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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER | THREE PILLARS In this first issue of our 55th anniversary year — not a typo, it really is 55 years! — we cover three pillars of the creative community. First up are an exceptional group of creative professionals whom we quaintly refer to as “People To Watch.” These are individuals we respect for their talent, leadership, influence and newsworthiness. They take their place in our de facto “hall of fame” stretching back more than a half-century; a complete list of persons to watch, as best we can recreate it, appears on our website. Second, we introduce you to top students from leading art and design schools. Their fresh take on design, education, work and life is energizing and hopeful. I’ll have what they’re having. Third, we present our annual Designer-Friendly Resources directory, a look at those rare companies and institutions who understand, embrace and serve graphic designers. This is an annual celebration of the synergy between creators and their tools. Those familiar with this decades-long endeavor will note that the number of designer-friendly organizations is shrinking. Only the fittest survive in this age of disruption and attention must be paid. GORDON KAYE IS THE PUBLISHER OF GDUSA Comments, suggestions and letters can be sent to gkaye @ gdusa.com.
DON’T BE AN A** HOLE No, I’m not transcribing a Presidential tweet! Rather, I’m exploring something revealing in our 2018 People To Watch story. Each year, we ask the cohort of industry veterans what advice they would give new design school graduates. This year, very possibly as a backlash to the perceived arrogance of Millenials and Gen-Z’ers in the workplace, the overarching message is: be humble, be open, be kind. Counsels Stuart Whitworth: “Be a sponge, there’s a lot to see and learn, don’t get cocky, you’re better than that.” Admonishes Smrita Jain: “Please do not go to an interview and pretend that you have tons of experience. Have the willingness to learn and the courage to say it.” States Hugh Weber: “Be kind. Don’t be fancy.” Scott Buschkuhl advises: “Every single opportunity you have, even menial tasks, will prove invaluable when you are starting out. Focus on the fact that you are always learning and never assume you are too good for whatever task you’re assigned.” Tsilli Pines adds: “Do everything the long, hard, stupid way.” Debra Barnett suggests: “Listen. Surround yourself with good people. Remember you’re a problem solver, and there’s more than one way to solve a problem.” From Kelly Welch Farquhar: “Live life, absorb everything and listen to other opinions, sometimes they are right.” From Paula Hansanugrum: “Dig deep. Work hard and be kind to others because talent is not enough.” Jeff Strahl observes, in part: “It’s a team effort ... work hard, and share credit and gratitude when you succeed. I guarantee you didn’t do it alone.” Halli Thorleifsson is succinct: “Get over yourself.” Last but not least, Leta Sobierajski cuts right to the core: “Be passionate. Work your butt off. Don’t be an asshole.” FAREWELL FRENEMIES I was genuinely sad to hear that our venerable frenemies, PRINT and HOW magazines, will no longer publish in print. They join countless other graphic design and graphic arts magazines that are gone but not forgotten, many truly excellent. Think Art Direction, Flash, Graphics Today, Art Product News, CMYK, ID, STEP, Graphis, Critique, Create, Creativity, Graphics & Design, Publish, EP&P, U&lc, Push Pin Graphic, Graphic Arts Monthly, American Printer, Inland Printer, and more that I actually do forget. Here, we still believe in print’s ability to forge a physical, sensual, permanent and credible human connection that is missing in the virtual world, and thus remain committed to GDUSA as a print product as well as a digital and web presence. It helps that we are small, agile, independently-owned and (speaking just for myself) arguably a few fries short of a Happy Meal. In our cozy office on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, our mantra has long been “last magazine standing!” but I feel no pleasure in seeing occasionally fierce — but always respected — competitors take another path.
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CONTENTS | FEBRUARY 2018
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PEOPLE TO WATCH GDUSA starts each year by noting a group of People To Watch who embody the spirit of the creative community and have a track record of talent, leadership, newsworthiness, insight, business savvy, community involvement. In a field awash with accomplishment and brimming with brilliance this is a purely subjective process. Still, we think you’ll find the 2018 group interesting, inspiring and worthy of a half-century of predecessors.
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STUDENTS TO WATCH With the help of many of America’s leading schools, we identify 75 of the top art and design students in the land. It’s a win-win for everyone: the students get recognized and we get energized. Heartfelt thanks to The Creative Group, the specialized staffing firm, for helping make this feature possible. Next edition, we’ll print a roundup of the top design schools in the U.S. from whence these rising stars . . . well . . . rise. Meanwhile you can preview the list on our website.
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DESIGNER-FRIENDLY GUIDE Companies and institutions who understand the creative mind and serve the creative market are rare and, Lord knows, it’s getting rarer. Every year, we spotlight a selection of designer-friendly makers, suppliers, services and resources who provide first rate products, services, information, value. From papermakers to image providers to typesellers to tech companies to distributors to printers to recruiters to associations and event organizers, they stand with the creative community in this time of change.
WWW.GDUSA.COM Our popular website currently carries two features that complement this print edition of GDUSA. First is our complete roster of past GDUSA People To Watch spanning more than five decades. It’s a remarkable array of legends, legends to be (and some one-hit wonders) with names like Adams, Ahrens, Angeli, Axios, Bass, Carbone, Chase, Eckerstrom, Glaser, Hische, Ijeoma, Kidd, Kinon, Lois, Maschmeyer, Massie, Millman, Morioka, Sagmeister, Valicenti, Vignelli, Walsh, Warkulwiz, Wolf, and hundreds more. Second is our 2018 selection of leading design schools, with names like RISD, SCAD, GDUSA - Graphic Design USA Volume 55/No. 1 January/February 2018 Kaye Publishing Corporation (ISSN0274-7499/USPS227020). Published 6 times a year with combined issues in January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, September/October, November/December. Executive, editorial and advertising offices at 89 Fifth Avenue, Suite 901, New York NY 10003. Phone: 212.696.4380, Fax: 212.696.4564, www.gdusa.com. SUBSCRIPTION: Domestic, $72 one year. International, $140 one year. Periodicals postage paid at New York NY and additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to GDUSA - Graphic Design USA, PO Box 3072, Langhorne PA 19047. Permit #224.
MICA, VCU, SVA, Pratt, Parsons, Cranbrook, Carnegie Mellon, ArtCenter, Academy of Art University, School of Advertising Art, and more. Please visit both these features at www.gdusa.com.
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THANKS TO THE SPONSOR A special thank you to The Creative Group (TCG) for its longtime sponsorship of the annual GDUSA Students To Watch feature. TCG specializes in connecting interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations talent with the best companies on a project, contract-to-hire and full-time basis. One of the many valuable resources
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available from this smart and focused company is The Creative Group 2018 Salary
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Guide, packed with useful information and data, including salary ranges and hiring
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trends for the coming year. In a message to students later in this special edition, TCG
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ABOUT THE COVER Currently Design Director at VICELAND, Julie Ruiz is an award-winning creative leader with more than 15 years in the entertainment, music and broadcast industries. She is also a 2018 GDUSA Person To Watch. Our special report starts at page 10.
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2018 | THE CRITERIA | GDUSA STARTS EACH YEAR BY CHOOSING A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WATCH WHO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY. Individuals we have come to know and respect for a combination of talent, leadership, success, newsworthiness and community service. In a field so deep in talent and broad in numbers, this is clearly a subjective process. Still, for five decades, it has seemed to work out pretty well: the roster of past participants is star-studded, to say the least. The 2018 group adds to the lustre.
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JONATHAN LEE
SENIOR DESIGNER ETSY, NEW YORK NY
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These days it’s business cards and matchbooks from restaurants, which helps me remember where I’ve eaten COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Jonathan is a native Noo Yawka and Senior Designer at Etsy HQ, helping the brand
Right now O.G. Orange
champion small businesses and keep commerce human. He’s also inhabited desks at
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Kickstarter, Google’s Material Design team, and The Original Champions of Design. Throughout his career, he’s worked to build brands, create and develop identity systems, and fold multiple world-views of design into his own approach. Some
Whichever voice is best suited for the brand, these days a lot of Guardian and Graphik DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
clients that he’s partnered with include Opening Ceremony, Prospect Park Alliance,
Print gave me the foundation that I still apply to my work, regardless of the medium
Aetna, The New York Times, and Atlassian. Jonathan is also a budding educator at his
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
alma mater, Parsons School of Design. When he’s not working or describing his life
Joon Mo Kang was my training day. Jennifer Kinon and Bobby Martin was my master’s program. Rob Giampietro married research and design in tech. And my team at Etsy builds me up everyday.
in the third person, you can find him exploring the world one bite at a time @chiukeat. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? Born and raised in the county of Kings, but currently lay my head in the borough of Queens, NY DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL? Parsons School of Design LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Semi-ambidextrous: born lefty but trained righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
A night owl who has learned to appreciate the value of morning time FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Bruce Lee – be water, my friend ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
My parents had me learn piano as a kid and I tried teaching myself guitar but play neither of them well … let’s just say I’m music appreciative FAVORITE BOOK? Kenya Hara’s Designing Design was a formative book for me, showing me an approach to design that stemmed from cultural background and an emphasis on the senses. FAVORITE MOVIE? Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy will always be Batman to me FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Community – Troy and Abed, forever FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Pretending to be a photographer on Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Realizing that design is never done ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? The more chances you take at the problem
the more opportunities you have at discovering the answer. Keep pushing yourself to the edge, knowing that you are growing and learning. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
Music producer, cook, or illustrator A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Two parts: “It’s a matter of context” — the wrong answer is often looking for the right question, and “Try everything once” — every industry, company, person, has their own point of view. Step in their shoes and you might learn something
The grandeur of Ai Weiwei, the wit of Christoph Niemann, the poise of Jing Wei FAVORITE CHARITY? Whichever local charity has boots on the ground FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? I eat a lot. Or more specifically, I try to make as many
meals memorable and fun, and food engages all the senses.
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH FAVORITE BOOK? I’m currently loving The Sun & Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur FAVORITE MOVIE? I’m always in the mood for
some Pride and Prejudice. Also, anything David Fincher directs or Aaron Sorkin writes
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Genius, West Wing, The Newsroom, House of Cards, Sherlock, Peaky Blinders, Stranger Things, Master of None. Also, Downton Abbey, most British or Spanish period dramas FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? James Turrell, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Monet, the way they capture and play with light, atmosphere, and time FAVORITE CHARITY?
The Humane Society, ASPCA, Mercy for Animals FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Spending time with my husband, our two beagle rescues and our Persian cat COLLECT ANYTHING?
