A Day In The Life of Kansas City At times our perspective on everyday life can be narrow when we get wrapped up in our personal agendas and the stress of what needs to get done, and it’s easy to forget about the rest of the world. There are over 7 billion people on this […]

DESIGN THINKING: A USEFUL MYTH Moral of the story: designers possess a mystical, creative thought process that places them above all others in their skills at creative, groundbreaking though. wait. what? you’re telling me they actually don’t? darn. I, personally, think that this article is a bit dramatic. “…imbued with the mystical aura of design […]

Nick and I refined our logo concept and simplified the mark itself. We took out the bow-tie and replaced it with a regular tie to make the design a bit more accessible. We also took out the triangular shape that represented the suit jacket and replaced it with a solid black square, which could represent […]

The framed poster utilizes window frames from around Troost Ave. to house Rodney’s quotes. The idea is that these posters could be printed life-size and placed on walls around Kansas City, taking a small piece of Troost and allowing it to cross that dividing line to live elsewhere. The architecture on the east side of […]

          Since the man class lacks awareness from people outside of the community and therefore does not receive the funding it needs, we focused on different promotional material and branding that spreads the word of the man class (and the powerful message rodney presents within the man class). It’s not all […]