Member Spotlight: Mikale Kwiatkowski

January 01, 2010 Filed Under: Member Spotlight 0 Comments

Mikale Kwiatkowski, AIGA Member Since 2006
Senior Designer, Lowe's Corporation: Oct 09 to Present
Regional Designer/Art Director, Whole Foods Market: July 04 to Oct 09

1. What attracted you to the design profession?
For most of my life, I have been interested in spatial and 2 dimensional aesthetics. I started drawing in 5th grade and studied art and design throughout high school and college. I crave variety and thrive in the anxiety of having to figure out new things. I love the variety of experiences the graphic design field offers.

2. What’s your proudest accomplishment?
I currently work as a senior designer for Lowe's corporation. My proudest accomplishment so far is the opportunity I recently had to affect a sustainable paper choice for a direct mail piece being printed in a quantity of hundreds of thousands.

3. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Architecture.

4. If there is karaoke at the next office party, what song will you be singing?
I would be the one instigating others to sing.

5. What is your favorite word?
Mellifluous.

6. What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?
I cannot think of the best advice, but there is a quote by Anaïs Nin that I love and believe. "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."

7. What’s one goal (professional or personal) you have for the future?
I want to design and build a home for me and my partner.

About Mikale Kwiatkowski
Mikale is not a nationally recognized anything. She has not won any awards, nor has she entered any design competitions. It doesn't matter. She is an ardent designer. For the past 10 years, she had been working for Whole Foods Market, most recently as Creative Director/Mentor/Production Artist/Project Manager or whatever the day required to get the job done. Her official title was Art Director. It doesn't matter. She moved to Charlotte with her partner, who took a position as a Professor of Dance at UNC Charlotte. Mikale is currently working as a designer at Lowe's Corporation, the 9th largest retailer in the US. Her new title is Senior Print Designer. It doesn't matter. Her aspirations: create things that people use; continue to evolve; design sustainably; enjoy an amazingly fortunate life. Click here to email Mikale.

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Each month AIGA Charlotte interviews a selected AIGA Charlotte Member. It is a great opportunity for the Charlotte design community to see who AIGA Charlotte is along all the amazing things our members are doing. If you or someone you know would like to be interviewed and appear on AIGA Charlotte’s Member Spotlight, please contact Rachel Martin, Membership Director.