Jin Kang

Jin is a designer and digital creative specializing in branding. As the founder of Lapis, a digital design studio with expertise in UX/UI, she crafts seamless, user-focused experiences. She’s worked with founders to turn bold visions into successful brands and product launches. Jin is also the creator of antidote, a premium nonalcoholic cocktail and mixer made with pride in Piedmont, Italy, showcasing her passion for quality and innovation.

What is your current state of mind?

Self-sufficient.

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What’s your favorite place to people-watch?

Langosteria cafe, Milan. The Wolseley, London. The Grill, New York.

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Where’s the last place you traveled, and where are you traveling next?

Solo road trip in the Arizona desert. Heading to Seoul next week.

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Where on earth has most surprised you?

A deceased artist's loft on the Bowery.

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Where could you return to again and again?

Hotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi Coast, Italy.

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When and where were you the happiest?

In the boxing ring at my gym.

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What’s your favorite place to take a friend visiting from out of town?

Cafe Sabarsky and Neue Galerie.

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Where is your favorite place to work?

At the bar across from my apartment.

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What do you consider the lowest depth of misery when you go out for dinner or drinks?

Watching influencers as they eat and record content.

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What taste or flavor do you most crave?

A Marlboro 27.

What current trend drives you mad?

Everything and anything related to TikTok.

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What is your greatest extravagance?

Shoes and white Burgundy.

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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your current job?

Working in a scotch distillery.

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Where would you most like to live?

I'm right here, in NYC!

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What quality do you like most and least in a travel partner?

I enjoy traveling with people who are down to wing it—can't do too much planning.

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What commonly praised quality do you believe is overhyped or overvalued?

Spirituality.

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What is your most treasured possession?

A complete set of original FMR magazines from the '80s.

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What do you regret spending money on?

Lending $2,000 to a bartender who then disappeared on me.

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What do you most deplore and most love about where you live?

Having to avoid dogsh*t on the street constantly. There are just too many things I love about NYC to list here.

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What is your personal motto/tagline?

Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. (The heart has its reasons that reason does not know.) – Blaise Pascal