About — Kern Design Lab
 
 

We believe that connecting a vision with creative storytelling requires meaningful collaboration.

 
 
 

Our Process

Phyllis Ojeda

Discovery & overarching Strategy

We meet with you and gather feedback from the people you serve to understand your unique needs and unearth your vision for what success looks like. This phase will inform and shape the strategic foundation for our work together.

Sean Amirpour

Planning & Concepts

Using key tenants of your overarching strategy to guide our work, we will experiment with various ideas and approaches in order to develop initial concepts that bring your vision to life.

Sara Turner

Build-out

Where we culminate, expand and refine the best ideas to fully unfold your vision,while always keeping your feedback in mind. This is where our strategy meets reality, and where we hone in on the details and fully develop your concept and vision.

Anthony Martinez

Polish & Delivery

We take one last look together, make any final refinements, and deliver the final product to you, making sure you’ve got what you need.

 
 
 

We are driven by purpose in every facet of our work

 
 
 

Focus on social good

 

We pride ourselves on working with organizations and businesses we believe in. Our work combines strategic thinking, inspired design, and passion to help organizations working to promote social progress. Our clients often work in the following areas:

 
 
  • Advocacy

  • Animal Welfare

  • Arts and culture

  • Certified B Corporations

  • Community organizing

  • Economic development

  • Education

  • Environmental Protection

  • Grant making and charitable giving

  • Health and wellness

  • Human rights

  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

  • Public policy

  • Social enterprises

  • Sustainability

 
 
 

Who We Are

We are a collective of designers similarly aligned in our passion to work with organizations we believe in.