kat von d beauty | website

Kat Von D has a shrine to Beethoven in her tattoo studio. I have a plastic bust of Beethoven on my bookshelf. Ergo, we are kindred spirits. And I was delighted to work on the site for her beauty line, developed in partnership with Sephora. We called the site concept “punk rock Pinterest,” as it blended Kat’s and her fans’ content with rich product stories, all in the baroque-punk-goth-fairy-tale style that befits a creator like Kat.

I wanted to create shades that went with barefoot piano playing, gasoline glamour, and burning old love letters—among other things.

Credits

Senior copywriter: me

Art director: Lindsey Beek

Art director, design lead: Jake Palu

Designer: Jen Kellogg

Creative director: Mike Lemme

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