Vegan cookbooks and sexy packaging COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
I love all colors TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Whatever works best for that particular project DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Everything we design will ultimately get printed so we always take that into consideration
PAULA HANSANUGRUM EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR CHASE DESIGN GROUP, LOS ANGELES CA Paula is a Los Angeles native whose interests are as diverse as the city in which she was raised. With a background in fine art and business, she eventually found her calling in graphic design — earning a BFA with Honors from Art Center College of Design. Her experience working with brands in product development, housewares, and consumer packaging eventually led her agency-side to Chase Design Group in 2010. Paula has helped build and expand the agency’s creative vision and culture of thought leadership, while continuing to guide clients into the future. With a proven track record of building brands from the ground up, such as Califia Farms, while also helping established global brands such as Nestle, P&G, and Pepsico maintain
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Margo Chase was both a mentor and a role model — the epitome of a strong, female creative. Having worked with her for so many years, I saw firsthand what a force of nature she was — someone who truly lived her life to the fullest — daring and fearless, relentless in the pursuit of her craft. She pushed and challenged everyone around her to always look beyond the obvious, to a place that often felt uncomfortable. It was only then we could arrive at something magical ... something you didn’t even know was possible. She’s taught me so much about having courage in your conviction and being relentless in the pursuit of excellence. Her “Question Everything” approach is our guiding philosophy at Chase. GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
distinction in the market, Paula has led the agency’s creative to new heights.
Strength: I’m endlessly curious. Weakness: There’s never enough time to do it all
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Dig deep, work hard, and be kind to
Born and raised in Los Angeles and I now live in Altadena CA DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Art Center College of Design LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Lefty for writing and righty for everything else MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Sybil from Downton Abbey. She’s kind, compassionate and treats everyone with the same level of humanity no matter their station, and stands up for what she believes. ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT? Only a few notes on the piano
others because talent is not enough. Design with integrity. You always want to start with substance, not style. Surround yourself with people who are better than you and learn from them. Stay curious and remember to have fun. Find things that inspire you outside of design. And, don’t take yourself too seriously! IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A painter or interior designer A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Montreal, Canada, and live in Brooklyn DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL AND, IF SO, WHICH ONE?
Parsons School of Design in New York with a year in Paris LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Night owl by nature and morning person by obligation (life as a parent!) FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Lando Calrissian ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Enjoy music but can’t play it…unfortunately FAVORITE BOOK?
Giovanni’s Room FAVORITE MOVIE?
Moonlight FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
The Queen FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Withfield Lovell
HANS DORSINVILLE CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER SELECT WORLD, NEW YORK NY
FAVORITE CHARITY?
The KANPE Foundation FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Art exploration COLLECT ANYTHING?
Hans leads Select World’s creative division for North America, building on its
Cameras
25-year foundation as a global beauty, fragrance and fashion agency. Through a
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
complete creative refresh, Hans is reenergizing and positioning Select World as an all-encompassing agency that can make any brand relevant and meaningful in
Black TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
The brand dictates the right typeface
today’s diverse culture. Previously, he was at Laird + Partners, where he served as
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
executive VP and senior group creative director. Hans has been instrumental in
Rarely. But when it does it’s to create contrast
creating bold and transformative work for numerous luxury and mass consumer
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
brands in fashion and beauty, such as Donna Karan/DKNY, Bottega Veneta,
Tibor Kalman
Ermenegildo Zegna, Estee Lauder, Coty, Tommy Hilfiger and Lane Bryant. His message
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
of body-positivity for Lane Bryant ignited a movement to not only accept plus-size women, but to celebrate them. This led to him being named one of Adweek’s Creative 100 and one of a handful of Top Creative Leaders Whose Ads Are Breaking Through
Strength is emotion weakness is emotion ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT?
Into Culture. Hans launched his career in 1993 as a Junior Designer at Donna Karan’s
Find your voice and your purpose
in-house creative agency, subsequently becoming Vice President of Advertising.
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
A filmmaker A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
It is better to fail in originality than succeed in imitation – Herman Melville
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE? Born in Columbia SC, grew up in Nashville
TN, and have lived in NYC for the last 23 years DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL? Not really.
Fine Arts for BFA and then MFA from Columbia University in Instructional Design and Technology LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Haven’t decided yet, I may switch to lefty in the coming months MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Night owl. I generally only sleep 4-5 hours a night. I wish I could skip sleep altogether and rely solely on daydreaming FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Joseph Knecht the Magister Ludi from the book The Glass Bead Game ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Yes. I grew up in Nashville in a family of musicians so I can hold my own on several instruments: guitar and bass but drums are my obsession. When I say play I mean I’m an advanced noodler and improvisational jammer FAVORITE BOOK? I will caveat all the “favorites” questions with a “you can’t have a favorite anything” but since you asked ... for books it’s Experience and Nature by John Dewey FAVORITE MOVIE? Anything made by Jacque Tati FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Seinfeld
JASON SEVERS CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER DROGA5, NEW YORK NY
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Tumblr FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? The Situationists FAVORITE CHARITY? UNICEF FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Traveling with my family
Jason heads the design department at leading ad agency Droga5, helping grow
COLLECT ANYTHING?
existing client relationships with new services, allowing creative and strategic offer-
Records, tapes, books, comics, experiences
ings to feed directly into broader product and service development and innovation.
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Jason recently joined the agency after more than 20 years of design and leadership experience. Most recently, he served as Director of Experience Design & Strategic
Millennial Pink ;-) TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Initiatives at Verizon, where he led end-to-end experience teams for the brand’s
I love anything Neoclassical family but will always go with something from the Realist family
digital products and services. Before that, Jason had an 11-year tenure at frog
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
design, where he was Executive Creative Director for the New York studio and global experience strategy lead. He has worked on brands such as American Express, United Nations, Google and Under Armour, among others.
I value working on paper so most things I will print to mark them up, sort and collage them, collect them in my sketchbooks, etc. DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Mentor Robert Fabricant, inspiration Tibor Kalman and R. Buckminster Fuller, hero Jane Jacobs GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Procrastination ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Spend more time building experiences
rather than a portfolio IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Vertical Farmer A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? Born in Wollongong, NSW Australia
(1.5 hrs South of Sydney) DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
I did a four year apprenticeship as a sign-writer at the Sydney Institute of Technology LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Both, I don’t sleep FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Larry David, I am known to
have quite a direct approach – my nick name is no filter ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I originally came to the US as a touring Singer Songwriter, working on New EP as we speak FAVORITE BOOK? Life by Keith Richards FAVORITE MOVIE? Austin Powers, Gold Member FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Silicon Valley, Stranger Things, The Walking Dead FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
I dislike all social media but our company uses Facebook and instagram the most FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Sebastian Kruger (unbelievable!!!!) FAVORITE CHARITY? Who ever needs it the most FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Mountain bike riding, motorcycles and building furniture
RICK CABALLO
COLLECT ANYTHING? Good people
HEAD OF CREATIVE DEAD HORSE BRANDING, NASHVILLE TN
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Black TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Helvetica, simple but perfect
Equally at home on stage performing before thousands, or working up designs for cutting-edge brands, Rick is nothing if not creative. This accomplished singersongwriter, artist, photographer and designer has a rare combination of charisma and ingenuity that makes him a true renaissance man. Rick owns his own creative playground working alongside wife and business partner Melissa Core. At Dead Horse Branding, Rick’s in charge of creative as a fashion designer, graphic designer, artist, photographer and videographer. Rick’s fashion was acknowledged in 2014 when he was inducted into the Tennessee State Museum Textiles Institute for changing the face of Country fashion. His painted art is also published in Celebrites Gallery, Maui, alongside other celebrity artists including Ronnie Wood and Steven Tyler. Rick’s latest work is a coffee table book that he designed, photographed and co-authored called “Elvis, Strait to Jesus.” The book, published by Hachette, features over 40 celebrities and will hit the shelves in May 2018. Rick is challenging the traditional boundaries between music, art, fashion and design.
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At the moment I’m finishing up a coffee table book called “Elvis, Strait to Jesus – An Iconic Producers Journey with Legends of Rock’n’Roll, Country & Gospel Music.” It features over forty celebrities like Jimmy Buffett, Lionel Richie, Reba McEntire, and members of Elvis’ TCB band. The book is about legendary music producer Tony Brown and his life story. GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
My strength is in branding, marketing what you have created, and reverse engineering what you have created so it can have components attached to it ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Computers are only a tool! It’s super
important to be able to scratch out a design on a napkin with a real pen or pencil, especially in front of a possible client. If you get lazy and just use what’s available online your designs will look like the next guys work. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? I’m in fashion, photography, and
painting, so I guess I’m already doing it. A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? 16 G D U SA
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FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Ferdinand the bull ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
No. My dad is a musical conductor, plays several instruments and sings in a goddamn choir, but somehow this gene skipped my generation. FAVORITE BOOK? The Road FAVORITE MOVIE? Trainspotting FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Curb Your Enthusiasm FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Not all fine artists but they rock my world: Brody Neuenschwander, William Eggleston, Kareem Rizk, Rodrigo de Filippis, Cristiana Couceiro, Futura 2000, Gary Taxali FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Getting to know a tiny human that entered into my life a little less than two years ago COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Not a particular color, but I typically design with a restrained palette – two to three colors max TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
The project will always dictate font choices, but there are definitely work horses, Trade Gothic and Minion among them. I have a never-ending love affair with Helvetica and a love/hate relationship with handlettering.
RICHARD LJOENES FOUNDER/PRINCIPAL DESIGNER RICHARD LJOENES DESIGN LLC, NEW YORK NY Richard started his career as a sketch-artist with DMB&B/Clarion Advertising in his native Oslo, Norway. Eventually markers were replaced with a Mac and he developed into a driven designer. While thriving at the firm, his status as the sole soccerhating male on the European continent eventually forced his emigration. He got his first start stateside with HarperCollins. During eleven years there he held numerous roles at several imprints, including Senior Art Director at ReganBooks, VP Senior Art Director at both the Collins imprint, and more recently, the Harper Division. In 2014, he started on the ground floor of ReganArts as Creative Director overseeing all cover and interior design for a range of fiction, non-fiction, and illustrated books. This past spring, Richard started his own studio. His work has been recognized by TDC, Graphis, GDUSA, The One Show, CA, Cannes Lions, AIGA/DesignObserver, Print, HOW, and The NY Book Show. He lives in Manhattan with his daughter, whom he continues to amaze daily, and his wife, who is less impressed by the minute. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born and raised in Oslo and currently live in Manhattan DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Yes, the Mercantile Institute in Oslo and Academy of Art University in San Francisco LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl
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I mainly design for book publishing. Of course there are electronic versions of most books now but, first and foremost, they are designed for print DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Heroes: Vaughan Oliver, Chris Ashworth, Bill Cahan, Ian Anderson/TDR, Jennifer Sterling, Peter Mendelsund, John Gall, Gabriele Wilson, Shepard Fairey, Julian House/Intro UK, Kjetil Wold (Norwegian firms Anti and Bleed). GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
My greatest strength and biggest weakness is being a perfectionist. This doesn’t mean I think my shit is perfect; it means the opposite. It also means that my process can be slow. I never let this affect client’s deadlines (well, almost never), but it affects my personal life and leisure time (or lack thereof). Every once in a while I do something worthwhile, and I think going those extra miles is the only way I'd get there. ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Healthy work/life balance. Burn-out will
come knockin’ one day. Work on stuff that interests/inspires you. If you are slowly dying designing the wrong stuff for the wrong people, find a way out before you forget why you love this thing in the first place. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? An artist of some kind A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Born in San Francisco, but raised and still live in Austin TX, an Austin girl forever DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Nope. I studied Advertising and Music at Texas State University LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
More of a middle-of-the-day person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Daria Morgendorffer ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I play oboe and English horn with the Austin Civic Orchestra, also I will karaoke my face off at any given time. FAVORITE BOOK?
