Raquel Kalil
she/her // pronounced: “ra-kel”, “ka-leel”Hola, I’m Raquel✌️, your energy-boosting senior designer focusing on brand, design systems, and equitable experiences across digital and physical platforms.

🇺🇸 I’m Salvadorian-American
🇳🇱 based in Amsterdam, Netherlands
🐙 currently at argo
🐸 previously at frog
Given the confidential nature of design consulting, email me for portfolio access. Meanwhile, check out my LinkedIn. Salud!
In my studio practice, I explore future eating experiences and play with image making processes to produce limited edition graphic publications.
Publications / Press
Guest Critic / Talks
Select Exhibitions
Education
🇳🇱 based in Amsterdam, Netherlands
🐙 currently at argo
🐸 previously at frog
Given the confidential nature of design consulting, email me for portfolio access. Meanwhile, check out my LinkedIn. Salud!
In my studio practice, I explore future eating experiences and play with image making processes to produce limited edition graphic publications.
Publications / Press
Guest Critic / Talks
- Experience Design talk, SUNY Purchase, invited by Shiraz Gallab, 2020
- Hosted BioEconomics with aterR.studio, frog Design, 2020
- Thesis guest critic, California College of the Arts, invited by Jon Sueda and Saraleah Fordyce, 2019-2020
- Class talk for Wild Hybrids course, California College of the Arts, invited by Monica Martinez, 2019-2020
- Food Futures talk, Speculative Futures Meetup, invited by Phil Balagtas, 2017
- Food Futures design presentation, The Institute for the Future, organized by IFTF and Scott Minneman, 2017
Select Exhibitions
- Alma Mater: Methods, Hubbell Gallery, 2019
- CCA Campus Collection, 2018-2019
- SF Art Book Fair, 2018-2019
- OTIS Art Book Fair, 2018
- La Comida es Medicina, 2018
- Food Inno Symposium 2018
- PRIMER 18 Conference, 2018
- MFA Design Thesis Show, 2018
- O2 Artisans Aggregate, 2018
- CCA Commencement Exhibition, 2016, 2018
- Grey Area Technology, 2016
- CCA Commencement Exhibition, 2016
- The California Academy of Sciences, 2015-2017
Education
- Master of Fine Arts in Design, California College of the Arts, 2018
- Bachelor of Design in Architecture, University of Florida, 2011