About

Hi, I'm Kat.

Portrait of Katharine Nguyen

Photo: Sirio Tonelli

Your idea, beautifully made.

Kataphora Design is my independent studio. Most of my work begins with someone who knows what they want to say but not yet how it should look: a restaurant refreshing its menu, a team with a presentation to deliver, a brand that needs a label or a website. My job is to take that idea and give it a clear, beautiful form, whether it ends up on paper or on a screen.

My training in visual communication taught me that design is, above all, a matter of order: what someone sees first, what they read next, and what stays with them afterward. Every project I take on still begins there.

About the name: in language, a kataphora is a word that points ahead to something still to come. I spell it with a K, for Kat.

Experience

A quick overview. Résumé available on request.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts & Visual Communications

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Selected Clients

Delta Sky Club Giordano's Crystal Creek Hospitality Sage Restaurant Group Imprint Hospitality Bleu'print Hospitality

Skills

Professional

Brand Identity Development Print Design Menu Systems Packaging & Labels Signage & Environmental Graphics Marketing Collateral Digital Design Cross-Cultural Communication

Technical

Typography Print Production & Prepress Adobe Creative Suite HTML/CSS Shopify / Squarespace

Languages

English (native) French (proficient) Cantonese (basic)

Professional Experience

Founder & Designer

Kataphora Design

Director of Visual Communications

Proyectos Intercambios Culturales (PIC) Association, Crissier, Switzerland

Senior Graphic Designer

Compass Group North America, Chicago & Charlotte, USA

Have a project in mind?

Whether it's a menu, a label, or a whole identity, I'd be glad to hear about it.