🪹 FROM VANCOUVER & SEOUL & SEATTLE               🎒 CALARTS ‘26 GRAPHIC DESIGN                   🫒 HI! MY NAME IS KATHY NAM                 📍CURRENTLY BASED IN LOS ANGELES                 🏄🏻‍♀️ HI, THERE! GLAD YOU’RE HERE                

Graphic Designer + Illustrator
kathynam@alum.calarts.edu
@ yhtakwork

Archive



Vivarium
[ 2025 ]


branding identity publicationexhibition
art direction
Vivarium is an exhibition organized by my art crew Aeek in December, 2025, hold at Calarts. Vivarium is less a space that imitates nature and more a portrait that shows how we become certain kinds of beings within an ecosystem of our own making. Being part of it at its core, we exist as both creators and creations, observers and the observed. How are we to live on this blurry, obscure boundary? 










                                                       






Kaleidoscope
[ 2025 ]


branding identity webexhibition
art direction
Kaleidoscope is an exhibition organized by CalArts UKAL (United Korean Associated Leaders) in April, 2025,  hold in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. It showcased the diverse works of 
Korean international student artists at CalArts, each reflecting their own unique artistic voice like a kaleidoscope.










                                                       









The Trees Remember
[ 2025 ]


branding identity letteringmotion
campaign
The Trees Remember is the campaign project that captures
 the presence and preciousness of nature encountered 
during a summer in Seattle, Washington—also known as 
the Evergreen State. The campaign centers around a short film, 
accompanied by posters and a brochure.

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Through the Pane
[ 2024 ]


wayfinding identity brandinginstallation
art direction
Through the Pane is the wayfinding group project addressing the tragic bird collisions we experienced firsthand.  Birds frequently hit our Graphic Design 
BFA 3 and MFA studio windows at CalArts, with most either dying or suffering internal injuries due to their small, fragile bodies. Our team, DeMAKe, aimed to foster empathy and save the lives of these birds by offering practical solutions. 

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Pattern Making
[ 2024 ]


pattern-making printpackaging
Historical Ornamentation Through a Single Motif.  
This project explores how one motif can shift across cultures and histories through form and style. Also, the pattern-making process allowed me to deepen my understanding of visual hierarchy, which is a fundamental principle in design. The final patterns were implemented in packaging design to explore their practical application.












                                                 








Object Solar System 
[ 2025 ]


publication photogrphy bindingeditorial
Bopsters is the virtual DJing app for anyone who wants to be DJ. 
With the app, users can customize their own party rooms and host 
their dream parties. 


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Bopsters
[ 2024 ]


UI UX brandingFigmaapp
Bopsters is the virtual DJing app for anyone who wants to be DJ. 
With the app, users can customize their own party rooms and host 
their dream parties. 


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Laundry Fairy
[ 2025 ]
branding identity UIUXweb
Laundry Fairy is an easy and straightforward remote laundry service specific to Santa Clarita (Califonia), where users can get all clothing, towels, sheets, and shoes cleaned and delivered back to their door, with specialty cleaning options available. 

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© Kathy Nam 2025