"Kern, you're like an automatic profit center. When you work on a project, we always make money." That's one of my funniest memories of working with Alterpop. One day, the bookkeeper said that to me in passing and I still remember it to this day. Alterpop is an award winning design agency run by [...]
Sandra McHenry Design
kerntoy@comcast.net2020-06-15T09:11:32-07:00Designing a showcase portfolio website for a designer friend, whom I deeply admire and respect, is both rewarding and terrifying. As a very young designer, I interned for Sandra McHenry when she worked at Pentagram. She was always very supportive but she also took every opportunity to torment me... in a fun way, of course. [...]
Melanie Doherty Design
kerntoy@comcast.net2021-01-28T10:41:40-08:00I LOVE WORKING FOR FRIENDS! It's really that simple. I get to help out people whom I respect, admire and enjoy working with. I've known Melanie for almost 20 years since we were both graphic design professors at CCA. In the last few years, Melanie Doherty Design has hired me to help out with [...]
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
kerntoy@comcast.net2020-06-12T10:23:23-07:00Can you design a brochure about a topic that is totally theoretical??? Sure... how am I going to do that??? I worked with Goodby, Silverstein & Partners to produce this brochure for MTV EngineRoom. MTV wanted to use their EngineRoom channel to teach high school students about different career paths. This particular one was about [...]