At Bettina Kaiser art+design (BKA+D), we run on curiosity and creativity.
Our professional team of designers, artists, writers and developers are keen to collaborate on your projects.
We’re especially proud to work on books and creative projects, as well as environmental and social justice causes.
Bettina Kaiser is the creative head at BKA+D.
As well as being a designer, Bettina is an artist. Bettina holds a Master of Visual Communications from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and has over 25 years of experience in designing for print and screen. She relocated from Germany to Australia in 2000. Bettina was an artist in residence at Arthur and Yvonne Boyd’s Bundanon and on expedition cruise trips to Antarctica.
Bettina's art can be found here.
Heike Krieger is a senior designer.
Heike is a designer, artist, and teacher who has been working with BKA+D for well over fifteen years. She lives in a funky strawbale house in the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria. Like Bettina, Heike also originally hails from Germany. In her spare time she is heavily involved with the Icelandic Horse community in Victoria. Heike is responsible for taking many BKA+D projects all the way from concept to press.
Joanne Everard is a designer and illustrator.
Jo is an artist and designer based in the leafy green outer suburbs of Melbourne. She has a passion for the conservation of Australia’s wildlife and environment, creating stunning artworks that help bring awareness to these areas. Jo's background working in graphic art, publishing and printing, along with her shared interests lends itself perfectly to our BKA+D projects.
Jo's illustrations and online shop can be found here.
Deanne Dowd is a tech whiz and web developer.
Deanne owns her own business and also enjoys working for BKA+D. From complex websites to online shops, Deanne finds solutions and implements them. She has a strong focus on making sites that really work for the client, and that allow the client to manage them independently. Deanne has a background in corporate web development for the finance and insurance industry.
Deanne's business, Ritz Digital, can be found here.
What else?
We support people and organisations through donating funds or services.
Causes we have proudly been able to assist in recent years include:
- Inner West Community Energy a local grassroots group helping homeowners to electrify their household
- The Rizzeria a risograph printing co-op offering this retro printing resource to the creative community
- CirclePaints, a not-for-profit circling unused paint back to be utilised
- The Flametree Co-op, an Illawarra community food co-op