Ken Carbone

Ken Carbone, Co-Founder

Ken Carbone is a designer, artist, musician, author and teacher. As the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Director of the Carbone Smolan Agency, he is among America's most respected graphic designers, whose work is renowned for its balance of substance and style.

Carbone Smolan Agency

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Carbone Smolan Adds to Leadership Team

New Leadership Team at Carbone Smolan Agency

Carbone Smolan Agency (New York) added directors of design, strategy, client relationships and engagement to its leadership team.

Ken Carbone's Sketchbook

I consider my collection of journals as 5,000 pages of "beginnings," which is creatively liberating. On occasion I'll use these books to sketch out a specific concept. I like to challenge myself to find a solution to a problem within a single two-page spread. This constraint is both terrifying and exciting.

Carbone Smolan Designs for CurePSP Research

Carbone Smolan Agency (New York) produced colorful graphic illustrations and a brochure for CurePSP, the leading nonprofit advocacy organization focused on prime-of-life neurodegenerative diseases.

Carbone Smolan Digs its Toes in the Sand

Carbone Smolan identity for Nizuc Resort & Spa

As the rest of us were hunkering down to survive the remainder of the winter, Carbone Smolan Agency (New York) created a new visual identity for the Mexican luxury destination Nizuc Resort & Spa.

CSA Makes (Sound) Waves for Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Carbone Smolan Agency (New York) created a new visual identity for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

Rick Landers of CSA Crunches Raw Data

This new book features more than 50 of the world's leading graphic designers and illustrators who open up their private sketchbooks to offer a rare glimpse of their creative processes.

Ken Carbone's "Glorious Obsession"

In his latest article for The Huffington Post, Ken Carbone tells us why designing beautiful books is such a glorious obsession.

Ken Carbone's "Glorious Obsession"

New Visual Style for MoBIA Reaches New Audience

More than 50 prized alabaster sculptures debuted in the United States at the MoBIA exhibition Object of Devotion, designed by Carbone Smolan Agency.

The Jury Speaks: 2014 SEGD Global Design Awards

What were our 2014 SEGD Global Design Awards jurors looking for as they evaluated the more than 420 entries submitted this year? What did they find, and what advice do they have for future design award entrants? The 2014 winners will be notified soon and honored during the 2014 SEGD Conference June 5-7 in Atlanta. In the meantime, here are a few words from our jurors.

Shannon Harvey	Principal Max Heim	Director of Experiential Graphic Design Margaret Lange
Founder Friday Adejo	Environmental Graphic Designer Marcella Verchio	Senior Designer Alex Solecki

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Ken Carbone

Carbone Smolan Adds to Leadership Team

Ken Carbone's Sketchbook

Carbone Smolan Designs for CurePSP Research

Carbone Smolan Digs its Toes in the Sand

CSA Makes (Sound) Waves for Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Rick Landers of CSA Crunches Raw Data

Ken Carbone's "Glorious Obsession"

New Visual Style for MoBIA Reaches New Audience

The Jury Speaks: 2014 SEGD Global Design Awards

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