STUDIO KUDOS
Clockwise from Top: Kiki Katahira, John Kudos, Sumit Paul, Theresa Yen, Karen Vanderbilt, Turner Gillespie
The Team
STUDIO KUDOS has 5 people. Of those, 2 are studio heads.
60% of studios are small-sized (1-5 people).
Number of freelancers/year
1-5
1-5 are long-term freelancers
Number of interns/year
1-2
Average: 1-2
Studio Disciplines
Breakdown of Work
Number of studio projects
0–25
Pro-bono projects
1–5
Strategy/Execution
25% Strategy
75% Execution
Primary Specialties
- Art Direction (58)
- Books (52)
- Brand Strategy (42)
- Branding & Identity (77)
- Editorial/Publication Design (51)
- Environmental Design (38)
- Exhibition Design (33)
- Experience Design (33)
- Illustration (45)
- Information Graphics (41)
- Interaction Design (36)
- Motion (29)
- Print (75)
- Product (23)
- Web Design (59)
- Web Development (25)
Clients’ Industries
- Education (40)
- Fashion (45)
- Finance & Investment (26)
- Healthcare (18)
- Local & community organizations (41)
- Media & Publishing (58)
- Real Estate (24)
- Restaurants & Food (29)
- Retail (43)
- Technology (37)
- The Arts/Cultural Institutions (71)
STUDIO KUDOS’s Clients
- 1100 Architect
- Columbia University (7)
- Cornell University (2)
- Designers & Books
- EG Conference
- Gingko Press
- Guggenheim Museum (4)
- Metropolis Magazine
- MoMA (6)
- Princeton University Art Museum
- Rauch Foundation
- Rutgers University
- Shinkenchiku-sha
- Sotheby's (2)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
John Kudos, Principal
Demographics
Male, from Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, now lives in Astoria, New York, NY. Formal education is undergraduate degree, primary design education is school (Maryland Institute College of Art).
Years in Design Industry
13 years
Average: 17 years
Kiki Katahira, Principal
Previous Design Employment
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta
Indonesia
The Space
The studio is about 1000 square feet. It’s rented and they’ve been there for 4 years, 2 months. They share a space with 2 other companies/individuals.
Approximately 125 square feet/person. The average is 210 square feet/person.
37% of studios share a space.
Number of times moved
1
Total people in space
8
STUDIO KUDOS: 5, Other: 3
Other businesses in the space
- Photography
Number of plants
1-5
Decorations
Books and bookshelves, Our work, Process materials for ongoing projects, Plants
Desk Policy
We keep our desks clean and tidy.
Space Satisfaction
We like it, but plan to make some changes to the space
Favorite Typefaces:
- Bau (2)
- Fedra (2)
- Helvetica / Helvetica Neue (14)
- Kievit
- Minion Pro
- Proxima Nova (6)
- Typestar
Culture
Music
Plays music for 60% of the day at an average volume.
Biking to work
1
127 bikers across all studios
Overall Noise Level
Average
59% of studios are average