Kenny Landes | Graphic Design | Web Development | San Francisco

Art is a kind of illness. — Giacomo Puccini

Citi Brand Book

This brand book was prepared to introduce the “One Citi” brand concept to the numerous and varied lines of business for international banking giant, Citi. The book is perfect bound with many examples of logos, wordmarks, relevant images, color palettes, and typography in the Citi system. My role in this project was production of flawless press-ready digital files from approved design files prepared by the design team at Landor Associates, a renowned international branding agency in San Francisco. Additionally, I prepared logos, wordmarks, brand guidelines, stationery systems, InDesign stationery... Read→

Chevron Logo Redesign

In this project, I helped produce simplified versions of complex 3-D vector logos in order to ensure more predicable, consistent and accurate color output across press and desktop output devices around the world. Unnecessary masks were eliminated. Gradients were positioned in-place in the triangle and trapezoidal shapes. The gradient mesh highlight on each ribbon was simplified. This art was produced in flat spot backgrounds with gradient overprints, in addition to the four-color process versions displayed. One-color blue and one-color black versions were produced for limited use in one-color... Read→

Blackjack Madness Invitation

I designed and produced this oversized event invitation for the largest annual blackjack invitational at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The event invitation is a three-panel, c-fold, three-color job measuring 10” wide by 10” high. A matching full-bleed, oversized, non-standard envelope completed the effect for a dramatic impact when it was received by the select MGM MIRAGE Players Club members invited to the annual invitational. AKPC_IDS += "417,"; Read More →

Eric Clapton Concert Invitation

I designed and produced the invitation for rock-and-roll legend Eric Clapton’s 2007 concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena promoting his recent album “The Road to Escondido.” MGM Grand requested a high-end piece with a teaser out front followed by a dramatic reveal on the inside. I worked with the provided admat supplemented with additional source art, including sheet music from one of Eric Clapton’s earlier compositions. The invitation is a 2-color piece accented with foil and a dramatic die line used to reveal the guitar on the inside spread when viewed from the front. The full impact... Read→

Billboard Music Awards Invitation

I designed and produced the invitation for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena while working in-house as a Graphic Designer at Las Vegas gaming, hospitality, and entertainment giant MGM MIRAGE, the parent company of MGM Grand, Bellagio, the Mirage, and other famous international destinations. This high-profile, much-sought-after invitation combined photography and line art to create an energetic, electric front-side presentation followed by a dramatic reveal across the inside spread. The complex mask complemented the Billboard web site at the time. AKPC_IDS += "256,"; Read More →

California Missions Documentary

This is a non-sequential multimedia web documentary inspired by the annual project completed by all California sixth-graders studying California history. Using cited research material, the project displays beautiful photographs and a brief history of each of California’s 21 missions. In order to fit the format, the coastline of California is turned 90 degrees on its side. Each of the missions is identified by a star button which loads the content and images into the center movie holders. El Camino Real, identified by the brown trail, is also a hidden button that loads information about California’s... Read→

Blog Resuscitated

After a long period of blog neglect, I am glad to be back to blogging again. I have been busy working on finding work, and that search has finally proven fruitful. On Tuesday, July 5, I start my new job at The Online 401(k). I am just thrilled! My new... Read→

Run Bare Everywhere!

Anybody who knows me knows that I have really gotten into running the past few years. It’s been a great experience. I’ve lost some weight, released some stress, and found a great way to get my mind and body in sync. Unfortunately, I am prone to overdoing... Read→

Paradise Found!

I had one of the best vacations of my life at Cabañas Copal in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. I was looking for a very relaxing vacation in a tranquil setting where all my needs could be met without any hassles. I started my search on Google looking for... Read→

It seems impossible, but a hurricane could be about to strike Southern California. I was in San Diego last week, where the water was noticeably warmer than usual…in the mid-70’s. That’s ice water to East Coast ocean swimmers, but about 5–10 degrees warmer than normal, even for San Diego. The NOAA graphic I have posted shows the hurricane could reach San Diego within 4–5 days. By then it’s likely to be much-weakened. However, the potential rainfall could make for a disastrous downpour,... Read→

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This past week in San Diego, I got the chance to spend a day at the beach. I used to do this a lot when I was a teenager, after my family moved from Kansas City to San Diego. However, the past 10 years have been very busy, productive years. The ways of my past have been forced to take a back seat to the ambitions of the present and hopes for the future. Living in San Francisco, warm weather is in short supply. We have spectacular beaches that are usually too cold for fun-in-the-sun. Even when the... Read→

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I’ve been adding lots of new skills to my tool belt the last year or so. This weekend I took a big leap, with my friend Kevin’s encouragement, to migrate my site content into a CMS. It’s the direction I’ve wanted to go for some time, but I was busy churning out uninspiring school projects. With a little bit of help, I was able to do a preliminary set up with a downloaded theme. It’s a starting point, but what an amazing place to start! I’ll be continuing to add content and build the site... Read→

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Sam’s Chowder House, Half Moon Bay, California Today started off much like any other lazy weekend day does; and then it got even better!!! After a good night’s rest, my partner and I woke up early (for us) and decided to go for a little drive. Heading out, we decided to go to the Vacaville Outlets, near Sacramento, not so much to shop as to take a long drive with a destination in mind. I decided to take a little detour. Instead of taking the most direct, predictable route over the Bay Bridge... Read→

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Hubble Telescope Pillars of Creation I am, admittedly, not much of a scientist. I find the scientific process tedious and uninspiring, in general. I mean, how compelling can forming and testing hypotheses be? Either it works and can be repeated (resulting in scientific fact) or it doesn’t work. The Hubble Space Telescope, however, is one of those things that has bridged the gap between science and art. Could we have imagined 20 years ago how much we would learn from the images taken by Hubble?... Read→

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About Me

My home and my heart are in San Francisco. I also have deep roots in Kansas City and Southern California.
I am interested in art, music, social media and all things techie, whether I get it or not.
I will torture myself until I figure it out!

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