Kieran Redmond

“Articulate imagery” is a phrase this Rochester, NY, designer uses to describe how he finds his voice in the visual.

"Stars and Stripes," from Kieran's Warhorse Clothing days.And Kieran has a lot to say.

At RIT, he and a couple of friends started a business called Warhorse Clothing, primarily designing graphic T-shirts. You can see the fruit of his labor every day—right on his own back. A horse flying out of cogs. Animals transforming into vague shapes. Silhouettes of birds splashed across dark fields. It’s a surreal blend of the natural and industrial worlds, much like the artist.

KieranKieran found his niche in graphic design early. He and his graphic T’s go way back together.

“I think my first real start was in the fifth grade when I won a t-shirt design contest for a school play titled Cinderella meets the Wolfman,” he says. He’s loved working with his hands and being creative ever since he was a little kid.

He later got a nudge from his mom, who “forced me into a Commercial Art Design class in the eleventh grade,” he says. A week into the class, he was hooked.

"Red Star Express 3" shot in Truckland, NJ.You get a sense of Kieran’s inspiration in his photography experiments, too. There’s a collection of warm, weathered landscapes populated by rusty cars, abandoned industrial sites and other dystopian visions. All captured with an eye for beauty in unlikely places.

Where does inspiration come from? “Good work that isn’t afraid to be different,” he says.

Kieran currently works as a junior art director at Rochester ad agency Roberts Communications, where he first found a job as an intern. In his spare time, he’s been designing apparel for American Parkour, and he’s getting ready to release yet another new line of clothes with some local designers and friends.

See more: articulateimagery.tumblr.com

Say hi: Articulate.Imagery@yahoo.com