mars Exploration Rovers Opportunity and Spirit, whose endurance and discoveries reshaped our understanding of Mars; the Curiosity rover, which transformed how we study Mars as a potentially habitable world; and MAVEN, which revealed how Mars lost much of its atmosphere over time. Each poster commemorates not just an anniversary, but a turning point in exploration—capturing the ingenuity, persistence, and scientific ambition behind these missions.
Sentinel-6B
We also collaborated with NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory on mission artwork for Sentinel‑6B, a satellite dedicated to measuring sea-level rise with unprecedented accuracy. Building on decades of Earth-observing science, Sentinel-6B provides critical data on our changing climate—tracking the subtle but consequential shifts in the world’s oceans. Translating that precision science into a visual language was an opportunity to reflect both the rigor of the mission and the global perspective it serves.
SWOT Nature Cover
We had the honor of collaborating with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on a special cover design for Nature, celebrating the groundbreaking SWOT Mission (Surface Water and Ocean Topography). This satellite is changing the way we observe our planet—measuring ocean currents, rivers, and lakes with incredible precision from space.
Mars Impact Art
We were thrilled to collaborate on the visual design for the New York Times article exploring how data from NASA’s InSight mission and marsquake research are revealing Mars as a living record of its violent past. The piece looked at how seismic waves detected by InSight help scientists peer deep into the Red Planet’s interior — showing that Mars’s mantle is studded with ancient impact fragments and offering fresh geological context for its early evolution. Our artwork helped bring to life this story of a once-dramatic Martian world, using visual storytelling to connect scientific discovery with the public in an engaging way.
ROC
A custom logo designed for the newly formed Rover Operations Center (ROC). Working alongside JPL’s designers, scientists, and engineers was both a privilege and an inspiration—bringing together precision, purpose, and a shared respect for the engineering that powers exploration beyond Earth.
Mission Key Art
We’ve also partnered with NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop mission key art for SPHEREx and other JPL-led scientific missions. This work sits at the intersection of precision engineering and public storytelling—translating complex scientific objectives into visual systems that help define how a mission is seen, understood, and remembered. From early concept to final artwork, each piece is designed to reflect the mission’s scientific purpose while conveying a sense of scale, curiosity, and shared human exploration.
Mission Posters
We’ve had the privilege of collaborating with NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory to create official mission posters for several extraordinary scientific efforts: the Parker Solar Probe, humanity’s first spacecraft to touch the Sun; the Cold Atom Lab, a pioneering physics laboratory aboard the International Space Station; and the Deep Space Atomic Clock, a breakthrough in autonomous spacecraft navigation that allows missions to navigate the solar system with unprecedented precision.
More Collaborations
Click below to explore a selection of collaborations we’ve had the privilege of creating alongside our clients.