ELIAS KAHN
INDEX, INFO
Year
Type
Project
2023
Give Me A Sign
Exhibition
, 
2023
Story Boards
Environmental
, 
Exhibition
, 
2023
Seattle Parks Foundation
Identity
, 
Illustration
, 
2023
Designing Motherhood
Exhibition
, 
Information
, 
2023
Overlake Hospital
Environmental
, 
2022
Street Weeds
Personal
, 
Experimental
, 
Print
, 
2021
Ballard Food Bank
Environmental
, 
Identity
, 
Illustration
, 
2021
Asurion
Wayfinding
, 
Environmental
, 
2021
Vacant Seattle
Environmental
, 
Object
, 
Research
, 
2020
Seattle Parking Navigation
Publication
, 
Information
, 
2020
Variable Objects
Identity
, 
Object
, 
2019
Slip Rabbit Studio
Object
, 
Publication
, 
Identity
, 
2019
Queer Internet Publication
Publication
, 
Research
, 
2018
Castor Sans
Typeface
, 
2018
Tokyo Bench
Object
, 
Research
, 
Other Works
Various
2018–2023
ALL ProjectS
Give Me A Sign
, 
Cooper Hewitt
A modular exhibition exploring a universal symbol set.
2023
Story Boards
, 
Seattle Design Festival
An installation looking critically at redlining in Seattle.
2023
Seattle Parks Foundation
, 
An identity for a non-profit focused on public parks.
2023
Designing Motherhood
, 
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
An exhibition looking at "Motherhood" through design.
2023
Overlake Hospital
, 
A sculptural maple wood donor wall.
2023
Street Weeds
, 
A zine exploring urban foraging.
2022
Ballard Food Bank
, 
A welcoming identity for an essential service.
2021
Asurion
, 
Work for a tech repair company’s headquarters.
2021
Vacant Seattle
, 
Seattle Design Festival
An installation asking the public what is missing.
2021
Seattle Parking Navigation
, 
An infographic intended for Seattleites living in vehicles.
2020
Variable Objects
, 
A capstone concept for an evolving furniture brand.
2020
Slip Rabbit Studio
, 
Work for a 3D-printed porcelain ceramic studio.
2019
Queer Internet Publication
, 
A publication documenting queer artifacts of the internet.
2019
Castor Sans
, 
A typeface inspired from a vintage locomotive.
2018
Tokyo Bench
, 
A reverse-engineered mid-century icon.
2018
Elias Kahn is a designer and artist.
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Since graduating from the University of Washington’s Visual Communication Design program in 2020, he has worked as a designer at Studio Matthews, a multidisciplinary studio with a focus on environmental graphic design and wayfinding.
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Eli imbues empathy and function into his creative output, navigating between the digital and the tangible. His interests lie in exploring unique modes of visual communication, designed experiences, and finding opportunities for technology and art to coincide.

Available for freelance.
EDUCATION
‍
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Bachelor of Design
Visual Communication Design
Seattle, Washington
2020
EXPERIENCE

STUDIO MATTHEWS
Designer
Seattle, Washington
07 2020 – 10 2023

REI CO-OP
Intern → Freelance
Seattle, Washington
Summer 2019, Spring 2020

SLIP RABBIT
‍Intern → Freelance
Seattle, Washington
12 2017 – 06 2020
AWARDS
‍
with STUDIO MATTHEWS
‍
Communication Arts Award of Excellence, 2023 for Designing Motherhood
‍
365: AIGA Year in Design, Environmental and Experiential Design Award, 2022 for Asurion

Communication Arts, Branding and Environmental Design Award, 2022
for Ballard Food Bank
©2024
elivkahn@gmail.com
@elivkahn