I'm Kat.
I've been designing for nearly a decade
Currently modernizing the mobile design system at Slack. Before that I was designing the future of mobile AI at ServiceNow. I also spent somet time designing for RIT Libraries and Constellation Brands. And I did a little stint as the founding product designer for gaia wearables.
I got my start by messing around in photoshop and hand-coding silly websites about llamas. My background in graphic design from RIT trained my eye (and overuse of em dashes). Visual expression and tinkering with new tools is still the foundation of how I work today.
Occasionally, people let me have a microphone
Most recently at Knowledge25, where I led a hands-on workshop about designing mobile experiences.
The year before that, I talked about elevating mobile solutions at Knowledge24.
Also, I spoke at RIT's Thought @ Work conference in 2020, back when we all thought that was going to be a normal year.
Paper is my favorite technology.
it demands absolutely nothing from us but has shaped some of our greatest achievements. For example, paper origami tessellations fold the massive solar arrays that power space exploration and many paper analogies (such as cut and paste) have informed how we understand digital technology today.
I write about living with the noisy internet (and tech)
On my aptly named newsletter noisy, I write about digital culture, creativity, and the noisy internet. The best gift I’ve ever received was words that changed how I saw my reality. I want to pay that forward–helping people see technology, design, and culture from different angles.
Writing is also how I figure out what I actually think. Publishing is how I stress test it.
I live in San Francisco (mostly in Golden Gate Park)
Biking, running, picnicking, painting, museums, bird-watching, berry picking. You can do so much in one park. Best place I’ve ever lived.
Originally, I'm from outside Rochester NY–I grew up in the woods of a tiny town. Not literally, but close enough.