Maybe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? I’m not sure, this question is too hard. FAVORITE MOVIE?
Singing in the Rain FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
30 Rock, Parks and Rec FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
TRISH OLIVES CREATIVE STUDIO MANAGER YETI, AUSTIN TX Trish is the Creative Studio Manager at YETI, manufacturer of premium outdoor lifestyle products (think coolers, tumblers and assorted accessories). As a seasoned creative leader, she spends her days working with “the absolute most badass creatives and marketers in the outdoor industry” creating idea-driven, on-brand, award-winning
Love the abstract expressionists but currently obsessed with Donald Robertson’s work. Give me big brush strokes and attitude all day, every day. FAVORITE CHARITY?
The Human Utility, which keeps the water running for low-income seniors and families in Detroit FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
I love being in or near the water, on a boat, fly-fishing, or pool-side COLLECT ANYTHING?
work so nobody has to suffer from melted ice ever again. Her work has been recog-
Weird ideas and amazing talent
nized by GDUSA and HOW several times over, and she’s been a featured speaker at
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the HOW Design Live Conference. Before Trish embarked on her epic adventure at
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YETI, she was a Designer and Art Director for inhouse creative departments around
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the majorly competitive city of Austin. She loves creating effective, beautiful communication that connects with audiences in a big way, fostering original talent in this great community, and facilitating solid, unshakable relationships between clients and creatives, resulting in cool and inventive output. When Trish isn’t spending her days tackling those lofty goals, she serves on the Advisory Board of AIGA Austin, plays the oboe and English Horn, works as the Creative Director for Austin Civic Orchestra, travels the world and eats lots and lots of noodles. So many noodles.
Gotham, but mostly due to a respect for brand guidelines GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
I am a worthless illustrator, but pretty good at typography. Also I approach every project strategically, with the audience and goals as the key drivers, not aesthetics. Probably goes back to my advertising education. ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Fail fast and ask more questions IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
Kanye West A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Alice from Alice in Wonderland, seeing things as they could be instead of how they are ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Unfortunately no FAVORITE BOOK?
Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss because it reminds us to keep dreaming and trying FAVORITE MOVIE?
Don't Laugh. Sahara (the one with Matthew McConaughey) because I bought it when I lived in Italy and it was the only English DVD I had so, of course, I watched it a million times. FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Tie between Cake Wars and Shark Tank FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
I run all of our clients social media so I am on everything all day long FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? I love all art, anything that makes me feel something when I am standing in front of it, from inexpensive to things my husband wishes I didn't see FAVORITE CHARITY? Cystic Fibrosis
COURTNEY JERNIGAN CREATIVE DIRECTOR + OWNER KNOXVILLE GRAPHIC HOUSE, KNOXVILLE TN
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Running, I am alone with my thoughts and its good for my soul COLLECT ANYTHING?
Oddities, glass heads, shark teeth, the weird stuff
Courtney Jernigan leads Knoxville Graphic House, a 360 Creative Branding Agency specializing in marketing to millennials and out of the box design. Courtney completed her BFA at SCAD, was the only American selected to complete a Masters of Fashion Design Advanced at Polimoda Institute in Florence, Italy, and the only Master student
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
I use all colors, but right now I really dig flesh tones and greens, very clean and crisp TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
to have her designs appear in a televised Italian Fashion Show alongside Pinko,
I use them all! Futura mostly for my business branding
Pierre Cardin, Miss Italia, and Cirque du Soleil. Returning to the States, she worked
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for fashion designer Anna Sui before returning to her southern roots to teach fashion
Half of my designs are for print, paper to DTG t-shirt printing, and everything in between
and merchandise design at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Nashville. There, she was nominated for Educator of the Year and built curriculum for Graphic Design and Illustration courses. In 2011, Courtney moved back to her hometown of Knoxville to raise her family and open a design studio. The mural she painted of her daughter on the side of her building won a 2017 GDUSA award and was nominated for the 2017 Knoxville Orchid Award for Public Art. Courtney is a Trustee of the Knoxville Museum of Art and Chairs the marketing committee.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Knoxville TN, traveled all over, and ended right back where I started DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL AND, IF SO, WHICH ONE?
SCAD for my Bachelors and Polimoda Institute in Florence, Italy for my Masters LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
I used to be night owl but now I love getting up super early. I get so much done
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DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Linda Rodin, I believe you can find inspiration in anything from graphics to fashion, she is an entrepreneur who has never conformed to society norms and has become so beautiful with age, I adore her. GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is from being a professor, I can pick up mistakes with just a glance and helpful as I guide my designers; weakness is being overly meticulous ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Some of my best work came from mistakes,
so make them, step back, and roll with it
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Welder or Graffiti Artist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Sailor Jupiter from Sailor Moon. Not only does she help fight evil by moonlight and win love by daylight, but her real name is Lita ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I was a very passionate trumpet player for 8 years FAVORITE BOOK?
We Have Decided Not to Die is a recent favorite FAVORITE MOVIE?
The Fifth Element, The Holy Mountain, The Fall FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Office FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
I can’t list just one! Arakawa + Gins, Yayoi Kusama, James Turrell, Walter De Maria, Salvador Dali, and more FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Visiting art galleries in Manhattan and drinking natural wine, but not necessarily in that order COLLECT ANYTHING?
Neon Genesis Evangelion figurines COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Salmon Pink, Robin’s Egg Blue, Acid Yellow TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
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LETA SOBIERAJSKI DESIGNER AND ART DIRECTOR LETA SOBIERAJSKI & WADE JEFFREE, NEW YORK NY Leta is an independent designer and art director combining traditional graphic design elements with photography, art, and styling to create unique visuals. Her work is incredibly diverse, ranging from conventional identities to brilliantly bizarre compositions. In 2016, Leta launched a design studio with her husband and collaborator, Wade Jeffree, in which they focus their unusual eye on projects ranging from branding, art direction, installation, to video. Leta has been working independently since 2013. Her client list includes Adobe, Bloomberg Businessweek, D.S. & Durga, Google, Gucci, IBM, The New York Times, Refinery 29, Renault, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Target, Tate Modern, and UNIQLO among others. She has been recognized as an Art Directors Club Young Guns 15 recipient as well as Print magazine’s New Visual Artist, and has given talks at conferences all over the world including North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Manhattan NY, raised upstate in the Catskills, and now I live in Brooklyn NY DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL? SUNY Purchase College LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Both, unfortunately; this doesn’t bode well for my sleep schedule
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Of course. While a lot of the art direction work that I make often lives in a digital world, a branding project has a far different result and often involves collateral, hangtags, packaging, or posters. While not every project allows a tactile result, I strive to challenge the tactile medium whenever I can. DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Arakawa + Gins, a collaborative duo who advanced theories of design which they believed could make mortality a thing of the past GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is color, weakness is being possessive ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT?
Be passionate. Work your ass off. Don't be an asshole. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
I used to want to be a cheesemonger, but after traveling so much this past year, I’d really love a side gig as a professional sight-seer! A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
The work you do is the work you get
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Definitely right-handed and left-footed MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? As a mother of two young children, I have learned early to bed and early to rise is key for quality sleep FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Howard Roark from The
Fountainhead by Ayn Rand ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
My kids are learning to play the piano; my eight years of lessons are finally paying off FAVORITE BOOK?
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho feels timely FAVORITE MOVIE?
I’m a geek for classic ‘80s movies like Karate Kid FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Game of Thrones FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Definitely Pinterest FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
DAVID JACKSON, JACKSON & CO.
HOLLY KOWALSKI
My list of favorites includes New York artist Lisa Hoke. I recently had the honor of joining Lisa on a curated panel discussion of how artists and designers approach pattern creation. She uses consumer packaging as her medium. Several of her pieces included packaging that my team had designed for clients. It’s was inspiring to compare our contrasting approaches and then realize we shared similar aesthetic FAVORITE CHARITY?
PRESIDENT, OWNER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR KAY JAMES DESIGN, APPLETON WI
We are active supporters of women’s organizations in our community and recently collaborated with a client to rebrand the Harbor House domestic abuse program and shelter
After several years as an in-house designer and then solo designer, Holly launched
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
her own design studio, Kay James Design, in 2011. Last year she and her team won
Travel with my family
several AIGA design awards for print pattern development and were invited to
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exhibit their work at MIAD. One current initiative is to elevate the role of pattern in design. Holly and her team help clients deliver brand ownable, strategic, and on-
I dislike clutter and keep only what’s meaningful COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
trend print patterns that reflect the soul of the brand. She believes that pattern
While I personally love green, Pantone 367U, nearly all of our work includes blue
offers an underutilized and powerful branding opportunity. The beauty of pattern
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
is that it doesn’t need to be translated — it’s a universal language that everyone
Anything handlettered is trending right now
can relate to. It sets the mood and anyone can describe a specific pattern and
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
easily explain what it means to them. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
You mean print and pattern, which offers a competitive advantage and meaningful branding opportunity
Midwestern roots run deep in my family. I was born in Cincinnati OH and I spent most of my childhood in the rural Northwoods of Wisconsin. I met my husband in Appleton WI and, after several moves, we decided to come back.
ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Exchange creates wealth
DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
A philosopher or curator
At the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh I earned a BFA in design with a minor in journalism. The highlight was playing competitive team sports and qualifying for several NCAA national championship titles. These experiences influenced my philosophy on launching and running businesses.
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IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Do great work, treat people well, and the rest follows
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Selma AL and I currently live in Atlanta GA DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
I did not go to design school. I graduated from an HBCU — Morehouse College — with a degree in Mathematics. LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Shikamaru Nara ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Yes! I sing, and I also play trombone, baritone, and euphonium FAVORITE BOOK?
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster FAVORITE MOVIE? Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2 FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Daria FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
None of them, honestly FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Hank Willis Thomas FAVORITE CHARITY?
Anything that deals with STEAM education for children FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
MAURICE CHERRY
These days, it's playing video games. It's a great diversion from current events.
CONTENT MARKETING FOG CREEK SOFTWARE, NEW YORK NY
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Japanese stationery COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Maurice has recently joined Fog Creek Software in content marketing after several years as principal and creative director at Lunch, a multidisciplinary studio in Atlanta where he developed a reputation for building strong creative brands and for fostering relationships with underrepresented communities. Maurice is also a pioneering digital creator, well-known for the Black Weblog Awards, the Web's longest running event celebrating Black bloggers, video bloggers, and podcasters. Other projects include his award winning design podcast Revision Path, 28 Days of the Web, and The Year of Tea.
