Kelly Guo



Kelly Guois recent graduate from Boston University from earning a BFA in graphic design with a minors in business and innovation & entrepreneurship. She grew up in Brooklyn, NYC and is currently located there. Her work explores the interplay between experiences and joy. Drawing inspiration from cultural traditions and childhood nostalgia, she invite viewers a moment to pause, reflect, and celebrate the beautiful messiness of simply being human. Through a practice of designing interactive components her work encourages audience participation and fosters a sense resonance.
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Selected Works
Adumbrate
Unburrowing Time Capsules
Po Sum On

Thesis
Light as Air, Heavy as Time
2025 BFA Thesis Branding

Client Work
guts.
Gelly (MIT)

Spheric Bio (MIT)

Exhibition / Installation
Sown Together
BU Beach Wishing Tree
Modular Alphabet

Branding / Campaign 
Security Magnet
GovBall
Multiple Formats

Event Planning
Catch it While You Can
Untangle Launch Parties
Untangle Workshops
Untangle Photoshoot

Posters
I Love  / I Hate
Boston Out Loud

Social Media
Pentel of America

Archive
Community Installation
Alphabet Posters
Studio Ghibli Cookbook
Order In Chaos
Kelly’s Animated Personas
On This Day






Catch it While You Can


Thesis Workshop
2025
Catch it While You Can is a hands-on design workshop exploring the relationship between joy and temporality through water, time, and touch. Using Orbeez (water beads), participants will engage in a process of growth, transformation, and arrangement, reflecting on how this experience shapes our understanding of memory and play.

Through slow observation and composition, we’ll consider:
  • How does joy expand and fade?
  • What does it mean to hold something that won’t last?
  • How can materials tell stories about time?

Participants will create their own evolving arrangements in clear containers, experimenting with form, color, and impermanence.