Kate Aren

The "Guerrilla Girls: The Conscience of the Art World" designer study was an in-depth exploration of the biographical and artistic legacy of the activist design group. This project involved extensive research into the group's history and its current impact, embodying the punk/guerrilla essence of these troublemakers to the printed page. Everything about the book showcased the Do-It-Yourself ethos of the punk rock movement: Bitmap textures, Rufina stencil paired with Degular typeface, hot pink marker applied after print, roughened edges frayed by an X-acto blade. All of these elements worked to illustrate the chaos these masked figures used to disrupt the traditional art world.

The Votemaxxing campaign uses skibitutional energy to persuade young adults from the brain rot community to vote for the first time. It uses patriotic old-fashioned-looking etched images combined with the drippiest icons from the Sigma community. Votemaxxing gets its skibitutional look through using memes and constitutional aesthetics. First place project with Brandi Witick for the #WhyVote campaign at Creative Conscience Competition

This motion piece allows viewers to follow along in creating an origami rabbit! Designed to simplify the origami process, the video uses dynamic arrows, lines, and animated typography to guide users through each step!

In the dystopian society of Columbia Liva, a new system of communication is needed for the four classes - Elites, Programmers, Cyborgs, and Robots - to communicate with each other. This system uses organic alphabetic vocal waves to convert words to a robotic binary-like number sequence to allow organic and robotic life forms to speak to each other. The four dialects are unique to the life form and are increasingly complicated as they move down the social scale, alluding to an underlying narrative that the high class is losing touch with society because they would never learn such a poor, robotic language. This concept flips the social class dynamics we know today on its head.

"Killer Queen" by Queen is reimagined through the lens of high-class dining and sophisticated taste. While the song portrays a woman's personality, it also alludes to an array of upscale drinks and dining menu. This project explores how these references can be translated into a luxurious dining experience.