Green TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Qanelas DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Not especially – most of my work has been multimedia (web and audio), but I have done some print pieces from time to time. DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
I'm inspired by everyone I have talked with on my design podcast Revision Path. GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
My greatest strength is my work ethic and my analytical nature. ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Work hard to establish your personal brand
and design language. At the end of the day, no matter if you work for yourself or for a company, it will be what sustains you as a designer. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A writer or a professional musician A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Fortune favors the bold
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in St. Louis MO and now live in Atlanta GA DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Georgia State University’s graphic design program LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Reformed night owl, reluctant morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Not really ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Quit piano lessons at age 10, I was told I’d always regret it – never have FAVORITE BOOK?
Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss FAVORITE MOVIE?
E.T. for nostalgic reasons, love watching it with my kids again FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Most recently The Handmaid’s Tale FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Too difficult to pick just one FAVORITE CHARITY?
REAP (Reading is Essential for All People) FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
KENDRA LIVELY VICE PRESIDENT, CREATIVE, PHASE 3 ATLANTA GA/CHARLESTON SC/CHARLOTTE NC/DALLAS TX After a decade of experience as a Creative Director, Kendra joined Phase 3 with its
Antiquing or working on a house project COLLECT ANYTHING?
A vintage clutch collection started in my teens COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Red. But you’ll never see red in my personal life TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
acquisition of Brand Fever in 2015. The lynchpin of the creative team, she guides
ITC Century is always a classic go-to
projects from beginning to end, overseeing design innovation and execution to
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
ensure it solves the defined business problem through creative excellence. With
Absolutely. I’ll always have a love for print, its tactile and experiential
expertise in branding, integrated marketing campaigns, design systems and user interfaces, Kendra is a talented leader who inspires work that is individually motivating and collectively influential. Kendra holds a degree in fine arts from Georgia State University, where she graduated with honors. She completed internship engagements at FPD3 New Media and Lasertech Color. Kendra combines inspiring ideas, cultural movements, and a trendsetter mindset to transform ideas into visually groundbreaking material, which has been recognized by 40+ industry awards.
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Cipe Pineles, a trailblazer for women in design GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is seeing the whole system, how it will all come together; weakness is never enough time to explore everything you wish you could ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Learn and understand all the roles you
interact with, be versatile, listen, ask questions and work on having the answers IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Interior Designer A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Work hard, but remember it’s just work
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FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Sherlock Holmes. His critical
thinking allowed him to reach conclusions that were magic to everyone else, and I see a parallel with great design. FAVORITE BOOK? My favorite genre is biographies and I really enjoy origin stories. FAVORITE MOVIE?
Based on movies I quote often, four I always return to are Airplane!, Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and Caddyshack with Coming to America and A Christmas Story as runners-up FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Storage Wars and Pawn Stars, with American Pickers up there as well FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
A tie between Instagram and Pinterest FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Far too many to list, but I’d include Norman Rockwell, Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock, JeanMichel Basquiat and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec FAVORITE CHARITY? We have worked with several nonprofits, but my favorite has been Providence Restaurant, a local nonprofit providing commercial kitchen training that helps students change the trajectory of their lives. FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Traveling with my wife and son
ELLIOT STRUNK RINGLEADER FIFTH LETTER, WINSTON-SALEM NC Elliot is a designer, business owner and entrepreneur. He founded Fifth Letter in 2005 (after ten years of learning from others) and enjoys working with clients in areas including apparel, arts organizations and nonprofits, education, finance, food and beverage, furniture, media production and delivery, new business launches, publishing, and technology, among others. He has taught design courses at the collegiate level, and lectured at colleges and universities in Ohio, Kentucky and North Carolina. His work has been featured in several books, recognized with awards by AIGA, CA, CUNA, GDUSA, GAM, Graphis, HOW, LogoLounge, Neenah Paper, Print, Step, Type Directors Club and UCDA (among others), and is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. Elliot co-founded the AIGA Triad NC chapter in 2014 and enjoys giving back to the design community by providing internships and networking opportunities for students and young designers, as well as providing tools for them to succeed. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Rhode Island and now live in North Carolina, although my formative years were spent in Ohio DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
I have a BFA in Graphic Design from Ohio University (Go Bobcats!) LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
COLLECT ANYTHING? Several things. Two of my favorites are fruit crate labels and letter E’s (hence our firm’s name) DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Absolutely. About 50% of our business is some sort of printed materials DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
I have been very lucky to have met many of my heroes and have worked for a few of them: Todd Coats, Hayes Henderson and Troy Tyner GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
I decided to ask my team to answer this question for me. Strengths: business sense, ability to “connect the dots” to look ahead, and transparency when working together. Weakness: I tend to get excited about what’s new when we still need to wrap-up all the things in progress ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Be a lifelong learner. Ours is a dynamic
and passion-fueled profession existing at the intersection of art, business and technology IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
Unemployed! Actually, a cultural anthropologist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Curiosity, hunger and grit. These are the three keys to success. It’s written on the wall in our office.
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? I’m a reformed night owl
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Reykjavik, Iceland. Now I live mostly in San Francisco CA DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL? No LEFTY OR RIGHTY? I'm always right MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Yes, both FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Sisyphus ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Yes FAVORITE BOOK?
Oh, The Places You'll Go FAVORITE MOVIE?
First 45 minutes of Wall-E FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Broad City FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Twitter FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Cindy Sherman FAVORITE CHARITY?
Unicef FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Sleep COLLECT ANYTHING?
Memories
HARALDUR THORLEIFSSON
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
FOUNDER AND CEO UENO, SAN FRANCISCO CA
White
Haraldur (Halli) Thorleifsson is the founder and CEO of Ueno (pronounced like
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS AND, IF SO, WHAT ROLE?
bueno without the b), a first-rate, all-singing, all-dancing, fast-growing, fun-loving,
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Tisa
Not much
not-quite-bourgeois-yet-not-quite-bohemian full-service digital agency that designs
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
and builds digital products, brands and experiences. A creative director and designer,
Don't believe in heroes
Halli founded the agency as a one-man operation out of his Reykjavik, Iceland
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
apartment in 2014. Three short years later, Ueno has 50 employees and offices in Reykjavik, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Airbnb, Apple, Chubb, Cisco, Dropbox, Facebook, Fitbit, Google, Lonely Planet, Red Bull, Progressive,
Strength: digesting information and displaying it ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Get over yourself
Reuters, Samsung, Uber, Verizon and Visa are clients. In a short time, Halli has
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
won several industry accolades and been nominated as designer and developer of
A bass player in a punk band
the year by AWWWARDS. He speaks English, Danish, German and Swedish, and
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
last month, Ueno was accepted into the Society of Digital Advertisers (SoDA), an exclusive international, invitation-only association.
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Elaine from Seinfeld ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I took a few guitar lessons to learn a Dinosaur Jr. song FAVORITE BOOK?
My original copy of Harold and Maude; it's the best and smells so good FAVORITE MOVIE?
I love a good rom com on the plane FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
I go to sleep watching Cheers every night FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
I’m kinda secretly waiting for the backlash of it all FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
I’ve been slowly collecting FAILE prints FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
I shoot bands and shows, I call it my night job FAVORITE CHARITY?
I'm really interested in starting a small scholarship for kids that can't afford art school. I remember not having any money to buy art supplies and books and was so appreciative to any help I got. COLLECT ANYTHING?
I still shoot on film so I collect old cameras, I have way too many
JULIE RUIZ DESIGN DIRECTOR VICELAND, BROOKLYN NY
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
I definitely have a “life” color palette and it usually involves orange or “blue” which is my middle name TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Julie is an award-winning creative director and storyteller with more than fifteen years of leadership, branding, design and advertising experience in the entertainment, music and broadcast industries. She is currently Design Director at VICELAND and was previously VP of Advertising & Branding at VH1. She is also a music photographer for A Horse With No Name, which mixes her passion for photography and rock n roll. Her design work has been recognized by AIGA, Print, HOW, CA, GDUSA, PDN, Le Book, PromaxBDA, the One Show, CLIO and Creativity. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Ft. Lauderdale FL, grew up in Eureka Springs AK, now live in Brooklyn NY DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
The Art Institute, but now I really love taking classes at MOMA. Being in the museum at night when everyone is gone is soothing to my brain.
Lately it’s been Helvetica, because that’s our brand font at VICELAND. DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Long Live Print DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
I’ve been very lucky to have had some amazing managers and mentors that have all inspired and helped me throughout my career. GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is that I trust my instincts Weakness is not taking the time to breathe ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Find your own style IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
More right but I use both
I’ve always wanted to be a production designer for film sets.
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
I like to sleep
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND LIVE NOW?
Born in Oswego NY and now live in Troy NY DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
MFA Fine Art Photography at RIT LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty with no aspirations to be ambidextrous MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Up at 5AM FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
The Prodigal Son ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I’m a Pandora and Spotify virtuoso FAVORITE BOOK?
Naked by David Sedaris FAVORITE MOVIE?
Grand Budapest Hotel FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Boardwalk Empire or Shameless FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Mark Rothko FAVORITE CHARITY?
My Kids and Habitat for Humanity FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
A nap on a day off is my favorite
CHRIS HARROLD VP & CREATIVE DIRECTOR MOHAWK FINE PAPERS, COHOES NY Chris is the Vice President & Creative Director at Mohawk Fine Papers. In this role,
COLLECT ANYTHING?
Vintage cameras COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
CMYK TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Chalet New York Nineteen Sixty
he has responsibility for brand management, strategic market development and
WHAT ROLE DOES PRINT AND PAPER HAVE IN YOUR DESIGN?
creative direction for the company’s product and marketing campaigns. Chris
Print on paper is the main event
joined Mohawk in 1990, and has held several positions from sales to marketing
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
and played a pivotal role establishing Mohawk as a market leader in digital printing. He has been published in a variety of industry journals, is a Lynda.com author, and speaks extensively on the role printing and paper play in design today. Chris holds an undergraduate degree in Art History from SUNY Oswego and an MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. He and his family live in beautiful Troy NY.
Hard to choose so I will submit 3: Mentor (blending photo + narrative) Duane Michaels; Inspiration (color and cross-media genius) David Hockney; and Hero (for his general design influence and pivotal role at Strathmore Paper) Will Bradley GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
As a fine artist: not making time to do my own work ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Be original and true to your convictions IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
A college art professor (and photographer) A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
This above all … to thine own self be true
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MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? As a young girl, I loved the
Nancy Drew series and wanted to be her – I’m endlessly curious and always on the lookout for a good mystery to solve. ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I play piano but I don’t read music FAVORITE BOOK?
