Kapono is a Founding Partner and Head of Design at Combo. Prior to Combo,
Kapono spent over a decade working at some of the industry’s most notable
design studios such as BIG at Ogilvy, The Brand Union, AR New York and Mother
Design. Under Kapono’s leadership, Combo has successfully created, refined,
and transformed some of today’s most innovative brands, including Away
Luggage, Saie Beauty, GAP, Instagram, Nike and H&M, amongst others – work
defined by Combo’s diverse team and collaborative approach to creative
challenges.

Growing up between South Korea and Hawaii, Kapono followed in the footsteps of
his father, a designer in Seoul who went on to have a hand in some of South
Korea’s most iconic brands throughout the 1980s.

An active member of the community, Kapono is a contributor to For Freedoms, a
non-partisan art collective, as well as on the Board of Directors for AIGA NY.