The Chicago office of Red Car is excited to announce the addition of renowned graphic designer Kevin OʼRourke to its arsenal of talent. Kevin comes to Red Car after spending the last seven years with Postique and then Universal Images in Detroit. Prior to his time in Detroit, Kevin worked as a graphic designer at various shops throughout Chicago.
“Kevin is a one of a kind talent” says Craig Duncan, Managing Director of Red Car Chicago. “He is a true artist in every sense. I am very excited to have Kevin on board and I look forward to him pushing Red Car‘s creative envelope and giving our editors and our clients a really strong in-house option for motion graphics.”
In addition to award-winning work for clients such as Ford, Alltel, Jeep and The History Channel, Kevin has produced concert posters for Lucinda Williams, Flogging Molly and Sonic Youth along with poster art for the nationally rank Detroit Roller Derby league.
O’Rourke’s style-if he can be said to have a single style- uses elements of commercial advertising to create a current of bold colors, explosive shapes, and clearly defined messages. Kevin uses influences from disparate sources to create something new, a reconfiguration in which the base elements are powerfully redefined in proximity to one another.
O’Rourke joins the team of creative editors, Sean Berringer, Bob Carr, Greg Sunmark, Tim LoDolce along with Effects/Finishing artist Christopher Elliott.
“I feel the addition of a top-shelf motion graphic designer like O’Rourke really helps to complete the picture here at Red Car” Duncan continues. “We have been utilizing Red Car‘s powerhouse Redhead division out of New York for most of our graphic needs.
Having Kevin on board in Chicago will provide our clients with a local motion graphic resource along with a creative conduit to Redhead in New York for larger scale graphic projects.”
