Kenny Applegate

Letterform Combination & Color Experiment

“KA”

Celebrating 30 years of Sour Punch!

These packs are a fresh take on the original tray design from over 30 years ago. We dug up the original art file, dusted it off and brought new life to these Sour Punch trays. Check out the original grape reference below!

Packaging Design 2020

Soft, Chewy & Delicious!

Packaging Design & Photography 2024

What's the flavor?!

There has been a conspiracy to cover up the newest Sour Punch flavor. Can you guess what it is? Taste to find out!

Packaging Design & Social Content 2025

These super spicy straws had everyone who was bold enough to try them sweating and reaching for a cold glass of something!

Packaging Design & Photography 2024

Packaging and Lifestyle Imagery 2025

Sweet, Savory, Sour

Although this item was created for an April Fools Day release, these bacon bites are no joke. Bacon Bites were sold for a limited time and available exclusively online.

Packaging and Photography 2025

'“Bacon-flavored candy is an abomination—a sticky, artificial nightmare that fuses smoky meat essence with sickly sweetness. It clings to your tongue like regret, leaving a greasy, chemical aftertaste. It's neither candy nor bacon (which ew anyway), just a horrifying mistake that haunts your taste buds forever.”

- Real Bacon Bites Review

Two MEGA Flavors, One Epic Snack

Forget your basic snacks. This is the ultimate sweet, tangy, and savory mashup you didn't even know you were craving!

Packaging Design & Photography 2025

Logo Design

The University Residences Multicultural Connections program provides first-year minority residents from under-represented groups with encouragement and support as they transition to life at Purdue. In addition, this program provides student leaders opportunities to gain transferable leadership skills by interacting with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. Mentors are upperclassmen who have exhibited academic proficiency and leadership ability. They are trained to discuss issues and difficulties that their first-year peers are experiencing and make appropriate referrals to campus resources.

Award Winning Design:

Marcom Awards | Gold Marcom Award | Print Media | 2018

American Advertising Awards | Gold ADDY | Logo Design | 2018

American Advertising Awards | Best of Show | Logo Design | 2018

Hermes Creative Awards | Platinum Winner | Print Media | 2019

Hitting shelves in retailers nationwide for Easter 2026!

Packaging Design & Photography

Sour, Sweet, REPEAT...

One won't suffice! Each long candy piece is coated in a sour blend that'll have you reaching for "just one more."

Web and Packaging Design 2025

Take a gamble with Sour Punch roulette straws! These pickle and ghost pepper themed trays are sure to provide a unique tasting experience.

Candy Industry Best New Product 2023

Packaging design 2023

Logo Contest Winner

I designed this logo for the 100th annual Newton County Pun’kin Vine Fair. I entered it into an open competition, and it was selected by a panel of judges to the be used as the official logo. It was an honor to be selected as the winner because I spent many summers as a kid running around the Newton County Fair. I think this is partly why I was able to create a successful design. By incorporating colors, motiffs and typefaces I remembered seeing at the fair years ago, I created a design that provides a sense of nostalgia for the people of my hometown. These elements are combined in a way that works cohesively while portraying the essence of the fair’s traditions.

Every summer Red Vines® release a limited edition Peace Love and Vines™ tray. I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to design this tray for the summer of 2020. It hit the shelves in early June and ran through late September. I was afforded a lot of creative freedom with this one and had a lot of fun putting this together for an iconic American brand.

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Social Campaign

Welcome to halloween the Red Vines way 👻

I took these spooky pictures for social media content during the halloween 2020 season.

#redvines #peaceloveandvines

Nostalgia in the air

I put this together after a trip to Los Angeles for the Adobe Max conference in the winter of 2019.

West Coast x Midwest Mashup