Special Modern Design was founded in 2000 by award winning designer, Karen Barranco. Her extensive experience includes work as a Creative Director for notable branding and design firms in Los Angeles such as Evenson Design Group and Red Ant Media Group serving the needs of clients including Universal Studios, Warner Bros., NBC, Nestlé, DayRunner, Winfire, Countrywide, and MCA/Universal, Disney, and Reading Entertainment.
Inspired early on by the discovery and planning necessary to communicate the appropriate message, Karen has adopted her own process. She possesses a unique combination of traits. With a keen business sense, talent and instinct for nailing the graphics, she is an expert at creating innovative and evocative brands and applying them to high-level logo/identity design campaigns. Her passion for creating design that evokes the desired reaction lays the foundation of Special Modern Design’s success.
Inspired early on by the discovery and planning necessary to communicate the appropriate message, Karen has adopted her own process. She possesses a unique combination of traits. With a keen business sense, talent and instinct for nailing the graphics, she is an expert at creating innovative and evocative brands and applying them to high-level logo/identity design campaigns. Her passion for creating design that evokes the desired reaction lays the foundation of Special Modern Design’s success.