Karen Nawa is passionate about creating seamless user experiences and translating branding into environmental design solutions. She brings 15 years of experience delivering visual identity solutions for clients such as The Central Bank of Brazil, Icatu Seguros, Dubai Calendar and Dubai World Trade Centre. The last 3 years of her career have been focused on wayfinding and environmental graphics for projects across residential, commercial hospitality, educational and retail developments in the Middle East. She's now based in Brazil.

Karen earned her BA in Product Design from the University of Brasilia and a Master’s Degree from Kyushu University, where she has completed research on traditional Japanese packaging using bamboo leaves as wrappers. She's an enthusiast of circular design, wasteless use of materials and sustainability.

Karen's specialties also include: Branding, Graphic Design, Packaging and Print Media.