K Brandon Bell Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

Digital set design for live news broadcasts & events.

Manchester, Nh

Screen design & scenic animations for the Democratic Debate at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, aired live on Feb 7, 2020, via ABC, Hearst Television’s WMUR-TV, Apple News and ABC News Live. Along with designer Marshall Burroughs, I reworked our graphics from the Houston debate back in September for the updated set in New England.

Motion graphics & virtual set design for broadcast, film, and live events.

Greater New York City Area

(After a decade as a sole proprietorship, Design-O-Matic has become K Brandon Bell Creative.)Over 10 adventurous years, D-O-M produced: Motion graphics for Web & Broadcast; Video editing, field production & full scale video productions; Interactive design & development including IA & UX; Cross-platform desktop apps; Mobile applications (iPhone, tablets, traditional handsets & more); Print, branding & traditional media design; Class instruction; Guest lectures.

Greater Memphis Area

As a fulltime professor I was primarily focused on digital media design education, with a special interest in introducing students to After Effects motion design and live event media production.

Greater Memphis Area

For the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 semesters I led courses in Motion Design, Print Communication, and Interactive Design.

Greater Seattle Area

This was the Seattle offshoot of a multi-year educational project with Opera Memphis, which involved Graphic Design students at the University of Memphis. The full-length opera The Falling & The Rising was the subject at this year's Midtown Opera Festival at Playhouse On The Square. It’s a beautiful piece about our soldiers and the sacrifices they make. And…it’s the first opera commissioned by the United States Army.I worked with the Seattle Opera on their own production of The Falling & The Rising, which premiered Friday, November 15, 2019. This was the very first performance in their brand new Tagney Jones Hall space. UofM Graphic Design Senior Tin Kure was able to spend a few days onsite contributing to the piece and learning the process. A particular thank you to the students from last Spring's Motion Design class, who curated the vast majority of the images for the projections. Bravi tutti!From SeattleOpera.com: "The intimate, fully-staged, 70-minute chamber opera is performed by 5 singers and an 11-piece orchestra in Tagney Jones Hall at the new Opera Center."

Houston Tx

Screen and projection design for the third Democratic Primary Debate in Houston TX, aired live on ABC on Sept 12, 2019.University of Memphis Graphic Design Junior E. Marshall helped out enormously onsite in Houston.

Greater New York City Area

I am honored to have worked as screen producer and designer for this 6-night series of live TED Talks on Broadway, which took place Nov. 1-6, 2015 at NYC's beautiful Town Hall theater in Times Square. The themes were Education Revolution, War & Peace, and Science & Wonder, and featured speakers and performers such as Elvis Costello, Anna Deavere Smith, Chris Anderson, Adam Driver, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Thomas Dolby, and others from NASA, Pixar, DARPA, MIT, Radiolab, Stanford and more.The weeklong engagement was then edited & broadcast as PBS specials throughout the following year. "TED Talks: Science & Wonder", debuted on March 30, 2016; "TED Talks: War and Peace" aired on May 30, 2016; and "TED Talks: Education Revolution" wrapped up the series on September 13, 2016.Seth Easter Design did the physical set and handled all the LED details, Sarah Rossi shot a bunch of custom images for the show, animator Dan Baker helped out with custom motion graphics, and Peter Acken busted out the programming.PBS began airing the talks in three individual primetime specials on March 30, 2016.

Greater New York City Area

For the five award ceremonies from 2011-2015 (and again in 2022), I was tasked with digitally recreating and animating theater sets that could be manipulated live during broadcast, for each of the performing nominees. The goal was to fool viewers' eyes into believing there is real scenery on stage, when in reality almost all of it is video content in giant LED screens.I worked with a very talented group of people to make it all happen: art director Seth Easter, photographers Dallas Raleigh and Sarah Rossi-Bell, animator Dan Baker, and programming voodoo-maker Peter "Evil Jesus" Acken.This was a custom process we created & developed in 2011, and which we continually refined & evolved over the next years as new challenges and requests arose.

Greater New York City Area

I worked closely with set designers Seth Easter Design & programmer Peter Acken to create a customized show look and a series of motion & still graphics to help TED move from stage to screen with their very first televised special, "TED Talks Education".Hosted by John Legend and featuring speakers such as Bill Gates & Sir Ken Robinson, this groundbreaking program debuted on PBS (courtesy of NYC's WNET) in May 2013.You can watch the show in its entirety here: https://www.ted.com/playlists/125/tv_special_ted_talks_educatio

Greater New York City Area

For 3 consecutive years, I implemented custom live data visualizations for this incredible charity event. In partnership with Brian Oakes, Jon Stewart, and Alex Coletti, this series of applications was created for the Robin Hood Foundation’s Gala extravaganza, held at NYC’s Javits Center.The challenge was to develop remote-controlled motion graphics that could display live event information on a series of 20-foot projection screens. As attendees made their donations, the results were displayed on demand (or alternatively as a live feed if requested) through these custom-designed apps. I was honored to be responsible for building and controlling these apps onsite during the events that benefit the homeless and underprivileged in New York.

Greater New York City Area

Field Producer at large live events, celebrity interviewer, and post-production designer responsible for digital video editing and motion graphics for Dennis Publishing. Specialized in projects for Maxim Magazine, Stuff Magazine, Blender, and The Week.

Greater New York City Area

Senior Art Director, primarily working with Flash-based or hybrid Interactive projects including websites, CD-ROMs, & kiosks.

Greater New York City Area

Multimedia, branding, identity systems, Web and print design. This was my one and only horrible job experience, but it's all an adventure in learning. I was very fortunate to have made some lifelong friends and colleagues here, though I'm pleased to say that I was able to move on from this one very quickly.

Greater Memphis Area

Art DirectorSossaman & Associates AdvertisingArt Direction and Design for Web, print, outdoor and informational signage; Photography and illustration Art Direction; Presentations to both small and very large groups.

Mfa, Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: Cum LaudeTeaching Assistant for design foundation courses; designed and built UofM's first-ever Art Department.

Bfa, Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude, Tau Sigma Delta & Pi Alpha Theta art/honor societiesKLPI Radio DJ; assistant to Graphic Design.