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit FAVORITE MOVIE? When I need a laugh, I watch
White Chicks, because who doesn’t love the Wayans brothers? Others: Only Lovers Left Alive, The Shawshank Redemption, Harold and Maude, Terms of Endearment, The Fifth Element FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Friends (again), Weeds, Insecure, Stranger Things FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
I have a few: painter Cecily Brown; artist Zaria Forman who creates large-scale landscapes out of pastels; minimalist sculptor Richard Serra; photographer Mary Ellen Mark; modernist painter Stuart Davis; Jackson Pollock FAVORITE CHARITY? charity: water FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
ANDREW CENCI
TINA ESSMAKER
Spend time with friends, explore NYC, play piano, eat delicious food, visit museums and galleries, and buy books at Greenlight in Fort Greene or McNally Jackson in SoHo
COACH, WRITER, SPEAKER BROOKLYN NY
COLLECT ANYTHING? See above, I collect books
Tina is a coach, writer, speaker, and advocate for the creative community. In 2011,
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
she cofounded The Great Discontent, a publication of indepth interviews with artists, makers, and risk-takers. She has spoken with more than 250 notable subjects for web, print, and audio, including Cheryl Strayed, Debbie Millman, Reggie Watts, Tavi Gevinson, Leon Bridges, and Krista Tippett. In 2017, Tina experienced a personal transformation after her marriage to her husband and business partner ended. The opportunity to redefine her career drew her back to her roots as a social worker. Combining her love for the creative community with a desire to help people live more meaningful, connected, and fulfilled lives, she started her own coaching practice. In addition to coaching, Tina speaks about vulnerability, empathy, and connection. She was recently named one of the 100 most influential people in Brooklyn culture by Brooklyn Magazine. She also served as Chair of the 2017 AIGA Design Conference, helping to curate a memorable lineup of main stage speakers and symposia hosts. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? I was born in Port Huron MI
and I currently live in Ridgewood on the border of Bushwick, Brooklyn NY DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Nope. I earned my Bachelor of Social Work from Wayne State University LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
As a New Yorker, I feel obliged to say RGB Black Druk DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Print played a huge role in my work as Editor in Chief of The Great Discontent. We published multiple issues after launching in print via a Kickstarter campaign in 2014. I have a soft spot for printed artifacts, whether it’s my work or someone else's. DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Debbie Millman, who is extremely talented, astonishingly prolific, generously shares what she’s learned, and uses her platform to champion others’ work GREATEST PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH/WEAKNESS?
My greatest strength and weakness is obsessiveness over my craft. I want everything to be perfect, but I’m learning to let go and accept that nothing is perfect in execution — only in idea. ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Follow your curiosity. It will change as you
do. That’s okay. A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? As a child, Mark Hanna, as an
adult, Norman Bel Geddes. Google them
ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I enjoy playing “Hail To The Chief” and “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood Theme” on my ukulele and singing John Denver to my kids, who are both Swifties FAVORITE BOOK?
Connected by James Fowler + Nicholas Christakis FAVORITE MOVIE?
The Potluck Society and Brewster’s Millions FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
The West Wing, Seasons 1-4 FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Potlucks FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Ben Shahn and Ray Lenor FAVORITE CHARITY? The Creative School, The
Boys Institute of DC, and Feeding South Dakota FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
In A Minute, a drawing game invented with my creative director and eight year old daughter COLLECT ANYTHING?
HUGH WEBER CATALYST & FOUNDER INSTITUTE OF POSSIBILITY, SIOUX FALLS SD Hugh is a researcher, network theorist, story discoverer, civic rider, design advocate, and small town kid from Milbank SD. With clients and partners ranging from Fortune 10 to mom-and-pop bait & tackle shops, he uses a variety of emergent research techniques and innovative community building skills to reveal the rich stories, vibrant cultures, thriving networks, and infinite possibility that often lays hidden in the communities, organizations and people we love most. Hugh is creator and host of The Potluck Society, a public radio podcast that celebrates ordinary people building extraordinary communities. He founded OTA, an extremely effective for-purpose organization sparking transformation through creative connections and collisions in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Hugh can be most often found on some
JFK campaign collateral; drawings from my son; snapshots of Mount Rushmore under construction; the stories of ordinary people building extraordinary community; signatures of South Dakota Governors; books previously owned by cultural icons; and AIGA Medalist memorabilia DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Human beings will always need something to hold onto or will be left cold, sad and alone. Sometimes paper goods are sufficient to keep us warm. DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Carl Roose, Andrew Breitenberg, Aaron Draplin, Jessi Arrington, Kate Bingamin Burt, Nate Utesch, Ash Huang, Jason Murphy, Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, Dian Holton, Jacinda Walker, Bernard Margulis, Molly O’Connor, Andrew Brynjulson, Ashton Hauff, Ben Brick, and Emerson Weber. Along with hundreds and hundreds of others working, alone and ambitious, in small shops and small towns, to change the world.
small town Main Street behind the wheel of Pearl, his 1968 International Harvester
ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Be kind. Don’t be fancy. Find a mentor.
Metro Mite delivery truck, or leading a bubble parade with his daughter Emerson
Make a mess. Do good.
and son Finian. He believes wholeheartedly that designers are our only hope. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Milbank (pop 3,313) and in my heart I never left DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL? I received a certificate of participation from the In-
stitute of Possibility; I’m still trying to get the ink off my hands LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty. Or Ambidextrous. It depends on whether this is a literal or figurative question MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl
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IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A former Governor from South Dakota A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
It’s a phrase from a speech President Kennedy gave in 1962 about the challenges of going to the moon and returning safely: “We Must Be Bold.” It strikes me as elegant, grand and perhaps the greatest understatement of modern times.
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
A native of Northern Virginia and still live just outside of Washington DC DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Virginia Commonwealth University LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Night owl ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
As a child I played the piano and violin, as an adult I have tried to learn the guitar and djembe drum. I love music, it inspires and speaks to my soul. FAVORITE BOOK?
The Spark: Igniting the Creative Fire That Lives With Us All, by John U. Bacon FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Mad Men FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Facebook FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Johannes Vermeer FAVORITE CHARITY?
SPCA FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Latin dance, especially bachata and salsa
THERESA KOENIG CREATIVE SERVICES MANAGER LMI, TYSONS VA Theresa is an award-winning multimedia design leader with more than 20 years of experience helping brands become icons. Her eclectic approach to creative pursuits
COLLECT ANYTHING? Handmade art tiles by Sid Dickens and Houston Llew COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Currently our corporate brand colors, PMS 2748 (blue) and PMS 166 (orange). TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
has been evident for as long as she can remember; from a young age, she loved
Currently our corporate font Roboto, and I prefer sans serif fonts in general
jewelry and metalworking, sewing and mixed media collage. This creative spirit led
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
her to explore even more artistic interests during college. Since earning her BFA degree, Theresa has worked in a variety of agencies, corporations, associations, nonprofits and freelance gigs: among them Verizon, Special Olympics, Booz Allen, DXC Technology (formerly CSC) and NII Holdings (the Nextel brand in 5 Latin American markets). Theresa’s focus areas span branding, advertising, web and social media, UI/UX, packaging, exhibits and retail spaces. Her multidisciplinary style enables her to develop strategy, messaging and design into unified brand experiences that strengthen organizations’ identities, help solve business chal-
Print is my primary medium DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Paul Rand, Milton Glaser, Saul Bass, Paula Scher GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strengths are attention to detail, design with a purpose, and organization; weakness is drawing ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT?
Always continue to learn and expand your skills
lenges and achieve greater impact. GDUSA, Print and CA have recognized her with
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Musician
awards. Theresa currently serves as creative lead and manager at LMI, a consulting
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
firm dedicated to improving the management of government. In her free time, you
If you stumble, make it part of the dance
can find her on the dance floor.
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Warwickshire, England and live in Ridgefield CT DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
The Arts Institute in Bournemouth LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Indiana Jones or Han Solo ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT? Clarinet as a kid FAVORITE BOOK? Pictorial Websters FAVORITE MOVIE?
Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Great Escape, Godfather II, Snatch, Le Mans, not necessarily in that order FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Stranger Things, Peaky Blinders, Mind Hunter FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Evan Hecox, Annie Leibovitz, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst. Julie Kraulis and Amy Shore are my new favorites FAVORITE CHARITY? Parkinsons UK FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Being a dad COLLECT ANYTHING? Everything, mid-century furniture, toy cars, watches, skateboards, design books, I have a problem
STUART WHITWORTH CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER FLOOD CREATIVE, IRVINGTON NY
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Depends, black and white is usually where it starts TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Stuart joined Flood Creative in 2008 after working in London, NYC and Philadelphia,
Depends on the project but Gotham for a lot of everyday stuff
and made a big impact with his courageous design style. His fresh thinking, collab-
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
orative approach and positive attitude, combined with a hunger for design excellence,
We use print for a lot of the Flood promo work and some of our restaurant work
help him create unique client experiences. As Chief Creative Officer, Stuart gives designers the insight and inspiration they need to foster award winning strategic
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
bility leave an impression with all who collaborate with him. A passion for all things
Poul Kjaerholm, Massimo Vignelli, the Eameses, Arne Jacobsen, Jean Prouve, Marc Newson, David Carson
design has inspired him since he was old enough to hold a pencil. Still a hands-on
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
design thinking. His typical British sense of humor and down-to-earth approacha-
designer himself, he contributes to projects with a “roll up our sleeves” mentality. Clients include Georgia Pacific, Trinchero Family Estates, Pepperidge Farm, Campbells, Kings Hawaiian, Coca-Cola, Shamrock Farms, Accel Foods, Briogeo, Reily Foods, Moet & Chandon, Boston Beer Company, PepsiCo and Kimberly Clark.
Both the same: obsessive about creating great design ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Be a sponge, there’s a lot to see and learn,
don’t get cocky, you’re better than that IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Chef or an architect A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
You can design everything
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FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? I identify with most protago-
nists in the fiction I read on some profound level, which is why I'm such a rabid reader of quality fiction. ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I used to play cello for some years and regret letting it lapse FAVORITE BOOK? Too many to list. I'm a ravenous reader, mainly fiction. I love my commutes because I get to read the whole time. I will say, however, that something about Patty Smith's Just Kids was one of the most moving books I've ever read without any gratuitous drama or emotion FAVORITE MOVIE?
Notorious, the Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Just finished The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and it was, truly, marvelous FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Collage is dear to me so I'd say Hannah Hoch FAVORITE CHARITY? Smile Train FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Reading, meditating, working out COLLECT ANYTHING?
BRENDA MILIS PRINCIPAL OF CREATIVE SERVICES AND VISUAL TRENDS ADOBE STOCK, SAN JOSE CA/NEW YORK NY Brenda leads a group at Adobe Stock that services the visual needs of top enterprise clients and identifies visual trends to identify where consumer interest is growing. Brenda has worked for a large variety of editorial brands among which are WSJ magazine, Bloomberg Pursuits, Time magazine, Marie Claire, and Men's Health magazine. She also launched and served as the founding photo editor of Style.com and before coming to Adobe, served as the Executive Director of Photography at Refinery29, leading both the editorial and branded photo teams. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in La Jolla in Southern California but have lived in Brooklyn for 17 years so I consider myself very much a New Yorker. DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Nothing specific: there are so many beautiful things in the world so what I bring into my home is very eclectic COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR WORK AS A CREATIVE? Blue, blue, blue DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR WORK?
