Katya Isk
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In▪Situ:
Making Memory Tangible
Description
A conceptual project that transforms acrylic from a commodity into an encoded key for storing personal memories. In-Situ refers to something existing in its original place or context, reflecting the project’s interest in preserving memories to revisit over time. Within a narrative retail environment, visitors explore how memories can be stored and revisited through the key. By placing acrylic in an archival context, the project gives the material’s durability a new purpose: keeping intangible experiences tangible and accessible.
Project Type:
Product, Service, and Experience Design
Focuses:
Branding
Product Design
Packaging Design
Experience Design
Concept Development
2. Visitors experience the illuminated display wall in the retail store.
3. A visitor interacts with the In-Situ memory-encoding screen.
4. Visitors replay a memory together in the store using the key.
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NYC Council:
Participatory Budgeting
Description
A collaborative branding and communication project for Participatory Budgeting in New York City Council District 35, representing Brooklyn neighborhoods, including Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, and Crown Heights.
The visual identity combines photographic collages, vibrant colors, and neighborhood imagery to show the diversity of these communities. Applied across print, digital, and environmental materials, the system aims to make civic participation more accessible and encourage residents to engage in decisions about local public funding.
Contributors:
Michael Kelly
Ewa Miano
Irene Le
Project Type:
Community Engagement & Brand Identity
Focuses:
Brand Identity & Visual Systems
Print & Digital Design
Environmental Graphics
Community Communication
2. Informational flyer introducing the Participatory Budgeting process and its impact on District 35.
2.2025 Participatory Budgeting results published on the NYC Council website.
3. District 35 Street Tree Guards, Project 1, one of the funded projects.
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TedxYouth@
TashkentIntlSchool
Description
A visual identity created for the independently organized TEDxYouth@TashkentIntlSchool event around the theme Limitless. The identity translated the theme across the campus environment through a cohesive system of promotional materials, building anticipation and a recognizable presence leading up to the event.
Project Type:
Brand Identity & Event Design
Focuses:
Brand Identity
Environmental Graphics
Print Design
Event Collateral
2. TEDxYouth@TashkentIntlSchool event and stage environment, featuring student speakers.
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7: MTA Exploration
Description
A photographic publication documenting NYC’s MTA 7 Train, often referred to as the “International Express.” Combining photography with fragments of overheard dialogue, the project explores the languages, routines, and shifting environments connected by a single subway line. The work functions both as a reading-order book and as a set of unbound posters.
Project Type:
Publication Design
Focuses:
Photography
Typography
Sequencing & Narrative
Print Production
2. Unbound posters from publication.
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Second Skin
Description
Conceptual photography book that explores identity through clothing as a second skin—an evolving language shaped by performance, memory, and comfort. A sequenced series of styled images captures looks tied to specific moments in time, with vertical running headers anchoring each one to its corresponding memory.
Project Type:
Publication Design & Production
Focuses:
Art Direction
Editorial Design
Photography
Designed in Adobe InDesign, edited in Lightroom, and animated in Photoshop.