A design firm fusing architecture industrial design. We are guided by the philosophy of BETTER DESIGN BETTER LIVING - making life better through design.
Joined July 2011
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25 Apr 2024
KEM STUDIO is part of a great team designing a new tower and connection to Kaw Point in Kansas City, KS. We make the initial presentation to the UG and the public next Monday, April 29th, marking the first site to reach this milestone as part of the KCK Redevelopment Initiative.
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18 Apr 2024
The Whitehill Residence is a modern single-family conversion of a historic 1960’s duplex that embraces a more essential lifestyle while respecting the historic context. Natural materials, strategic window placement, and overhang design maximize views and family communal areas.
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16 Apr 2024
SkateHub is a sleek bracket designed to store and display skateboards with a floating effect. It also features a hidden shelf for storing small items. Convenient for showcasing or storing boards when not in use.
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7 Mar 2024
We've worked closely with the Mattie Rhodes Center at both their Arts Center and Cultural Center to integrate playful interventions inside out. We wanted to share some of the drawings we've created through hybrid digital processes, expanding on our initial sketch thoughts.
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5 Mar 2024
In honor of National Industrial Design Day we wanted to share a collection of some of our projects from over the years! We love making life better through design every day. Stay tuned for new projects on the way!
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21 Feb 2024
Introducing one of our newest projects and Raleigh’s first cidery, East Bower Cider Co. The big idea was to create a local getaway, an oasis. The cidery consists of a bar, lounge, full production facility, and a 3,000 sf outdoor courtyard.
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14 Feb 2024
The Masterpiece Series is a ground-up redesign of Martin Logan's flagship electrostatic speaker. The big idea was to cohesively integrate the cabinet and frame in a simple, beautiful, and technical way that lives in modern and traditional spaces.
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6 Feb 2024
Enhancements to the Town of Kansas bridge serve as a communal gateway to the riverfront trail, blending natural architectural elements. The design, considering local rivers, trails, steel structures, and public art, emphasizes convergence, communication, paths, and exploration.
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30 Jan 2024
Jonathon Kemnitzer, Co-Founder and Principal of KEM STUDIO, will be speaking at K-State tomorrow hosted by K-State's IDSA Chapter. We're excited for Jonathon to be able to share more about what we do and how we do it... with the goal of making life better through design.
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26 Jan 2024
The design of Urogynecology of Kansas City’s new space sought to achieve the goal of Tranquility Through Design. To accomplish this, we carefully designed the visual, auditory, and spatial elements to provide a warm and serene experience.
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23 Jan 2024
Tango is the new acoustic wall tile line that we designed for LOFTWALL. Each tile is crafted to harmonize in both size and groove patterns, allowing users to create unique installations that appear as art while reducing noise in residential and commercial spaces. #tangram
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18 Jan 2024
We have some exciting news! Join us in congratulating Charlie Vega on his promotion to Director of Architecture at KEM STUDIO. As a Director, Charlie continues to develop uniformly exceptional production standards and monitors projects to make life better through design.
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8 Sep 2023
Join Me was recognized in the 2023 Innovation by Design Awards hosted by Fast Company. A collaborative project with @Adobe, Join Me is a signal intended to encourage spontaneous conversations. Or, with a playful flip to Focus, a polite way to discourage distractions.
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30 May 2023
Back when Health House went West we designed their first studio in WEHO. WEHO’s nature as eclectic, forward-thinking, and gregarious is represented with the integration of artistic messaging and luxury interior design that represents unconventional mergers of culture and fitness.
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12 May 2023
We designed Gravity Sky to be a simple, environmentally responsible space divider from above baffle. Minimize visual distractions, give yourself space to think, and let gravity absorb some of the chatter.Gravity Sky were designed to work seamlessly together.
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9 May 2023
Creative One's design features a clean, sophisticated material palette using contrast to focus attention on important client touch-points, creates opportunities for social engagement, and celebrating unique and unexpected elements throughout the space.
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22 Feb 2023
Thank you, KC... we're a @kcchamber #SmallBizSuperstar! Shoutout to our clients and peers who nominated us. We are so proud to be part of this KC community. Congratulations to our fellow 2023 Superstars and cheers to all those who celebrate and support small business.
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31 Dec 2022
As we ring in the New Year, we wanted to celebrate that Backdrop, for Landscape Forms, was a Winner in the Outdoor Products category Buffer, for Loftwall, an Honoree in the contract partitions wall systems category. Excited to keep making life better through design in 2023!
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4 Nov 2022
We are so proud and thrilled to share that our project, Willoughby Design, received a Citation Award in the Interior Architecture Category of this year's AIA KC Design Excellence Awards. Shoutout to our team, an incredible client and congrats to all the other winners!
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28 Oct 2022
Excited to receive this award for our work Willoughby Design! Thanks @AIAKC !