I’ve gone back and forth between digital and print over the years and am now fully immersed in digital at Adobe. When your focus is imagery either is satisfying. CREATIVE MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
The reason I studied Art History is that all serious artists inspire me and I love to champion all artists’ work. So it really depends on the year or the season when you ask me. GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A CREATIVE? Strength is that I trust my gut and
come up with ideas very quickly. I don't think there's any weakness for creatives! ADVICE TO A YOUNG CREATIVE JUST STARTING OUT? Trust your gut (there it is again), try many
I did not. I studied Art History with a focus on photography at UC Berkeley, then Gender and Media Studies at The New School in New York City.
new things, and be very, very tenacious.
LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
A Philanthropist
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Middle of the day person, ha! I love sleep so much! That said, my eight year old son has trained me to get up excruciatingly early on a daily basis.
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
It all works out for the best
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Forever a night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Spok ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Yes-ish, I played the guitar for 9 years or so and then one day just stopped FAVORITE BOOK? 1984 began a long history of distrusting the authorities FAVORITE MOVIE?
Too many. I will say that heist/suspense movies really do it for me though FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Stranger Things FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Dribbble … it’s easy FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Salvador Dali FAVORITE CHARITY? HOPE worldwide FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Getting outdoors. In the past it’s been hiking/ bouldering, nature has always helped center me. Being in New York has been a challenge in that area. But second to that is good food with good friends, which New York is perfect for. COLLECT ANYTHING? I’m the opposite of a collector. My dad is a collector so in reaction I enjoy throwing things away instead. COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
CHRIS MARTINIE SENIOR DESIGNER L+R, BROOKLYN NY
I’ve been told it’s yellow TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
I go through phases but…when in doubt, DIN DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
ing on packaging and brand design in Los Angeles, he made the move to join L+R’s
Not as often anymore, since making the move to a digital agency. But occasionally we do work with print for internal projects or for larger scale branding projects.
team in Brooklyn where he has translated his understanding of the analog to the
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
digital product world. Chris believes his background in print brings a more expressive
Not really. I’m constantly inspired by different people, the worlds a big place
Chris has been the force behind L+R’s designs for the past two years. After focus-
vantage point to the digital branding he executes. He is the first to recognize his deficit in the attention department, and he believes his shifting attention is what gives him to opportunity to constantly try new things. On a never ending path to having “no style,” even as a kid he knew it was time to change things up whenever anyone was able to define him or his work. This is the mindset he brings L+R’s team, helping clients like Amazon, Disney, Google, GE, and Global Citizen stand out, and merging his favorite designer Saul Bass’ motto “I want to make beautiful things” with functionality and the needs of the audience. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born and raised in the Bay Area and am now living in NYC
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Planning out a project so large in my head and having to fight the accompanying feelings of paralysis ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Surround yourself with people who
share your passion and push each other to be better. Encourage each other; advise each other; compete with each other; etc. The right environment is so important. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Architect
Nope, but I was surrounded by small group of great talent at CSUN’s art department
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Yonkers NY and now live in Bergen County NJ DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
I have a BFA in graphic design from Montclair State University and MS in packaging from Pratt LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Both ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Love classical, jazz, pop, and play the piano FAVORITE BOOK?
The Good Earth and Pirkei Avos FAVORITE MOVIE?
Singing in the Rain FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
HGTV, Shark Tank, The Profit, Everybody Loves Raymond FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Snapchat FAVORITE CHARITY?
So many good ones – some of whom are our clients, the work they do and the services they provide are crucial and incredible COLLECT ANYTHING?
GLEN TEITELL
DEBBIE BARNETT FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR BARNETT DESIGN, INC., RAMSEY NJ
I’m trying to collect space, but it keeps getting filled up TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
For body copy it’s Myriad Pro SemiCondensed and Formata, both highly readable, with many style variations DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
From a very young age, Debbie has had a pencil in her hand. Her passion for design led to the creation and success of the highly acclaimed, full-service studio that bears her name. With more than 100 industry awards to date, it is clear the Barnett Design team has mastered a unique melding of strategy, design, and technology. The studio’s diverse client list includes national and international corporations, non-profit organizations, and regional businesses. Debbie has worked in the design and communications space for 30+ years, with many well-known brands including Panasonic, Eight o’clock Coffee, Volvo, Walgreens, and Ferrero. In addition, Debbie has taught as an adjunct professor at Montclair State University and has been a guest speaker at Fairleigh Dickinson University, at Baruch College, and for civic groups. She conducts inspirational workshops for area schools and mentors students
When designing for print, we have figured out how to be extremely creative with ink on substrate while ensuring it can be printed successfully and within budget DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Inspiration: Bob Gill GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is REALLY listening to our clients; weakness is the studio candy jar ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Listen. Surround yourself with good people.
Remember you’re a problem solver, and there’s more than one way to solve a problem
interested in entrepreneurship, promotion, branding, and design. When not in the
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A teacher
office, she occasionally puts down her pencil to enjoy family, fitness (hiking, skiing,
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
martial arts), photography, origami, gardening, and music.
Balance
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Birmingham AL and now I live in Dallas TX DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL AND, IF SO, WHICH ONE?
BFA in Graphic Design from Auburn University LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty, but I shoot pool left handed MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
I can do both. I’m most creative in the morning FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Sam Weir from Freaks and Geeks ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
No, I’m terrible FAVORITE BOOK?
To Kill a Mockingbird. Favorite design book is A Smile in the Mind FAVORITE MOVIE?
Boogie Nights FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
The Office FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Bruce Nauman FAVORITE CHARITY?
BAILEY PARKERSON SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER 70KFT, DALLAS TX
Genesis Women’s Shelter? FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Riding my bike COLLECT ANYTHING?
Not really
Bailey is a Senior Graphic Designer at 70kft, a brand marketing agency in Dallas and
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
currently serves as a board member of the Dallas Society of Visual Communications
I love the color blue
(DSVC). At the agency, Bailey has worked with a variety of brands including Verizon,
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Holocaust Museum and many more. Bailey has received awards from Print Magazine,
I try to change it up as much as possible, but I’ll always throw Sentinel in there to see what it looks like
Graphis, ADDYS, Brand New, and the Dallas Show. As a board member of DSVC,
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, GE, Hilti, WNYC, Virtustream, United Capital, Dallas
he is responsible for planning, curating and organizing their monthly speaker series, which has been a running tradition for 60 years.
Most of my work is digital but I jump at every print opportunity that I can get DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Noma Bar GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
I’m at my best and most creative when the pressure is on ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Make as much work as possible.
Make something new everyday, it doesn’t have to be good. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
Sculpture Artist or Construction Worker A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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Night owl disguised as a morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Jo March of Little Women ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Not at all! Though I desperately tried to play the saxophone in 7th grade FAVORITE BOOK?
I adore Jane Eyre and The Good Earth FAVORITE MOVIE?
A Fish Called Wanda FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Stranger Things FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Pablo Picasso FAVORITE CHARITY?
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Cooking COLLECT ANYTHING? Tea Cups COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
None. Color is so important in setting the tone of a design, it needs to be in service of the strategy DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Yes, the execution of a design is as important as the design itself and the medium of expression contributes to how the story is understood DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
MEGHAN LABOT MANAGING DIRECTOR SPRING DESIGN PARTNERS, NEW YORK NY Meghan has, throughout her career, focused on fostering connections between brands and their consumers through an astute understanding of the cultural context that influences relationships. With a background in art history combined with 17 years in brand strategy, Meghan is uniquely situated to see the role that culture can play in influencing perception and defining communication. Her past brand experience includes Coca-Cola, Molson Coors, Boston Beer Company, Voss, Bacardi, and Absolut. Her perspective on culture, consumer behavior, branding and design has been featured in AdWeek, Brand Packaging, and The Dieline, as well as NPR Marketplace. Spring Design Partners, where she is Managing Director, is a branding and design consultancy with over 20 years of experience helping build and grow consumer brands. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Shippensburg PA, now live just outside NYC in Glen Ridge NJ DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
I studied art history at Colby College and spent a year studying art and art history at Temple University in Rome
I had the pleasure of working with semiotician Charles Leech on several projects and he opened my eyes to how deep cultural detail can go in shaping communication and perception through design. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH/WEAKNESS?
As a design strategist, my biggest strength and biggest weakness is that I am not a designer. Not being a designer allows me to be 100% open to all the visual possibilities. I am not burdened by a single image in getting the point across which is a strength. On the other hand, not physically designing the end product is a weakness as I don’t have an intimate connection to the craft. ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT?
Listen and observe those around you because there is so much to learn. But at the same time, never lose sight of your own point of view. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
A food stylist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Follow the path that is laid before you, and always be open to the possibilities of what is to come
LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born and raised in New Delhi, India and currently living in New York City DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Undergrad at Apeejay Institute of Design and an MS in Communications Design from Pratt Institute LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Thinking - left, writing - right MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Depends on the previous day FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Alice, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland FAVORITE BOOK? I’m writing one FAVORITE MOVIE?
Inside Out, Practical Magic, Mad Max: The Fury Road; reminds me of my sisters and how we fight with each other but they always come back to my rescue no matter what FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Friends FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Georges Seurat FAVORITE CHARITY?
ASPCA, Animal Aid Unlimited, Friendicoes, Breast Cancer Research Foundation FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Sleeping COLLECT ANYTHING?
SMRITA JAIN CREATIVE DIRECTOR THE AQUARIO GROUP, NEW YORK NY
I have an old soul and love to collect antiques and, because I travel a lot, postcards, fridge magnets, jewelry, and currency COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Love all colors, at present using a lot of blue
Smrita is an award-winning designer at The Aquario Group and a renowned artist at
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Surmrit Gallery of Art and Design. Her art has been showcased in New York, London,
Gotham is the new Helvetica
and India. A cultural documentary photographer, her first book, Creating Durga, gained
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
international recognition and a second, an autobiography called Fat Free Samosa, is due for release in 2018. Smrita was the keynote speaker at KADLondon2017,
75% of what I design is print and I love it DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
a creativity conference, and has also spoken at Global Status of Women and Girls.
Tony Di Spigna, Graham Hanson, and other professors from Pratt, and Tapan Lal Dhar from India
She has exhibited at Pratt Institute, Javits Center, Queens Museum, The Juliana
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Curran Terian Design Center Pavilion, The Arthur M. Berger Art Gallery and The Nehru Center London. As a designer, she has worked with the likes of Wilbur-Ellis, Financial Accounting Foundation, Ernst & Young, WebMD, Manchester Designer Outlets, Google, JDRF, Tyco, Rockefeller Center Collaborative Research Center, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Ministry of Indian Tourism and Supreme Court Museum of India. She has won awards from, among others, GDUSA, Creativity International, Summit International Creative, London International Creative and Design Firms.
Strength is I work hard and with full passion; weakness is if I am working too long on a project, then I get bored, tired and lose interest ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Please do not go to an interview and pre-
tend that you have tons of experience. Have the willingness to learn and the courage to say it. It has worked like magic for me. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Prime Minister of India, kidding! A vet
or someone who works with animals or animal charity groups A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
My father always says, “Never stop learning” and my mother always says “Always stay busy”
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ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
No, I gave guitar lessons a shot and failed miserably FAVORITE BOOK? All the Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale FAVORITE MOVIE?
