About · Trezaloha Creative
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Designer & Artist
Meet Tre Zamora
Founder & Creative Director Aloha! I'm Tre Zamora, a Kanaka ʻŌiwi designer and artist based in Hawaiʻi. For over a decade I've woven ancestral knowledge into contemporary work, guided by one belief: design and art should carry meaning, and meaning should carry culture.
I work in two practices. As a designer, I build brands, products, and stories for clients. As an artist, I make by hand across several media: Hawaiian kapa, woodworking, illustration, acrylic, and exhibition design. Each feeds the other. The patience of handwork shapes how I design, and design sharpens what I make by hand. You'll find both side by side on the Projects page.
Trezaloha Creative grew from a lifelong pull toward digital art, storytelling, and the ʻŌiwi traditions I was raised in. A personal practice became a studio, but the founding belief hasn't changed: design carries meaning, and meaning carries culture.
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From client projects and creative collaborations to cultural events and community gatherings, these images showcase dedication to culturally-conscious design and the meaningful connections built along the way.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Two things that grow from the same place: design and art. The design side is visual identity & branding, digital & print, UX/UI, and web. The art side is kapa (Hawaiian barkcloth), installation, and illustration. Both follow one throughline, the restoration of relationship to land, to culture, and to self through making.
Yes, and I begin with relationship before solution. Before any logo or palette, I want to understand your story, your community, and the kuleana (responsibility) your brand carries. The identity grows from there, so it feels true rather than decorative.
Four stages, Research & Strategy, Design & Development, Testing & Implementation, and Evaluation & Support, though the spirit matters more than the steps. I work slowly and in conversation, making with you rather than for you, so the work holds up long after it ships.
Not at all. The work is built to connect with any audience while carrying an honest ʻŌiwi perspective. I bring the cultural grounding, you bring your story, and we meet in the middle with care.
As the foundation underneath the design, not decoration on top of it. Values like kuleana, reciprocity, and moʻolelo (story) shape the decisions from the first conversation through final delivery. It is a worldview, not a visual style.
I do. Alongside the studio work I keep a multidisciplinary art practice, kapa, installation, illustration, and research. The making feeds the design and the design feeds the making, same hands, same values.
Follow along on Instagram and LinkedIn, read the Field Notes, or sign up for the quarterly look book in the footer. And if you would like to work together, the contact page is the best place to begin.