Kana KIM


Borderlands: 사이와 間 — Archives from the In-Between

WIP Show 2025
UAL Camberwell College of Arts


Installation
Publication

Borderlands: Archives from the In-Between, from WIP Show installation and publication. Author’s own work, 2025



“How can graphic design use autoethnographic and spatial strategies 
to visualise diasporic identity and cultural memory, 
particularly in relation to Zainichi Korean experience?”



Starting from my diasporic Zainichi Korean identity (who are Korean born and raised in Japan), I explore how notions of location, displacement, and belonging are constructed through hybrid, multilingual, and liminal experiences.My project, “Borderlands: 사이와 間(あいだ)-Archives from the In-Between”, uses editorial design and spatial installation as sites of practice to materialise fragmented memories and cultural identity.


Through autoethnographic methods, I archive my family's unfiltered, multilingual conversations, while the concepts of ma (間) and Anzaldúa's Borderlands theory inform my approach to in-between spaces. This project brings together publication, textile installation, and moving image to create an immersive, critical reflection on diasporic place-making.






SELECTED WORKS

GYRE GALLERY — スペクトラム
Web Design / Implementation / 2026
GYRE GALLERY — VERDY Presents “In Good Company”
Web Design / Implementation / 2026
KOKUYO English Website
Web Design / Localisation / 2026
Financial Service Website
UI/UX Design / 2026
Sake Sommelier Association
Brand Identity / Graphic Design / 2023–2025
Bar Stage Gate / Brand Identity / Graphic Design / 2025
RUBAN LIBERTÉ / Brand Identity / Graphic Design / 2024

Kana KIM
Graphic & Communication Designer



グラフィック、Web、ブランディングを横断し、複雑な情報や背景を整理しながら、伝わる構造とビジュアルへ翻訳するデザイナーです。

広告営業、クリエイティブ制作、国内外でのデザイン経験を活かし、丁寧な対話とリサーチをもとに、プロジェクトの目的や価値をかたちにします。



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自主制作
나는(I) decided to embrace the in-betweenness —あわいという領域 (A sphere of Awai)
Borderlands: 사이와 間 — Archives from the In-Between
Rebirth: Carrier Bag Climate
Underwhelming Times Ahead
空 to 間 [Kū and/to Ma]

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