art. brand. space.
artfully human.
Carnes Creative brings identity to life through brand, original art, environments + experiences.
brand.
uncover the character and give it form.
Sometimes the form is >
an identity.
a campaign.
50 pieces of art.
a 10,000-sq.ft. workplace.
an entire city's visual identity.
the medium changes.
the work doesn't.
Environmental Identity | Workplace | Experiential
Municipal Identity | Wayfinding | Public Communications
Identity | Packaging | Campaign
art.
A space can look great and still feel anonymous.
Art brings presence, curiosity, emotion + personality
space.
What do people feel when they experience a space? I take identity off the page and into the world with art, graphics, color + material
arts + culture
museums | cultural | performance | venues | festivals | creative institutions | events
hospitality + lifestyle
boutique hotels | restaurants | wineries | spas | suites | retail
founder-led + personality-rich brands
creative businesses | independent hospitality | retail | workplaces | brand launches
Michelle Carnes, Founder of Carnes Creative
For more than 25 years, I’ve shaped distinctive identities, campaigns, and environments through a practice grounded in both creative direction and art. I’m the person who can design the identity, paint the painting, conceive the installation, direct the environment, and sit in the strategy meeting.
Carnes Creative is intentionally founder-led — giving clients direct access to senior creative direction, with trusted specialists brought in when a project calls for production, fabrication, technology, or installation expertise.
What I love most is turning identity into something tangible — creating a world people can recognize, enter, experience, and remember. I’m drawn to what makes a brand or place singular — its character, history, and point of view — uncovering what’s already true before deciding how it should look. From there, I build a visual language with its own personality, feeling, and sense of place.