Mark Kingsley Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York City, NY, US

Malcontent is a small, and ambitious, lab that creates branding programs, company philosophies, strategies, global advertising campaigns, logos, record covers, film titles, music, apps, products, books, websites, invisible designs, and lectures. Clients include multinationals, museums, startups, the people of New York City, composers, galleries, record.

New York, NY, US

Bringing a custom menswear brand into the ready-to-wear market.

New York, NY, US

The Masters in Branding program is the first of its kind in the world. I teach a course which views branding and brand strategy through the frameworks of critical theory and continental philosophy. I also lead graduate students through branding projects for real world clients; which have included the Sundance Film Festival, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

New York City, NY, US

BrandBox is a (playful and thoughtful) podcast on the strategies and effects of brands. Now streaming, from your favorite podcast platform.

Rochester, NY, US

This was an endowed position within the College of Art and Design. Additionally, I sat on the Vignelli Center for Design Studies planning committee.

New York, NY, US

A little pre-pandemic work, for several impressive clients, including: Wells Fargo, Michelin and ADP. The world may have changed, but the relationships remain.

New York, NY, US

Notable projectsOgilvy: strategic repositioning, internal values and verbal standards for the reinvention of a revered advertising agency.Equinox Hotels: strategic foundation for the health club’s expansion into the hospitality space.Bell Labs: strategy and prototype direction of a future-life device.DMM/Fanza: transformed Japan's largest adult-content.

New York, NY, US

Lendoor was a new investment platform, leveraging Title III (Crowdfunding) of the JOBS act, enacted in November 2015. I gave form to the brand: from the visual identity system, to the look and feel of the site, to user experience, to the SEC compliance forms.And no, there was no connection with my previous position at Landor. Similar name, different.

Contributed a monthly column about visual culture to RockPaperInk, the online presence of Rockport Publishers.

San Francisco office, April 2008—January 2010New York City office, January 2010—December 2010Paris office, January 2011—March 2011 (side-project for Visa Europe: Wink)Besides overseeing creative work for one of the largest accounts in the Landor network, I ensured that all Citi work done in every Landor office across the globe maintained the same high.

Contributor to the pioneering design blog, Speak Up.

As part of this well-regarded team, my experience ranged from retail spaces to visual identity systems to logos to packaging.American Express/OPEN: interface design Sprint: retail environment design DoubleClick: new logo and identity system Wal-Mart: packaging and retail environment design Delta Airlines: rebranding

Co-owner of an award-winning design firm specializing in work for the music industry and the art world.Long-term clients: The Alternative Pick, Atlantic Records, Bang on a Can, Blue Note Records, BMG Classics + Jazz, Central Park SummerStage, Guggenheim Museum, Sean Kelly Gallery, Sony Music, Universal Music, Verve Music Group, VH1Other notable clients.

Dennis Cleveland is an opera which takes place in a Jerry Springer-esque television talk show. In the role, I spoke, yelled, broke up fights and helped direct the audience's energy. Blessedly, I did not sing.Kyle Gann in The Village Voice wrote “Dennis Cleveland is the most exciting and innovative new opera since Einstein on the Beach.” The New York Times.

Intelligent Skincare was the American extension of Pola, the largest skincare and cosmetics company in Japan. My responsibilities covered advertising and special packaging.

As a young designer in the Designer Fragrance Division, I worked on packaging and promotional materials for the Ralph Lauren, Armani, Drakkar Noir, Anaïs Anaïs, and Paloma Picasso cosmetic lines.And if you've read this far, ask me what Ralph Lauren taught me. Yes, I'm dropping a name. But at least it's towards the bottom of the list.

On August 10, 1982, I spent one single blessed day as a junior roadie for the great Carlos Santana and his band. I lifted big boxes in the morning, was idle most of the day, saw the concert, then lifted big boxes until the wee hours of the night. Things I learned: 1. Backstage is boring.2. The road crew for Earth, Wind and Fire was the best in the.