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Kenny Banzai

Santa Cruz, CA

kennybanzai.com

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Education
- BIND Industrial Design
  
  Pratt Institute
  
  2001 - 2004
  
  Product design.
Experience
- Lead Designer
  
  FOX Factory
  
  Scotts Valley, CA
  
  Nov 2017 - Present (7 years)
- Furniture and wood shop technician
  
  Pratt Institute
  
  helped student with machines in shop and hand tools for their projects. Maintained regular maintinence on some machines andaided in material acquisitions. . 2002'-2003'
- English Teacher
  
  Furniture shop tech
  
  Woodshop tech in S.Korea, Screen Printer, Sculptor, Skateboarding Event Coordinator, Snowboarding Club Founder, Musician, Mural making instructor, Speaker at Roanoke Museum of fine art.
- Graphic Designer
  
  K2 Snowboarding
  
  snowboard graphics, bindings, boots, apperal, pop, tradeshow booth catalogue design, web, everything. Manage artists, timelines, and unique resources. Provide marketing insight and relevant materials for brand concepts and direction. Provide I.D. for boot and binding development.
- Artist/designer
  
  Switchboard Inc. Dogtown Skateboards
  
  skateboards and promotional products.
- Artist
  
  FOUNDATION Skateboards (Tum-Yeto)
  
  pro series of skateboard decks.
- Designer
  
  Rossignol Snowboards
  
  Snowboard graphics for all styles and ages.
- Designer Work directly
  
  NEFF Headwear
  
  with creative director on apparel graphics. *kennyg@neffheadwear.com
- Designer of graphics
  
  VON ZIPPER
  
  apparel.
- COMPLEX Magazine
  
  Illustrations/art for special articles/features of magazine. *Anthony Clarke- AClarke@complex.com
- Designer
  
  Warner Music Group
  
  WMG band's merch. For tours and Hot Topic. Created and contributed to design related to artist's music styles and culture. *Meryl.OConnor@wmg.com
- Kanji Corp./Tank Corp. Clothing
  
  Made full line of streetwear clothing including pants, shirts, hoodies, and accessories to be produced overseas. Created all art and participated in creating tech packs.
- Artist
  
  RELIANCE and SIREN Skateboards
  
  creating unique skate graphics for boards, tees, and promotional material. Illustration and graphic design, color sep., pantone colors. *Darren Wells* papadizzle@gmail.com
- Designer of men and womens streetwear graphics
  
  AKADEMIKS Clothing
  
  Colorful, and explosive. Sold in Macy's and other major department stores.
- BANZAI Design Artist/Designer/Muralist: Paint murals
  
  silk-screening
  
  logo design, sign constructionpaint. Transforming spaces in homes, and youth centers, etc. 2002'-2004'
- Sr Product Graphic Designer
  
  GIRO Sport Design
  
  Santa Cruz, CA
  
  2014 - 2017 (3 years)
Awards

05/12 Threadless.com: Reprint- “Training for Utopia.”

04/09 Threadless.com Design contest winner - “Zombie Nomz”

12/08 Designbyhumans.com: Tee of the Day and Week winner: “Know Looking Back”

08/08 Threadless.com: Design contest winner - “Bunyans Blues” (Style Swap)

06/07 Threadless.com: T-Shirt design contest winner- “Ta$ty Mix.”

12/01-12/04 Pratt Presidents List Maintaining GPA over 3.25

08/03-01/04 Industrial Design Dept. contest for I.D. Magazine. Top 10 of Design Dept.

08/01-04/02 Pratt Foundation Merritt Contest. Top thirty of 2004 class.
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Kenny Banzai

Assistant Professor - Educator, Industrial Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Assistant Professor, Graphic Design