I'm a self-starter and collaborator. Design is where I stem from and is my passion, but I'm also addicted to startups, examining the authenticity of real human connection in today's digital world, and activating & creating spaces. All these elements impact me as a designer and as a continuous observer.
Print design, good typography and presentation design are rooted skill sets. Other skills include videography/editing, photography, printmaking, bookbinding, and coding.
Dreams to live in London one day.
Temporary online portfolio: www.be.net/knqin
Projects
- Design Exchange Boston 2013Design Exchange Boston (DxB) is a five-day design and innovation conference dedicated to celebrating the impact of design. October 2013, DxB was realised largely thanks to AIGA Boston, artists, designers, developers, video producers, sound mixers, content strategists, motion graphics artists, photographers, other volunteers and sponsoring partners. As lead designers and campaign producers, my copartner Sue Kwong and I followed the identity initiated by Sapient Nitro Boston to create both web,
- Study of Life & Design Principles BookStudy of Life and Design Principles Book took design principles (American and Japanese) and abstracted them to correlate with life lessons (quotes) ie Study of Scale / Datsuzoku correlates to "A person's a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Seuss Hand bound entire book French folded with color paper inside with a mix of japanese influenced stitching and perfect binding. Organic element vs modern strict element Content was designed with a heavy influence of dutch design Typeface: akzidenz grotesk *American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Best of New England Show Winner 2013*
Work history
Production & Project Management
London, United KingdomFull Time
Co-founder & Director of Design
- Full Time
Cofounded a bicoastal startup studio (Boston and LA based). We executed fashion photoshoots to digital/print campaigns to filming behind the scenes music video.
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Skills
- Fashion
- Advertising
- Visual Arts
- Branding
- Environmental Design
- Print Design
- Typography
- Design
- Logo Design
- Final Cut Pro
- Illustrator
- Indesign
- Office
- Photoshop
- Powerpoint
Education
MS Media Ventures
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I achieved my Master of Science in Media Ventures (Entrepreneurship, Media and Innovation) from Boston University's College of Communications (Boston and LA campus). From my MS thesis, I created a full business plan and pitch. I am continuing to develop my start up, Niblings.
BFA Graphic Design
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Achieved my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and minor in Advertising from Boston University's College of Fine Arts.
Awards
Best of New England (BoNE) Show
Of the New England area, my "Study of Life and Design Principles" book was chosen as a finalist in the BoNE Show. I curated, designed, hand bound this book with french folded colored paper inserts defining each chapter/principle. I paralleled life lessons to design principles (Japanese and American) ie: Study of Scale / Datsuzoku correlates to "A person's a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Seuss