Too many to list. If forced I would say Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Stranger Things, Lore, and non-stop history channel FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram, a picture is worth 1,000 words FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Grandpa Chan @drawings_for_my_grandchildren; a 75-year-old Korean grandpa who learned to use Instagram to share his drawings with his three grandchildren FAVORITE CHARITY?
Any charity that helps animals, locally Operation Kindness, a no-kill animal shelter. FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Reading, cooking, kayaking and trying not to check my work email COLLECT ANYTHING?
Books and odd teapots. The teapots are unintentional, they find me. COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
KELLY WELCH FARQUHAR CREATIVE DIRECTOR PROPAC, PLANO TX
Orange TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
When I need something simple I go to Trade Gothic DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
collaborative environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their ideas to
I’m very much still rooted in the print world but often translate it into the digital. Shopper Marketing requires points of communication instore, however digital plays a bigger role every day.
the table. The agency’s roster includes all PepsiCo and Frito-Lay brands. Kelly has
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
As Creative Director at fully integrated solutions agency Propac, Kelly’s priority is to ensure that big ideas come to life. In order to facilitate that, she has created a
more than 16 years of industry experience, ranging from brand design to traditional advertising to shopper marketing. She was Art Director for Harwood Marketing and a Designer at Fossil. She came to Propac in early 2017, after nearly a decade at TracyLocke. Kelly has worked with numerous clients, including Fossil, Dannon, Dr. Pepper, Cargill, TXU Energy, Pizza Hut, Visit Dallas and T-Mobile, and has won many awards and been in leading design magazines. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was raised just outside of Dallas and through some twist and turns I’m back in Dallas DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL? I received a BFA in Communication Design at Uni-
versity of North Texas, an amazing program
LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
I’ve had so many amazing leaders and talent come and go through my life. One that stands out is Lou Allison. He could paint a picture of a concept and sell it like no one I’ve ever seen, thoroughly captivating. I’ve learned from him to never lose the passion for what you do and always give your all, even the tiniest projects GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is color theory; weakness is letting an idea go when it’s not working ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Live life, absorb everything and listen to
other opinions, sometimes they are right.
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Neither, I require eight solid hours
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Veterinarian
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Velma from Scooby Doo. I’m always misplacing my glasses and I enjoy solving mysteries
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts – Winston Churchill
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Night – mornings are not my jam FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Baymax from Big Hero 6.
He’s designed to care for people, programmed to intuitively feel and see what is wrong, and is always there to help fix it. ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
If you count spontaneous dancing in the living room and singing with kitchen gadgets as musical, then yes FAVORITE BOOK?
You are a Badass by Jen Sincero FAVORITE MOVIE?
Dumb and Dumber, Elf, and Pulp Fiction FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Golden Girls FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Wassily Kandinsky – I named my son Kandon after him FAVORITE CHARITY?
Anything with children in need FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Drinking wine by a fire with friends. On Sunday, you can find me curled up on the couch in sweatpants doing nothing. I like to call it no-bra Sunday. COLLECT ANYTHING? Ampersands COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
LAURA WALLACE
Teal, it’s my go-to but it’s not for everyone
PRESIDENT AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR WORX, HAGERSTOWN MD
Anything sans serif
As resident fire-starter at Worx, Laura thrives on helping companies tell their story, connect with people, and grow their client base. After a brief stint designing ads for the Yellow Pages, Laura started her own design company. After ten years and “a whole lot of kicking ass,” Worx has grown to a team of five talented women. Laura wears many hats serving as President, Creative Director and Relationship Builder. From large integrated campaigns to giving new businesses a logo, Laura approaches each project excited for the possibilities. As a calculated risk-taker, she founded The Green Couch Project™, an initiative to share entrepreneur’s stories and inspire people to follow their dreams. To get them started, she authored Brandstarter™, a workbook for people to discover what their brand is. Some have given Laura’s infectious positivity the affectionate title of “Laura Aura” which she seeks to share in every speaking engagement. Laura is happiest seeing others fulfill their dreams and takes great pride in helping them do so.
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN? DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Every day! We specialize in branding, and often times that includes printed material, nothing beats a tangible piece of well-designed paper DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
My high school art teacher Mrs. Baker; she saw something in me that I didn’t GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is my vision, weakness is my vision in that I am often on to the next idea before finishing the first. ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Be willing to try things that scare you.
Your best work is just on the other side of your self-doubt. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Interior designer A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Waynesboro PA and live in my small hometown of Greencastle PA DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
I received my Associate’s degree in graphic design from Bradley Academy and my Bachelor’s degree from The Art Institute Online LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty all the way
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? Born and raised in upstate New York
and currently live in Brooklyn NY DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
School of Visual Arts LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? A little bit of both but probably more of a morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Indiana Jones, combination of
adventure and learning FAVORITE BOOK?
A Wild Sheep Chase, Haruki Murakami FAVORITE MOVIE?
Le Samouraï or pretty much anything from the Coen Brothers and Wes Anderson FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Currently enjoying Black Mirror and Fargo … too many to list. FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Rachel Whiteread FAVORITE CHARITY? Friends of Animals FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Going out for the perfect slice of pizza, followed by a little sci-fi moving watching COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Black, white and blue TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
SCOTT BUSCHKUHL
Trade Gothic but it really depends on the client
PRINCIPAL/CREATIVE DIRECTOR HINTERLAND, NEW YORK NY
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Yes, 40% of what we do at Hinterland is print based DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Scott is a designer, educator, and the principal of Hinterland, a multidisciplinary
Carin Goldberg/my students at SVA/Lester Beall
studio that specializes in branding and identity for print, digital and physical envi-
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
ronments, and publication design for books and magazines. Before establishing his
Perseverance and patience, or lack thereof
own studio in 2007, Scott sharpened his skills at Pentagram, where he worked with
ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? BE EAGER! VERY FUCKING EAGER!
Abbott Miller and Woody Pirtle on identity and publication design. Scott’s work is recognized for its visual wit and clarity. With a sharp eye and a subtle sense of humor, Scott translates complex messages into smart, friendly design that is iconic and memorable. Clients include American Museum of Natural History, Baked NYC, Cannes Festival, Ghostly International, Nakamura Keith Haring Collection, The Nantucket Project, The New York Times, SVA, Spruce & Bond, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, and Well Rounded Sound. He has won numerous awards, including AIGA, Art Directors Club, Brand New, GDUSA, Graphis, PRINT, and TDC, and has been published by Casa Brutus, CA, Counter-Print, Identity Designed, HOW, iDN, Victionary, and Women’s Wear Daily. Scott received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2002, and has taught Basic Graphic Design, Designing with Typography, and Graphic Design Portfolio at SVA since 2009.
Every single opportunity you have, even menial tasks will prove invaluable when you are starting out. Focus on the fact that you are always learning and never assume you are too good for whatever task you’re assigned. Don’t be embarrassed or afraid to let your boss know what skills you are lacking, what you would like to improve, and by all means clue them in to things they might not know about you that can you can bring to the table. Listen to everything going on around you. Take lots and lots of notes. Ask questions. Be organized. Don’t take long lunches. Make yourself part of the team. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A photographer, run an elephant sanc-
tuary, or a short-order cook at a greasy spoon A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Work with what you have. Also, the idea is nothing without the execution, and the execution is nothing without the presentation. G D U SA 47
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Wichita Falls TX and currently reside in Bowling Green OH DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
A BFA from BGSU and an MFA from Eastern Michigan University, both in Graphic Design LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Morning. The quiet is powerful and productive FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Janus ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I wish FAVORITE BOOK?
Synchrodestiny by Deepak Chopra, The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz FAVORITE MOVIE?
Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola … the music, scene transitions, costumes, Gary Oldman, a love story FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Outlander FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
JENN STUCKER
Judy Chicago, Georgia O’Keeffe, Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder
PRINCIPAL, SiSU DESIGN
FAVORITE CHARITY?
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY BOWLING GREEN OH
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Jenn is a practicing designer at SiSU Design and an Associate Professor and Division Chair of Graphic Design at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Along with her constant dedication toward improving her teaching methods and sustaining design practice, her interests include Design as Artist and Practitioner, Design as
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo Running, lots of running COLLECT ANYTHING?
Swatch Watches COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
What’s most appropriate for the content TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Scholarship of Engagement, and Scholarship of Design Pedagogy. Her work has
Emona
been published in several books including Graphic Design: The New Basics, Intro-
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
duction to Graphic Design, and Collab + Design Education (forthcoming.) She has
Quite often, tactility and physicality matters
also received recognitions and citations in numerous design publications for her
DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
community projects: Urban Forest Project Toledo, You Are Here Toledo and The Sit&Tell Project. She is the co-founder and co-organizer of SWEAT (Summer Workshop for Experimentation and Thought) and co-editor of several self-published books produced through the workshop. Jenn is a founding board member of AIGA Toledo, serving in many leadership roles including past co-chair of two national AIGA Design Educators Conferences held in Toledo in 2010 and Bowling Green in 2016. She has presented at several conferences on both her teaching and research interests of community engagement.
Rick Valicenti, Keetra Dean Dixon, April Greiman GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is a willingness to step-up whenever/ however is needed; weakness is overcommitment ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Align your work and time to your values IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
A midwife A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Bloom Where You Are Planted
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Madison WI and live in Denver CO DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
I have a BBA from UW-Madison, where I tried to create my own Advertising and Design program. They wouldn’t let me. So I finished as quickly as I could, and then headed west to the Colorado Institute of Art to finish my portfolio work LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Right on MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night Owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Joe Strummer ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Music is one of my favorite things in the world, unfortunately not a musician FAVORITE BOOK?
Walden: Life in the Woods by Thoreau. But also love Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson FAVORITE MOVIE? Animal House FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? M•A•S•H FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Ravi Zupa FAVORITE CHARITY? Save the Giants Great Dane
Rescue and Tibet House US
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Spending time with my family and climbing trees COLLECT ANYTHING? Art and memories
JEFF STRAHL
COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
CREATIVE DIRECTOR CACTUS, DENVER CO
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Orange, as an accent Avenir is the go to DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Jeff is a Creative Director, storyteller, facilitator and friend at Cactus. With over 20 years of experience that includes Natural Product CPG, Conscious Living, Travel and Tourism, and Health and Wellness, he combines traditional advertising and design practices with emerging digital technologies to find the common ground where brands and their audiences can come together. And through the use of humor, emotion, style and reason, he creates meaningful bonds so friendships can form. It's better to make friends than customers, and Jeff is in the business of making friends. Among others, Jeff has made friends for WhiteWave Foods, Smartypants Vitamins, Gaia, Bhakti Chai, Jackson Hole and the Colorado Tourism Office. He has been fortunate to have received recognition from numerous publications and awards programs. Jeff is also an accomplished photographer, whose work has been featured in PDN, Graphis, many galleries and in his book Little House on the Lake.
