About Kapiolani Design

Christina Lopp is the owner and principle designer of Kapiolani Design, a web design company based in Santa Cruz. She has been working in the web and interface design business for nearly ten years.

Her BA in Communications from UC San Diego and continued studies at the UC Santa Cruz Extension Graphic Design and Visual Communication Program gave her an early design edge just as the internet became a powerful marketing force. In 1995 she was hired at Hewlett-Packard where she worked as an interface and usability designer in the User Interaction Design group for five years.

During her employment at HP, Christina had the opportunity to personally design several high visibility human interest sites/stories for the hp.com home page for extended periods of time, giving her work exposure to hundreds of thousands of HP customers.

After leaving HP, Christina worked as a freelance designer for two years while traveling between her home in California and her home in Dublin, Ireland, where she had many opportunities to expand her interest in traditional Irish music and Irish and European culture.

Now, based in Santa Cruz, Kapiolani Design was created to serve the local Monterey, Santa Cruz, Bay Areas and beyond with excellent user interface design and hosting services.

Christina also teaches a workshop with business partner Gay Kraeger called "Illustrated Watercolor Journaling" locally and abroad. These classes encourage people to use their own artistic sensibilities and pen, ink, and watercolors to journal, collage and sketch. The results are amazing, and students (even those who think they aren't artists!) are thrilled with their work. Take a look at www.watercolorjournaling.com.