Blake Kinne is an American creative director and the founder of Connecticut-based 11B Studio, a design practice focused on visual identity and brand storytelling within premium markets.

The studio is an active partner with leading hospitality groups and Michelin-starred culinary concepts across New York City and Miami.

11B Studio operates on the philosophy that a brand’s sense of authorship sets the emotional wavelength, while its identity and voice build the world around it.

Blake creates those worlds by asking the right questions, uncovering a brand’s true position, and engineering identities that hit loud, hold deep roots, and make looking like everyone else impossible.

For nearly a decade, Blake has shaped brands through rigorous strategic positioning and enduring visual systems. Grounded in market intuition, his approach fuses graphic design with high-level marketing strategy across digital and physical spaces.

Before establishing 11B Studio, Blake served as Associate Creative Director at The Visual Brand. There, he led initiatives for a broad portfolio of enterprise institutions, including KIND Snacks, Capri Ventures, Pantone, Hospital for Special Surgery, Henry Schein, Acclean, Nature’s Bounty, New York Power Authority, PFAFF, Singer, Husqvarna Viking and dozens more.

Blake holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication Design from the University of Hartford and a Certificate of Specialization in Marketing from Harvard Business School. He is currently pursuing advanced graduate studies in Architectural Façade Design and Engineering through TU Delft, expanding the studio’s practice into the relationship between brand identity, materiality, and the built environment to craft fully integrated, spatial brand experiences.

Work available upon request.