AwardsPloom
Core77 Design Awards, notable professional 2011

Tegu
Dwell on Design Best in Show 2011
Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards, Specialty Toy 2014
Talks
2014
Power of Design: "Designer's Toolbox"
Appalachian State University

2012
Designing Change: “A look at how design thinking is shaping new business futures.”
San Francisco, CA

2009
DTS09. Design Thinking Symposium: “I’m Alex, this is Design Thinking”
Singapore
Publications
Contributor: Make Space: How to set the Stage for Creative Collaboration
Doorley, S., & Witthoft, S. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons

Patents
2015 “Single Serve Beverage Production Machine”
2016 “CLIP”
2016 “Seating Device Having Tilt Mechanism”

alexko.co

Alex Ko makes things.
Sometimes it’s food.
Sometimes it’s products.
Product DesignGraphic DesignFood

2025

Client
KJ Orchards

K&J Orchards was started in 1980 when a registered nurse and pomology professor fell in love while working together to grow Asian pears in Northern California. Their continued love and success grew into a business that supplies the best Bay Area and Napa Valley restaurants with premium fruit today.  Project
Asian Pear Cider

Aomboon Deasy, the next generation of K&J, hasn’t missed a beat. Besides continuing her parents’ good work, she started Pomet in 2022, Oakland’s answer to Chez Panisse to the north. Naturally, an Asian-pear cider concept was next.
Role
Graphic Design

Care was taken to create an identity that can appropriately stand out in the wine and spirits aisle, while faithfully communicating the craft and expertise of the parent company, K&J Orchards. 3 Concepts were developed, variations of an idea of “being amongst the trees”. 
Concept C Label


Concept B Label
Concept A Mockup
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