contrabrand / the Works, life, and gospel of Brandon Todd Wilson

From racking up my folks’ long distance bills requesting stickers from my favorite companies, to filling notebooks cover-to-cover with their logos, I've always been fascinated with brands. Kansas City is the city I spend my days dreaming, designing and building human to brand experiences—some of the folks I’ve been blessed to work with are Dell, Hostess Cakes, Boulevard Beer, Mcdonald’s, Cook’s Ham, TIGI/Bed Head, Burton Snowboards and Red Bull to name a few.

Any time beyond that is divided between my wonderful family, my students and riding sideways. Our reality as people is all that we have to draw inspiration from so wrapping our lives with realities we enjoy is essential for our creative survival.

In the last few years my work has been recognized by organizations such as Graphis, Rockport Publishers, Index Book, AIGA, the ADDYs and showcased in numerous industry blogs. In addition, my work was awarded the Yahoo! Big Idea Chair, received Best of Show Interactive at the 2005 National ADDYs and was featured in the Red Bull Art of Can exhibition.

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