Jonathan 효권 Kim is a Creative Director based in Toronto, Ontario.
Born and raised in the Northern Virginia/ DC area, Jonathan is a Korean-American founder and creative director with a decade of experience in the industrial design and photography space.
Starting his career in design consulting, Jonathan worked in San Francisco for 5 years as a core member of frog’s industrial design group. His experience there spanned across leading brands in the tech, retail, automotive, government, and healthcare industries. After frog, Jonathan moved to Canada in early 2020 to pursue a new adventure with e-commerce powerhouse, Shopify. As a part of Shopify’s budding hardware division, Jonathan helped design and ship best-in-class products in a company that was new to 1st party hardware. He worked at the forefront of commerce innovation while diving deep into the nitty-gritty of building consumer electronics.
In the Fall of 2023, Jonathan left corporate design and took the leap to start his own brand: o-ii studio. At o-ii Jonathn aims to take his years of design knowledge to make his own products and work as an independent creative house.
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Jonathan is an east-coast creative aspiring to make lasting, meaningful products and experiences. Though his expertise lies in industrial design, he believes that excellent, culture-shifting work comes from the convergence of multiple disciplines and diverse perspectives. With a keen spirit for the arts, Jonathan often uses photography, illustration and graphic design as mediums to tinker with new ideas. He’s also a total nerd and can usually be found heads down re-reading AKIRA while listening to Bill Evans or Biggie.
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