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Hi, this is Kaleena. I am a Designer currently located in Washington DC. This is my personal portfolio of selected projects. Contact me for collaborations or more info.
Graphic Design is about communication and one of our best tools are our hands. In these posters, business cards, & buttons, I’ve used my hand as a symbol that represents me as a designer and as an individual. The peace sign is also the sign for the letter K. And when you flip that hand upside down you get the sign for the letter P. My left pinky nail is always painted orange and I used the same nail polish to paint the pinky on each poster.
The Mixtape Club is an organization dedicated to the art of the mixtape. Ten people, ten tracks, ten album covers. The projejct is conceived, designed, curated, written and maintained by Butter (Brian Thomas), who is both a dj and a designer.
I am merely a proud supporter and contributor. “Kiss & Kill” is my contribution for Session 016.
This is the Call for Entries followed by the Meet the Judges Invite for the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington Annual Show to be held this year.
This piece pokes fun at design competitions and the seriousness that is or is not given when entering to win a shelf of awards. The theme will continue the idea of “roast” with the Gala invite and at the actual event, which has yet to happen.
For more info visit the website at ADCMW >>
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Photos by: Greg Powers
“In June 2011, Chef Mike Isabella opened Graffiato, an Italian-inspired restaurant in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Chef Isabella serves seasonal, artisanal pizzas and small plates inspired by the food he grew up eating in New Jersey prepared by his Italian-American grandmother. With heavy influence from Chef Isabella’s Mediterranean and Latin culinary training, Graffiato is anything but a traditional Italian eatery.” -graffiatodc.com
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Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats, which began as ‘Sticky Fingers Bakery’ in 1999 is a vegan bakery and cafe now located in Columbia Heights of Washington DC. The founder, Doron Petersan, came to The General Design Company to freshen up the brand and identity. The update includes everything from a fresh logo and identity system to a new website, and a full range of collateral. What hasn’t changed is the focus on fun-food, always egg, dairy, and animal-free. (Check back for more pictures to come of the store & collateral items.) *Designed under The General Design Company
Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats | Vegan Bakery & Cafe
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Rogue 24 | Restaurant by Chef RJ Cooper, opening Summer 2011
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Graffiato | Restaurant by Chef Mike Isabella
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America Eats Tavern | Restaurant by Jose Andres
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Pinups for Pitbulls | PFPB is a non-profit organization with a mission to reestablish the defamed reputation of pit bull-type dogs as America’s premier companion animal, war hero and therapy dog.
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The Doerrer Group | Consulting Firm in the greater DC Metro area
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Suzy Allman | New York based editorial photographer
Michael Bonfigli | Washington DC based photo journalist
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Oyamel Cocina Mexicana’s Day of the Dead Festival | A José Andrés restaurant in DC
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Oyamel Cocina Mexicana is a restaurant located in the Penn Quarter of Washington DC. Oyamel combines Mexico’s rich regional diversity with the modern urban atmosphere of Mexico City. Every year they celebrate the Day of the Dead with a Festival and this year for 2010 we refreshed the look of the festival with a new Day of the Dead logo, posters, postcards, a web campaign, and tshirts.
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The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. Following the campaign of “No Excuses,” the 2010 Annual Report was designed to convey a spirit of activism and a passionate commitment to achieving legislative change.
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While working with DOE in Seattle, I was lucky enough to work on the whole line of DC snowboards for the 2009/2010 season. Shown here is the design for the BFT series, inspired by DC’s famous pill pattern.
Another undertaking while at DOE, Rossignol came to us with the opportunity to design the women’s ski line. The catch was we only had two weeks. Needless to say, the powerhouse team accepted the challenge and pulled it off. Here is the FS84 model, my baby from conception to production.
The Doerrer Group is a small consulting firm located in Washington DC.
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Michael Bonfigli is a Washington DC based photojournalist specializing in wedding photography.
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LIVES is a utilitarian magazine about design in our everyday lives and how design affects the way we live. The magazine is held together with nuts & bolts, allowing you to take it apart and use the inner contents as a resource. Info-graphics are another integral part of the magazine and in the end the magazine itself represents what it is about. This special issue is sent with a digital version & extra goods for the consumer to reuse or recylce.
I have been a part of The General Design Company team since February 2010. Since I started, I have been working on getting our website updated to a new look that would be easier to keep fresh and up to date.
I started by creating an icon system that would complement the navigation that was tailored to our name. From there I let the philosophy of design being utility, not art take shape to design the rest of the site’s functionality.
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In June 2011, Chef Mike Isabella opened Graffiato, an Italian-inspired restaurant in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, DC. In addition to the website, we designed the logo and identity along with other collateral.
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This simple splash page was made for a friend who wanted a place to link all of his creative endeavors and social media. The custom icons each link to a blog, photos, videos, and music.
