Throughlines (2026)
The graphic design thesis exhibition for the graduating class of MICA’s Bicentennial (Class of 2026) highlights MICA as a space for makers. Throughlines is a collective exhibition that borrows from this very idea of the institution. To commemorate MICA’s history, the exhibition’s identity speaks to the system of a factory conveyor belt and co-opts the industrial for the artistic.
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Aerith (2025)
Aerith is an aromatherapy brand rooted in the philosophy that our treatment of the Earth reflects the health of human bodies. Our essential oils are carefully crafted from native ingredients sourced from regions in the South Asian diaspora and are catered specially for our customers. The brand’s mission is to bridge the growing distance between human bodies and the natural world through scent.
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Reclaim: MICA’s 32nd
Annual
Benefit Fashion Show (2026)
The Annual Benefit Fashion Show is an annual event that raises funds for the Dr. Frankie Martin Grant, which goes towards students in need of financial support. As a completely student-led show, from the directors to the designers, the event showcases garments and wearable art within a runway performance that follows a theme. This year’s theme was Reclaim.
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Nodal (2026)
Nodal is a typeface based on the anatomy of a plant phytomer. A phytomer is the modular unit of a plant through which plants regenerate. The typeface translates this living modularity into letterform. Designed in three weights, the typeface operates not only as a typographic system but also as a metaphor for interconnectedness: a reminder that complex forms may emerge from the repetition of simple units.
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Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens (2025)
This is a visual identity redesign of Carrie & Lowell, the seventh studio album by the American musician Sufjan Stevens, released on March 31, 2015. The album features intimate and sparse instrumentation, personal lyrics, and haunting vocals, reminiscent of Sufjan’s earlier indie-folk inspired material.
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Ecesis Display (2026)
Inspired by the New York City Highline’s postindustrial landscape, Ecesis explores the space between decay and renewal. Ecesis is a display serif typeface shaped by the juxtaposition of the historic railway lines and the natural ecology that grows through them. Named after the ecological process of establishing a new habitat, it reflects the adaptation of nature reclaiming abandoned spaces.
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Corridor Seven Coffee Roasters (2026)
Aerith is an aromatherapy brand rooted in the philosophy that our treatment of the Earth reflects the health of human bodies. Our essential oils are carefully crafted from native ingredients sourced from regions in the South Asian diaspora and are catered specially for our customers. The brand’s mission is to bridge the growing distance between human bodies and the natural world through scent.
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amp’d (2026)
Melophile is an independent publication that features up and coming artists, musicians and sound designers in the industry. Our stories go beyond simply being articles - they’re a deep dive into the personal stories of the creators and their community voices. With every new volume focusing on a specific theme, we emphasise connecting with new people and discovering new stories through music.
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Kiara is a designer specializing in branding, publication,and UI/UX design. Her work lies at the intersection of experimental typography, motion graphics and various print techniques. She aims to create visual identities that are an amalgamation of analog and digital and those that ultimately speak to the human experience.
She enjoys design in film
Let’s chat about ideas :)
2022-26
Maryland Institute College of Art
BFA, Graphic Design
Printmaking Concentration
2020-22
The International School Bangalore
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Exhibitions
‘Astigmatism’,
Wilgus Gallery, Baltimore 2023;
‘The paths that lead us home’,
Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, 2023;
‘[dis]connect’, The Unity Hall,
Baltimore, 2023;
‘We are everywhere’, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, 2023;
‘MICA Juried Printmaking Dept exhibition’, Fox II
Gallery, Baltimore, 2023 + 2024.
2026
Kahani Digital Marketing
Junior Graphic Designer
2025-26
MICA: 32nd Annual Benefit Fashion Show
Lead Graphic Designer
2024
E/STUDIO
Graphic Design & Photo Intern
2024
Abercrombie & Fitch
Sophomore Summit
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