Kat von D Beauty
E-Commerce

Agency: LiveArea           Client: KENDO Holdings           Year: 2017

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Kat von D Beauty needed a site experience that was unique, independent, and a powerful artistic expression of Kat Von D. It not only had to showcase vegan, high-quality cosmetics and perfumes, but amplify and inspire personal expression. It had to be bold, unapologetic, and different from all other beauty brands. You can see the live site here.

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Typographical Anomalies

As with all e-commerce projects, we needed to create a system that could manage varying imagery and content. KvD was a unique challenge in that it also had to present the varying, hand-drawn type that Kat is known for in a cohesive manner. And there is a lot of it.

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The Artistry Collective

Kat had just created a group of talented makeup artists who would be her emissaries to events and launches and shoot how-to videos, which are very inportant to keep momentum within the brand. We had to create the destination for the new collective on the site.

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Channeling The Muse

Most of us listen to music whilst working, but given the client, we kept to a strict audible diet of Siouxsie and The Banshees, Bowie, Johnny Cash, Mötley Crüe, Prince, Motörhead, and of course, Beethoven, as Kat's a classically trained pianist. Only then were our mindsets in the proper frame for this particular client.

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