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

New York

SEGD's Best Content of 2016

2016 was a busy year for our members and followers, so you probably haven’t read or watched each and every one of the over 1,000 pieces of new content posted on segd.org over the last 12 months. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a top 20 list from all the articles, videos and content the website has to offer. Consider it your SEGD 2016 executive summary. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

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.

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.

Please Be Seated

Ken Carbone of Carbone Smolan Agency (New York) shares what three leading furniture designers have to say about their craft in his fifth article in the "Great Design Made to Measure" series on Huffington Post.

Student Alexandra Fabrizio	Creative Director Emily Furman Sennett	Senior Designer Jim Alderman
Chief Innovation Officer Julie Krohner	Stephen Gottlich	Design Director Yash Kanitkar

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Ken Carbone

Ken Carbone

SEGD's Best Content of 2016

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

Ken Carbone's "Glorious Obsession"

New Visual Style for MoBIA Reaches New Audience

The Jury Speaks: 2014 SEGD Global Design Awards

Please Be Seated

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