INDEPENDENT CREATIVE AGENCY
WE MAKE
IDEAS
Selected work
ABOUT KERN® / BUILT FOR MOMENTUM
Small team. Wide field of view.
We are a strategy-led creative studio working across identity, digital, campaigns, and environments. Senior people stay close from the first question to the final detail.
12+
YEARS MAKING CHANGE
34
GLOBAL COLLABORATORS
17
DESIGN AWARDS
A process with no black box.
01
Frame
Find the real problem, align the room, and define what success must change.
02
Shape
Build the strategy, narrative, and system that make every decision easier.
03
Make
Design the identity and experiences as one connected, responsive world.
04
Move
Launch, learn, and give your team the tools to keep the work alive.
WHAT WE DO / 01—04
01
Strategy & Positioning
02
Identity Systems
03
Digital Experiences
04
Campaigns & Motion
SELECTED COLLABORATORS
The people in the work.
Mara Vale
FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTION
Eli Mercer
DESIGN DIRECTOR
CLIENT PERSPECTIVE / AURAL SYSTEMS
“KERN made the complex feel inevitable. The work gave our team a language we could actually use—and a presence nobody could mistake.”
MILA REYES — CHIEF BRAND OFFICER
Ideas in progress
Point of View
18 Sep 2026
Designing for Productive Friction
Why the most memorable brands leave a little resistance in the system.
Process
02 Aug 2026
The Grid After the Grid
A practical argument for systems that bend without losing their logic.
Brand Systems
11 Jun 2026
Identity Is an Interface
Brand systems now live in motion, interaction, and response—not only in marks.