WE GO ON TOUR

URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KC

URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KC

URBAN LEAGUE OF

GREATER KC

URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KC

GRIEF IS A LANGUAGE

Motion Design By HALEY HENNIER 

Creative Director LESLIE MACK

Author & Speaker JOHN ONWUCHEKWA

A CENTURY OF PROGRESS

Motion Design By HALEY HENNIER 

Design By ZAC GREASON & ALYSON JACK

Written By JIM HOWARD

A CENTURY OF PROGRESS

Motion Design By HALEY HENNIER 

Design By ZAC GREASON & ALYSON JACK

Written By JIM HOWARD

A CENTURY OF PROGRESS

Motion Design By HALEY HENNIER 

Design By ZAC GREASON & ALYSON JACK

Written By JIM HOWARD

A CENTURY OF PROGRESS

Motion Design By HALEY HENNIER 

Design By ZAC GREASON & ALYSON JACK

Written By JIM HOWARD

JOHN ONWUCHEKWA –– is an author, community leader, and a co-host of We Go On Tour ; an experience curated to discuss and process grief by sharing, creating, and building support.

Last year, John and his team, led by Creative Director Leslie Mack, reached out to me to take their established system, and to design, edit, animate the introduction sequence for the show. In addition to the title sequence, we created supplementary interstitials and a credit sequence for the program. The team was looking to blend their own brand standards with my unique style of mixed media animation; so we set off to tie together their library of footage with powerful found imagery and custom created cel-animations to bring John's words to life.

Every stage and detail of this project was as carefully curated as the show itself. We chose, created, debated, and refined this imagery to ensure that we set the tone for an impactful day. 

I'm quite proud of this work.

For over 100 years, The Urban League of Greater Kansas City has had one simple mission, "To enable African Americans and other disadvantaged persons to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights." For the ULKC's 100th birthday, our team at Barkley gave this important organization a brand new identity to celebrate their history and where they were heading as an organization. 

We accompanied this rebrand with a manifesto, illustrated by brave and bold kinetic typography. Drawing inspiration from typography and images of America's civil rights movements, as well as documentaries of adversity and perseverence such as "The Last Dance", we created a powerful piece of work, which declares that after 100 years, the Urban League of Greater Kansas City stands proud of their accomplishments, but the fight for equity is far from over.  

LEARN MORE ABOUT ULKC

For over 100 years, The Urban League of Greater Kansas City has had one simple mission, "To enable African Americans and other disadvantaged persons to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights." For the ULKC's 100th birthday, our team at Barkley gave this important organization a brand new identity to celebrate their history and where they were heading as an organization. 

We accompanied this rebrand with a manifesto, illustrated by brave and bold kinetic typography. Drawing inspiration from typography and images of America's civil rights movements, as well as documentaries of adversity and perseverence such as "The Last Dance", we created a powerful piece of work, which declares that after 100 years, the Urban League of Greater Kansas City stands proud of their accomplishments, but the fight for equity is far from over.  

LEARN MORE ABOUT ULKC

FOR OVER 100 YEARS –– The Urban League of Greater Kansas City has had one simple mission, "To enable African Americans and other disadvantaged persons to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights." For the ULKC's 100th birthday, our team at Barkley gave this important organization a brand new identity to celebrate their history and where they were heading as an organization. 

We accompanied this rebrand with a manifesto, illustrated by brave and bold kinetic typography. Drawing inspiration from typography and images of America's civil rights movements, as well as documentaries of adversity and perseverence such as "The Last Dance", we created a powerful piece of work, which declares that after 100 years, the Urban League of Greater Kansas City stands proud of their accomplishments, but the fight for equity is far from over.  

LEARN MORE ABOUT ULKC

The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. On July 20, 1969, the presiding president, Richard M. Nixon, informed the people of the nation, in a haunting address, that our astronauts would not be returning home.

Or at least, that's what would have happened, had Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin not made their return safely to Earth. 

This piece is a kinetic type study, illustrating a speech that President Nixon had prepared for the worst case scenario of the Apollo 11 mission. I created a kinetic alphabet to bring barren and dramatic life to a font family that already symbolized bold, daring, and classic design. 

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RESEARCH & TYPOGRAPHY

RESEARCH & TYPOGRAPHY

RESEARCH & TYPOGRAPHY

RESEARCH & TYPOGRAPHY

PRELIMINARY BOARDS / ANIMATIC

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