YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS
VALUES WE REFUSE TO COMPROMISE
Accessibility
Building (or re-building) a brand is a big moment. To make the investment an easy one, we offer flexible deposits, payment plans, and a full spectrum of offerings available for each unique client.
Trust
There's no such thing as behind-the-curtain at Ka‘ānani‘au Studio. Through the entire process, we share with purpose and transparency so our clients can make confident, aligned decisions.
Quality
Our client's success is our success, which is why our approach is driven by research and results every single time. We take the kuleana of our client's brand goals seriously.
Putting more into your business than you're getting out gets old fast. Our Brand System approach changes that.
‘ĀINA PROVIDES, COMMUNITY DECIDES
Our "Why"
FOR OUR PEOPLE & ‘ĀINA
We believe real change is within reach, and our local business owners and community leaders are laying the foundation.
The more our local organizations and businesses thrive, the more we can meet our own needs on our own terms, in ways that serve our people and our ‘āina. When community provides, community decides.
Imposed systems in recent history have created hostile economies in which individuals find themselves pushed out of right relations and into survival-mode. But, when we reclaim the economic landscape of our communities by creating and sustaining our own businesses, we are free to make choices that honor our pilina instead of sacrificing them.
When communities reclaim self-determination, we can make decisions that honor and protect our people as well as our deep connection with ʻāina. ‘Āina provides, ‘āina fulfills, and ‘āina loves.
By strengthening local businesses, we not only support individuals and families in our community, but we rebuild collective power, reclaim collective time, and reinforce the creation of futures that honor our people and our ʻāina instead of trading them away.
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MAKING A BIGGER DIFFERENCE TOGETHER
YOUR ALOHA ‘ĀINA BRAND DESIGNER
Maria “Malia" Penner
Brand Designer & Studio Founder
Before opening the studio, Malia spent about 2 decades practicing as a visual artist across various 2D and 3D mediums. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majored in Arts, Culture & Conflict Transformation, minored in History, studying at four universities across four different nations.
Now, Malia stays closer to home in Wai‘anae. Before specializing in brand design, she spent her years community organizing, teaching, surfing, lifeguarding, and tending kalo. Her connection to land, ocean, and community continues to shape her approach to her brand design work; invested, attuned, and purposeful.
After a traumatic brain injury in 2024 changed her course, with the support of her partner Pohai, and the guidance of Shavone Lave at Wai‘anae Economic Development Council, Ka‘ānani‘au Studio was "reborn." During her recovery, she spent her capable hours between the māla and the computer and began to learn all about brand strategy, brand design, and how applying this set of tools and strategies could positively impact the collective futures of Hawai‘i and beyond.
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