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ABOUT



Kato believes in the ability of design to (re)shape our relationship with each other and the material world. With a keen interest in material contexts and the relationships between objects and people that she can shape as a designer, material and storytelling are at the heart of her work. Her approach to design is sensitive and contextual. In doing so, she focuses on design as a tool to reflect, question and discuss.



APPROACH

Research plays an important role in her work. With great dedication she immerses herself in a context and theme to understand it as well as possible. She combines this research with a conceptual but hands-on approach.









CV


EXPERIENCE


2023

Intership at Studio Johanna Seelemann


2022
Research Unit Inter-Actions Luca School of Arts,
Dementia Lab
Jobstudent for artistic works

2019-present
Participation council LUCA School of Arts department Product Design

April 2022
Internship at NAUWAU 




EXHIBITIONS


June 2024
Residents of Solar Space at MATTER(S)/ EXIT, CCHA, Hasselt, BE

Oktober 2023
Ad Terram exhibited at Interwoven 
DDW, Eindhoven, NL


March 2023

Ad Terram exhibited at Design is Dead Expo, 
Genk, BE



June 2022
THIS IS NOT A BUMP exhibited at Angewandte Festival,
Vienna, AT

June 2022
WNDRWTR exhibited at Branch Out: a productdesign expo,
Hasselt, BE



March 2022
KASK exhibited at Reshaped: Post-Industrial crafts,
ADAM Design Museum Brussels, BE



September 2021
LOOP - IT exhibited as part of Student Design Challenge,
DDW 2021, Eindhoven, NL



August 2021
KASK exhibited at Maastricht conference on Circular Economy,
Maastricht NL



July 2021
KASK exhibited at Post-Industrial crafts,
Terrarium, Sint-Lukas, Brussel, BE



June 2021
KASK as selected project for the Euregional open call for circular economy
by Wanderfull Stream, BE, NL and DE





EDUCATION


2022-2024: Master Product Design, with the highest honors

LUCA School of Arts – campus C-mine
C-Mine 5, 3600 Genk, Belgium
Higer education


2019- 2022: Bachelor Product Design, with high honors
LUCA School of Arts – campus C-mine
C-Mine 5, 3600 Genk, Belgium
Higer education

2020-2021:  Industrial Design
Die Angewandte - Industrial Design 1
Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Exchange semester

2013-2019: Mathematics and science
Hasp-O Centrum
Diesterstraat 1, 3800 Sint-Truiden
High school