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I’ve always been drawn to places. Not simply landscapes, but the places people make together—organizations, communities, homes, and stories that help us understand who we are. For more than three decades, I’ve explored those places through brand stewardship, creative direction, and poetry.

Book cover for In the Bewilderment by Ryan Kegley, published August 2026 by NatureCulture

In the Bewilderment

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In the Bewilderment is a poetry collection rooted in the tallgrass prairie, where wonder, grief, solitude, and belonging converge. Through attentive encounters with the natural world and the unsettled world we have made, Ryan Kegley considers what it means to be present, responsible, and alive.

Publications

Recent Creative Work

Dance Nation poster

Unicorn Theatre

Protest imagery and street art inspired a provocative new look for Unicorn Theatre's 2020–21 season—one that COVID ultimately derailed.

Becherovka bottle

Becherovka

Colorado's love of hockey provided an unlikely—and irreverent—way to introduce a Czech herbal liqueur to the American market.

1650 Broadway development conceptual rendering

Allé

A proposed Kansas City development gets a name, an identity, and a story built around its greatest amenity—the surrounding neighborhoods.

Air Wise logo

Air Wise

An idea for a revolutionary new HVAC product became both an opportunity seized—and a bigger opportunity missed.

AIG's "Avoiding Impersonation Fraud" training video still

AIG: Avoiding Impersonation Fraud

To avoid producing another cheesy corporate training video, live actors were ditched in favor of a distinctive animated approach.

Animated flea as depicted in Bayer's Advantage II product video

Bayer: Advantage II

Three live-action and CGI videos bring the science of flea prevention and treatment to life for Bayer's Advantage II.

Recent Reviews of Other Writers’ Books

Ryan Kegley's logo, type set in New Spirit Semibold and featuring an illustration of a lesser prairie chicken wearing a crown

©2026 Ryan Kegley. All rights reserved.

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