Design — Kenny Okagaki

Album Artwork

^{Cover design for DaBaby’s “My Brother’s Keeper ”}

Commemorating his late brother, DaBaby knew he wanted the artwork to center around this childhood photo. I framed it within a polaroid scan, adding layers of analogue texture and forgoing text to evoke memory and rememberance.

Debuted on the Billboard 200 for albums.

^{Cover design for Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Let’s Be Friends”}

Carly wanted to subvert conventional Valentine’s Day romanticisim, so I went to Party City and destroyed some classic romantic consumer goods. I snapped the wreckage next to the dumpster, lowering shutter speed to convey the uptempo song’s energy.

^{Cover design for Lana Del Rey’s “Doin’ Time”}

Lana took this iphone selfie, and I was brought on board to evoke her retro, nostalgic, and intimately lofi aesthetic to match Sublime’s legendary song.

Debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for singles.

^{Cover design for Tom Morello’s “Stand Up”}

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine wrote this song in response to George Floyd’s murder. I wanted to use bold, minimal typography for the cover, channeling the song’s succint call to action . Drawing influence from my own background in grafitti/street art, I distressed the classic Impact font used in many grafitti crew stickers to echo where the movements and protests were happening: the street.

^{Other selected album/single artwork:}

^IDEO

As an interaction designer at IDEO, I work for industry-leading clients to design the future of what’s possible for their offerings. I work in collaborative, interdisciplinary design teams to craft creative direction, branding, graphics, UI/UX, animation/video based storytelling, and more.

^{Chameleon

My vintage clothing store with locations in San Francisco Japantown + .Haight Ashbury.}

^{I collaborated with some of my favorite graphic designer friends to create a shop has many visual identities, just like a chameleon.}

Logos by Owen Borges, Elan Shohet Zabin, Hayato Kawai, Patrick Ryan, Pandamonium Sign Co, Eddie Mandell.

^{archive layer

Designed all UI, branding, and social content for an online shopping site that scraped the internet for “archive” menswear.}

^{DOG®

A fun riff on the construction company CAT’s logo that I turned into a streetwear/workwear line. Sold over 100+ pieces.}

^{HIPPIE TOWN

A whimsical identity for a lifestyle clothing line.}

The design is based off of a psychedelic bar in Osaka, Japan called “ganja/acid.” The owner once referred to my hometown San Francisco as a “Hippie Town.”

I took that quote and combined it with Japanese “kawaii” style pop art to craft a run of tees and stickers.

^{KENNY’S

A fun flip of the Denny’s logo, for a personal logo. Printed limited runs of tee shirts, aprons, and stickers.}

^{Gracie Abrams

Stage visual design for Gracie Abram’s Jimmy Kimmel performance}

^{Club Athletico Parceiros

Pro bono logo design for a youth soccer team/academy in my hometown San Francisco.}

^{KIOSK BOYS

Pro bono logo & apparel design for a vintage store in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.}

^{Mikata Udon

Pro bono logo design & creative direction for an upcoming Japanese noodle restaurant/pop-up in Seattle.}

^{Harry’s Barbershop San Francisco

Pro bono logo design & creative direction for an upcoming barbershop in my hometown}

^{Bin Boy Billionaire

Pro bono logo design for a vintage clothing retailer in Seattle.}

^{Collaboration with Voz.Art}

^{Formless Vision

Pro bono logo design for a post-rock indie music label in San Francisco.}

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