I’m Kevin. Art direction from
store wall to phone screen.
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Curiosity,
put to work.
Independent products by Kevin Halstead. Tools to work with, worlds to explore and resources built to help. Open a product to try it.
SHIFTA campaign playground
An original app concept by Kevin Halstead. Choose Cricket, Levi’s or Warby Parker, edit the message, play with each layout and export your artwork.
Try the studio ↗Typesetting / Live tool ↗Rag Right
A typesetting proof tool that marks widows, holes and wedges, then resets the line breaks.
Open the tool ↗Culture / Live tool ↗Born Into
Pick a birthday. Get a nostalgia card with the music, movies, books and culture of that moment.
Make your card ↗Design / Creative toolkit ↗HalsteadK Kit
Design tools, typography, ideas and experiments. A growing collection for curious creative minds.
Explore the Kit ↗Culture / City guide ↗KEVNS
An independent cultural guide to eight cities, one neighborhood at a time: good tables, small music rooms and buildings worth looking up at.
Explore KEVNS ↗Interactive world / Created by Kevin HalsteadFRANKLYNNCat Rave Supreme
A fictional after-hours club for cats. Explore themed floors, music, characters and an extravagant Chicago night.
Enter the club ↗Community resource / Created by Kevin HalsteadStill HereChicago
A Chicago resource guide built around immediate needs: shelter, food, warmth and support. Currently a beta.
Explore the guide ↗Design intelligence / Created by Kevin HalsteadPULSERead what’s next.
A design intelligence suite exploring type, layout and color. Compare directions and turn the findings into a starting system.
Take the pulse ↗
Creative judgment.
Hands-on craft.
I own the work from concept through the files that go to production.
My first title was Macintosh operator: separations, mechanicals, and type that had to survive a press. That production discipline still shapes every idea I make. I’ve built an in-house photo studio at Havas, set design standards at Holt McDougal, and art-directed Cricket Wireless retail at TPN / Omnicom.
Today I run generative tools the same way I run a photo shoot: with a tight brief, careful selection, retouching, and a standard the finished work has to meet.
ART DIRECTION / RETAIL & SHOPPER / BRAND SYSTEMS / PRINT & PACKAGING / DIGITAL / RETOUCHING & COLOR
work@halsteadk.com
(312) 956-8588
Experience at a glance+
Independent practice
Art direction & design, alongside and between staff roles.
TPN / Omnicom
Senior Art Director · Cricket Wireless retail creative.
Holt McDougal / HMH
Senior Designer · Educational marketing and design standards.
Douglas–Danielle
Art Director, Digital · Websites and microsites.
Havas
Studio Artist to Art Director · In-house photo studio.
McKnight Kurland / Vision Production
Production & Design · Layout, packaging and typography.