Yes, working for this software company really IS as fun as people think! For a designer, Autodesk was a golden opportunity to do lots and lots of great work. The people were terrific to work with. Management was brilliant and totally supportive. We worked with every department. The size and scope of projects that [...]
Alterpop
kerntoy@comcast.net2021-01-29T15:51:34-08:00"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 [...]
University Games
kerntoy@comcast.net2020-06-12T08:33:10-07:00Mr. Toy designs... TOYS!!! In addition to designing the packaging for these University Games products, I also had the really exciting opportunity to design the game boards and work out the game play with the product manager. Does anyone remember ColorForms? ColorForms was a repositionable sticker that you could use over and over on a [...]
Discovery Toys
kerntoy@comcast.net2020-06-26T13:52:11-07:00How do you rebrand a line of toys that's already been very successful without losing the audience? For Discovery Toys, a direct marketing toy company, the line of toys aimed at the 3 months–3 years market segment was very successful. However, the packaging was very inconsistent up to that point. Yes, the solution would definitely [...]