Hi! My name is Kiah Kane and I am a communication designer.

I graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, in Vancouver Canada, and studied for a semester at Istituto Europe di Design in Barcelona, Spain. I currently work as a Display Coordinator/Artist at Anthropologie. My design practice is influenced by my passion for photography, illustration, print making, industrial design and architecture. My personal work focuses on  embracing chaotic processes to create unexpected outcomes in mixed mediums.




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Top 10 for the Young Talent Award, from the Rijks Museum Amsterdam.

Airbnb Guest Package

 


This is a guest package tailored for a specific ecological Airbnb, in a dessert of California. It is a remote location that wants to provide it guests with some gifts from brands they support for their ethos. The packages contains a bottle of water, some tea, honey, a record, a granola bar, and a t-shirt. The gifts are wrapped in a handpainted cloth, that can be use throughout their stay as a bag, tableclothes or rag. The handpainted design on the wrap, maps out the items in the package, describes them, and mentions how to give each item a second purpose.

Rise to Fall Tea Trio - I have designed labels for each container and a sleve to hold them. Inspired by the colors of the sky: yellow for the bright morning sky, pink for the afternoon light, and dark blue for the deep dark night sky. These sqaure containers can be used in numerous was after finnishing the product, including travel containers for their trip home. 

Simply Carbonated Water - This brand is about being completely transparent about their ingredients. The design is inspired by transparency, with a double-sided back label. I created the bubble patter but blowing bubbles in a glass of water with ink in it, then laying a paper on to of the glass. It was a craft I did many times as a child. I scanned this pattern, adjusted the colors, and applied it to the backside of the posterior label. The brand is also proud of its factory and its warm homely environment. I decided on using this old-style glass bottle to reinforce this message. The glass bottle can be refilled and used for numerous things after its original product is used. 

Madonna Record Cover - This record cover it for Madonna’s single “Spotlight.” I created an interactive physical album cover that includes its very own spotlight. The album cover is back and has a transparent film on the front. The transparent layers is where the graphic is printed, and can only really be seen when you have the included spotlight. I created a paper “spotlight wand”  that can be inserted under the cover, to reveal an image and title. The beholder has control, moving it around as if a spotlight on a stage. I also designed the back cover and center album sticker.

Made Good Granola Bars - For this redesign, I wanted to explore more environmentally friendly materials. For food preservation reasons granola bars are often wrapped in the metallic plastic.  I decided to try preserving waxed paper and vegetable ink. The wrapping is covered in the brand’s ethos, the bar’s ingredients, and other necessary information. Made Good bars should be proud of their ingredients displaying them on the front, not in small print in the back. The wrapping is slightly transparent to help elude to the natural and proud qualities.