Warren Casey

Designer

Warren Casey designs exterior environments, hardscapes, commercial signage, interiors, and graphics. He has managed projects for numerous companies and was an art director and prop master on TV commercials for VISA, McDonald's, CBS, Apple, Suntory and others. Warren specializes in the two- and three-dimensional aspects of a project: what looks great on paper will look great when built. With his team-management skills, your project will be completed on time and within budget.

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Skills:
* Interior & Exterior Environmental Designer
* Art Director
* Set Decorator
* Assistant Art Director
* Property Master
* Graphic Designer
* Custom Prop Design & Manufacturer
* Model Maker
* Set Design
* Illustration
* Sculpting
* Painting
* Musician
* Drum Maker

* Macintosh: Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Final Cut, Freehand, Illustrator

Freelance Design Experience
2008
• Exterior Environment
Private home - decks, water futures, tori gates, Japanese Tea house and
gardens. Client: Shane Gibson
1997 - Present
• Complete Identity Design
Wicked Tinker Band
1997
• Illustration Design
Outdoor Systems Billboard Company - landmark billboard Sunset Strip,
West Hollywood
• Interior Design
Drum - retail clothing store
1996
• Mural Design
Haagen-Dazs - Universal City Walk
1995
• Corporate Logo & Package Design
Agromin Corporation - agriculture company
• Model Design
Kidsong Together Again Productions
• Signage Design, Package Design & Store Graphics
Euro Coffee
• Interior Design: Client: Susan Margolis, ESQ
• Package Design
River Ridge Farms
• Ad & Brochure Design
Center Stage Software

Television Commercials: Art Director

• Color concept illustration for UCC coffee commercial, Japan; Kelly Ray, art director.blou Corp.



• Suntory, Lime head aliens, winter 1998. Cente Service Corp. - Director: Shinya Nakajima
• Hanson's Snick, MTV Network-Nickelodeon, fall 1997. Director: Abby Miller
• UCC Coffee, Black, spring 1997. Cente Service Corp. - Director: Hidenisa Tachibana
• Asahi Beer, Asahi FX, spring 1997. Cente Service Corp. - Director: Katsumi Numata
• Cente Service Corp., P-13, P-13, winter 1997. - Director: Katsumi Numata
• UPN, Comedy Shapes, 1996. Notorious Pictures Inc. - Director: Bill Dear
• McDonald's Happy Meal Workshop, four commercials, 1995. Film Kitchen - Director: Victor Haboush
• B.K. Shoes, 1995. Crash Films - Director: Billy Kent
• Film Kitchen: Design and construction of large shooting model for McDonalds Happy Meals commercial, .1995
• McDonald's Happy Meal Workshop, four commercials, 1994. Shooting Ducks - Director: Victor Haboush

Assistant Art Director

• Opal Corsa. Neue Sentimental Film - Art director: Antonia Ochs.
• Kidders, Pirelli Tire. Splash Production Services - Art director: John MacAdams.
• Thomas English Muffins, Snickers, Continental Airlines, Rolaids.
• Dazzling Ace Productions Inc. - Art director: John MacAdams.
• Unoven, Thomas English Muffins, Ocean Spray. Tobin Film Company - Art dir: John MacAdams.
• Calpico water, Haagen Daz, Suntory. Kuni & Associates, Inc. - Art dir: John MacAdams.
• LA Gear. Rocket Films - Art director: John MacAdams.


Decorator

• CBS Block Party, Fall 1997, Wild Canary Pictures. Art director: John MacAdams.
• Hormel Chili, Fall 1997, Fahrenheit Films. Art director: Kelly Van Patter
TCF National Bank, Fall 1997, Fahrenheit Films. Art director: Kelly Van Patter
• JC Penny's, New year's sale. Graying & Balding. Art Director: Dave Rad
• UPN, Back to Back. Notorious Pictures Inc. Art director: John MacAdams.
• Amway, Japan. Prod. company: Nexus Network.
• KAO, Japan. Prod. company: Update Company.
• Tide. Prod. company: GWP. Art director: John MacAdams.
• Dial soap. Fahrenheit Films. Art director: John MacAdams.
• Merle Norman Cosmetics, 2 commercials. David Duncan, Inc., Director: David Duncan.


Prop master

• Lipton, Magic Potion, fall 1996. Bruce Dowad Assoc. - Director: Robert Logevall.
• Subaru-Germany. Splash Production Services - Director: Jurgen Bollmeyer.
• Jarassic Park Preshow. Magic Window Productions - Director: Daivd Weiss.
• Tide. Prod. company: GWP - Director: Greg Weinschenker.
• Rolaids, GTE, Arby's Roast Beef. Dazzling Ace Productions Inc. - Director: Steve Tobin.


Museum design:
Produced and directed Earth Stories show for Cincinnati Museum of Natural History.
Wrote script, directed the audio production, installed electronics,
and programmed show. Completed, June 30, 1992.


Salaried Design Experience:

Art & Technology Inc., Burbank, CA
1988 - 1991
Show Designer, Art Director, Project Manager
Designed, managed and constructed theme park and museum SFX / interactive environments.

Warren Casey Design Co., Ventura, CA
1982 -1989
Commercial, retail and restaurant interior design, residential addition designs.
Editorial, advertising, conceptual and construction illustration, murals, posters, graphics, packaging design, Desktop publishing,
Interior and exterior signage, exhibit design and fine art.

OCO Tool Company, Yacht Division, Ventura, CA
1976 - 1983
Boat shop foreman/designer
Assisted design and built two 38-foot steel yachts

Education:
B.F.A., Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
1980

References on request

Location

Glendale, CA

Specialties

  • Art Direction
  • Illustration
  • Interior Design

Experience

30+ years