Cato Partners

Ken Cato

Chairman and Executive Creative Director

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An Australian designer with an international reputation, Ken’s prolific work encompasses all facets of corporate and brand management and design. His philosophy of design is dynamically holistic, providing the synergistic solutions that produce positive results. He has won countless international design awards, and his work is represented in museums and galleries around the world.

A long-standing member of Alliance Graphic Internationale and a past AGI President, Ken has previously been awarded the first Australian
Honorary Doctorate of Design and inducted into the
‘Hall of Fame’ of the inaugural Victorian Design Awards. He is also a foundation member of the Australian Writers and Art Directors Association, a member of the
American Institute of Graphic Arts, ICOGRADA,
Design Institute of Australia, Australian Marketing Institute, Industrial Design Council of Australia, and is Patron of the Australian Academy of Design.

Ken is regularly invited to speak at international symposia and is an acclaimed author who has written numerous books, including First Choice, Design for Business,
The View from Australia and Design by Thinking. In 2006 Ken was honoured with the Premiers Award for design leadership from the Premier of Victoria.