🪹 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

Kathy Nam.

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

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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?

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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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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.

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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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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.

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Object Solar System
[ 2025 ]

publication photography bindingeditorial

Object Solar System is my first photobook exploring the textures and
colors of my circular objects. I photographed ordinary items with unusual
or playful surfaces and hues, then reimagined them as elements of my
own imagined solar system.

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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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Kathy Nam.

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