Born: Los Angeles

Education: UC Santa Cruz, California

Currently resides: Santa Monica, California

Selected honors: Fellow, AIGA Los Angeles

Teaching: UCLA; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California; University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

Kim Baer founded KBDA in 1982. Over the years, the firm has fostered a diverse creative team, schooled in graphic design, copywriting, photography, architecture, boat building, interior design, filmmaking, engineering, biology, fundraising, and rock and roll. KBDA and its extended family have leveraged these talents to create strategic work across a host of disciplines.

The firm’s clients range from nonprofit organizations, such as the Prostate Cancer Foundation, UCLA, and Chamber Music Los Angeles, to consumer-oriented companies, such as Nike, Nissan, Hilton Hotels, and Amgen.

Consistently honored by every major design and business organization in the country, KBDA has produced work that has been featured in the Library of Congress and published in numerous design compilations. National design publications, including Communications Arts, Print, Graphis, STEP Inside Design, and HOW, have showcased the firm’s work and methodology.

Kim Baer frequently judges design competitions and speaks at design conferences across the country. She recently was named an AIGA fellow in recognition of lifetime achievement in the field.