Art Direction + Design
Carl Bender is a designer and Group Art Director working at Esri, a global mapping and data technology company pioneering GIS. With over 20 years of experience, his work has appeared in numerous professional publications and has been recognized for awesomeness by leading design standards including AIGA, Communication Arts, Fast Company, and Print Magazine.
When not working with designers to bring big ideas to life at scale, Carl obsesses over personal design projects, makes whiskey, and enjoys the outdoors with his special lady friend and two dogs.
Capabilities
Branding
- Brand Strategy
- Brand Evolution
- Naming
- Visual Identity
- Brand Guidelines
- Design Tools
UX/UI
- User Experience
- User Interaction
- Design System Development
- Web Design
- Product Design
Illustration
- Editorial Illustration
- Spot Illustration
- Icon System Development
- Iconography
- Packaging
- Signage + Wayfinding
- Book + Editorial Design
- Advertising
Credentials
Clients
- A3 Ventures
- Adobe
- AFAR Magazine
- AIGA
- Apple
- Dwell Magazine
- The Gates Foundation
- General Electric
- MTV
- The North Face
- Time Warner
- Toyota
Agencies
- AKQA
- Attik
- Meta Design
- I Shot Him
- Kasman Design
- LightSky
- Tomorrow Partners
- Tuft + Co.
- Word, Pictures, Ideas
Publications
- CMYK Magazine
- Communication Arts Magazine
- Design & Design
- The Die Line
- Fast Company
- Gallery Magazine
- HOW Magazine
- The New York Times
- Print Magazine
- Site Inspire
Awards
- Addy Award
- Adobe Achievement Award
- AIGA Cause & Affect Award
- National Magazine Award
- Neenah Unshow Award
- Spark Award
- W3 Award
- Webby Award