I'm a mission-driven designer whose work focuses on human-centered services and experiences as well as systems for inclusive engagement and decision-making. In my current strategic design work at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, I pull from past experience in parks planning, filmmaking, cultural programming, teaching, group process, and graphic design.
Kate Murphy (they/them) brings nearly a decade of fashion and functional design experience to their role as Product Designer at Coforma. Kate focused their early career on the fashion and costume industries with globally known brands such as Urban Outfitters, Express, Lucky Brand, and Forever 21, while also developing a costume portfolio working in opera houses and on films. Kate was part of the costume team for Black Panther that won an Oscar for Best Costume. They earned a Master’s degree in design, focusing on how form and function merge seamlessly to create products that enhance a user’s experience. Today at Coforma, Kate works through design solutions by putting the user’s needs first, while synthesizing business needs and optimizing strategy for the client, the working team, and the user.