Magazine, Newspaper, New Business Proposals, Packaging DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Norm Shearer, my team at Cactus, and Frank Lloyd Wright. GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is my passion. Weakness is my passion ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? It’s a team effort. Surround yourself with
the smartest people you can find, talk a lot, collaborate, make each other laugh, work hard, and share credit and gratitude when you succeed. I guarantee you didn’t do it alone. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Nature Therapist, Arborist, Clinical
Herbalist or Acupuncturist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
You can choose to be right, or you can choose to be happy. Or practice what you preach and live what you teach.
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in London, living in Los Angeles CA DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Brunel University, London, Design & Technology BA LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Night owl ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
No, although in school we had to play the recorder FAVORITE BOOK?
Currently reading Richard Branson's Losing my Virginity FAVORITE MOVIE?
I like a good chick flick, The Holiday FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Right now it's Suits FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Monet FAVORITE CHARITY?
St Judes FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Cooking COLLECT ANYTHING?
DANIELLE BEAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR THE CREATIVE PACK, LOS ANGELES CA After 10 years at one of the top London branding and packaging agencies, Danielle founded The Creative Pack based in Los Angeles. She is dedicated to exceptional creative work and strives for high service standards in everything TCP does. Their work for large retailers, independent brands, and small startups has been rewarded with over 60 international awards including the Vertex Awards, HOW, and GDUSA.
Squashed pennies DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS AND, IF SO, WHAT ROLE?
Food packaging is always printed, so it's imperative it looks good as a final piece. DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Always loved Seymour Powell’s product designs, Terrance Conran, Paula Scher GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Keeping to just one project at a time ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT?
Stay true to your values and find a place to work where you can be yourself IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Chef A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Treat people the way you would want to be treated.
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MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
I’m a big-time night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Leslie Knope from Parks and
Rec. I identify with her vapid, unwavering optimism. Plus we are now both blondes ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
No musical talent FAVORITE BOOK?
Cat’s Cradle and House of Leaves FAVORITE MOVIE? My all-time favorite movie is
John Waters’ Crybaby
FAVORITE TO BINGE WATCH? I tend to work late at night so I have binge watched pretty much everything, most recently Portlandia FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Hands down, its Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Francis Bacon FAVORITE CHARITY? I do work for a number of my
favorite non-profits: New Mexico Appleseed, The Catholic Foundation, New Mexico Legal Aid, New Mexico Heart Institute Foundation, Central New Mexico Community College, Santa Fe Community College and New Mexico Kids Matter FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Travel and ultimate frisbee
DEANN SENA OCONNOR OWNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR DSO CREATIVE, RIO RANCHO NM DeAnn opened her design studio after honing her skills as Production Manager and Art Director at Central New Mexico Community College and Lead Designer at
COLLECT ANYTHING? I have a collection of old dolls from all over the world which freaks out my daughter. I also have an impressive collection of Pez machines which freaks out my husband. COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
I go through phases. I just finished my orange phase and am now easing into my lime green phase TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Santa Fe Community College. At dso creative she has collaborated with and created
Gotham, Gotham and more Gotham. Did I mention Gotham?
ideas for many ad agencies, independent clients and large corporations for over 15
DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
years. She has developed brands and creative for New Mexico Appleseed, The Catholic Foundation, Spanish Colonial Arts Society, New Mexico Legal Aid, Natures Force Organics, New Mexico Heart Institute Foundation, Central New Mexico Community College, The Cadmus Group, American Cancer Society, Santa Fe Community College and New Mexico Kids Matter among others. DeAnn has been recognized with awards from the AAF New Mexico, GDUSA, the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations and PRSA. She was named a 2013 Albuquerque Business First Woman of Influence, has served as president of the AAF New Mexico, and is currently a board member. She also serves on the New Mexico Kids Matter
Yes. It seems that comprehensive campaigns still thrive and work in my market. DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Milton Glaser, Margo Chase, Paula Scher GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
As a female, Hispanic, small business owner and a working mom, time management and problem solving are my strengths; weakness is my inability to say no ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Don’t expect perfection. Just make sure
Board of Directors.
that it is good, compelling and purposeful
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A costume designer
I was born in the Santa Fe aka The City Different. I now live in Rio Rancho but do most of my work for clients in Albuquerque and nationwide DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL AND, IF SO, WHICH ONE?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
No one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep
The Graphic Design program at New Mexico State University LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
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2018 | PEOPLE TO WATCH FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Liz Lemon ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I imitate all the voices from my kid’s favorite shows to amuse her. Does that count? FAVORITE BOOK?
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed. I usually favor novels, though, because they convey more about the human condition than non-fiction FAVORITE MOVIE?
Ruby in Paradise, Ronin, Radio Days FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
RuPaul’s Drag Race FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Coffee date with a friend FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Jenny Holzer, Yoko Ono, Cindy Sherman, Tara Donovan, Maya Lin, Elinor Carucci FAVORITE CHARITY?
Polaris Project, Partners in Health, Planned Parenthood FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Movies and naps COLLECT ANYTHING?
I have hoarder tendencies, so I’m careful about how much stuff I bring into my life COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
RICHARD DARBONNE
TSILLI PINES DIGITAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR FINE, PORTLAND OR
I’m drawn to red and yellow in my self-directed work. In client work, it’s important to stay open to whatever serves the project goals TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
I write a lot of email in Helvetica, which is now my dominant design medium DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Tsilli has been designing digital experiences since the dawn of the web browser and has launched countless award-winning projects for clients large and small. She is currently Digital Creative Director at FINE, a brand and digital agency with 20+ years experience in wine, hospitality, tech, architecture and financial services. And
Most of my client work is digital, but I do flirt with print sometimes via my extracurriculars. A lot of the community work I do has artifacts: programs, posters, signage DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
she is also the founding Director of Design Week Portland – a festival that spans
Tibor Kalman
design disciplines and celebrates design as one of our most-promising cultural,
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
social, and economic resources.
Intuition
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT?
I was born in Israel, grew up in Berkeley CA, and now live in Portland OR
Do everything the long, hard, stupid way
DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
I’m a Parsons dropout LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Insomniac
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Probably a politician A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Neuss (near Düsseldorf) in Germany and live in Brooklyn NY DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
Art Center College of Design LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Hands or Brain? MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Easy: Night Owl. FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Too hard ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Yes but not enough; I know how to play a bit of piano and guitar FAVORITE BOOK?
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse FAVORITE MOVIE? Oh, too many. Most watched
is likely North by Northwest. Movies I wish I made: Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Boogie Nights, Stay, The Royal Tenenbaums, Ex Machina FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
I love being social. I love media. And I love to keep them separate as much as I can. FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Stanley Kubrick FAVORITE CHARITY? Last supported Al Gore’s
The Climate Reality Project
DANIEL DOERNEMANN EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR LOYALKASPAR, NEW YORK NY Born and raised in Germany by designer parents, Daniel grew up in an environment
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Hanging out with my daughter COLLECT ANYTHING?
Not consciously, but it seems I have a lot of cameras COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
fueled by creativity. He took his love of design to the esteemed Art Center College
Black
of Design in California. In 2007, Daniel moved to New York City to join loyalkaspar
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
where he has helmed numerous brand identities, campaigns and strategy initiatives for diverse brands like ABC, Disney, U2, SYFY, USA Networks, Freeform, A&E & Amnesty International. His work has been on display at the MoMA and was honored by CA, PromaxBDA, D&AD among others.
I tend to want to design a new one for each project DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
An aspirational role primarily. I’d love to do more if it. I love working in motion, especially for tv but you don’t get to hold your design in your hands as much or are able to justify buying one of those big archival drawers DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
Bass, Carson, Rand, Rams. Probably in this order GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
I think a lot ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Understand there sometimes is a difference
between the best design and the right design IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
Lost? Maybe a director or actor A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
The hardest thing about creating a solution is really understanding the problem
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Night owl, not enough time in the day to get everything done FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH? Moana, she is adventurous,
strong-willed, fearless and capable. ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
Growing up, I taught myself to play the piano by listening for theme songs on tv shows FAVORITE BOOK? Design is a Job and You’re My Favorite Client, both by graphic designer extraordinaire Mike Monteiro FAVORITE MOVIE?
New favorite is Disney Pixar’s Coco FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Scandal, House of Cards, Weeds FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Snapchat, can’t get enough of the A/R filters! FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Historically: Lucian Freud. Contemporary: Françoise Nielly FAVORITE CHARITY? The We Are Able organization, founded by my cousin Griffen Saul. It raises awareness for people with disabilities FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? SoulCycle COLLECT ANYTHING?
Work-out clothes (it’s a terrible habit) COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
AJ GOEHLE PRINCIPAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LUCI CREATIVE, CHICAGO IL In 2011, AJ was a key member of the team that launched full-service museum master planning and design firm Luci Creative, which also develops and implements exhibits and spaces for cultural institutions and brands. Today she leads the company’s efforts on ambitious projects for clients including the Baltimore Museum of Industry, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago Sports Museum, Clear Channel Communications, The Field Museum, First Division Museum at Cantigny Park, General Growth Properties, MacArthur Foundation, McDonald’s, Microsoft, the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) Chicago, PG&E, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, among others. AJ is also actively involved with many nonprofit organizations including the Design for a Cure Foundation in 2007; she sits on the steering committee for the venerable Chicago Museum Exhibitors Group; and is a member of the Women’s Presidents Organization. At Luci, AJ works directly with each client while also serving as creative and business sherpa for the team.
Orange TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
Proxima Nova DOES PRINT HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS?
Combined with digital media and interactivity, we design multi-layered print-graphic communication programs for all of our museum and experiential environments to deliver the story. DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO? Es Devlin GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
Strength is my ability to listen, facilitate and align stakeholders with multiple perspectives and different goals, and sherpa them to create a cohesive vision; weakness is that I get so passionate that I over-deliver on the scope ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? Don’t ever stop learning. When you stop
learning, your work becomes stale. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? An environmental scientist living at a
conservation station in Costa Rica A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Chicago, came back after school to Chicago, and then four years ago my husband and I moved our growing family north to Evanston IL DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL? Syracuse University, School of Art & Design LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Both. I like to say that I am a left-brain business strategist, with
right brain creative intuition
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MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Night Owl, but equally bad at both FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
April Ludgate from Parks and Rec ARE YOU MUSICAL AND/OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I aspire to be more musical. I sing and play piano, but I’m looking hard at stringed instruments FAVORITE BOOK?
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins FAVORITE MOVIE?
I can quote every line of The Princess Bride FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Bob’s Burgers FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
I can never pick just one. Frida Kahlo, Ana Mendieta, Robert Rauschenberg FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
CharityWater FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Anti-screen time: Hiking, kayaking, building things with my hands COLLECT ANYTHING?
Notebooks that are too beautiful to use COLOR USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN?
STEPHANIE GELABERT
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DESIGN DIRECTOR HUMANAUT, CHATTANOOGA TN
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Stephanie’s title is Design Director but, actually, she’s Humunaut’s unicorn. The majority of the firm’s work is reflective of her talent, passion and nerves of steel under pressure. Stephanie oversees the design department and works directly with the Chief Creative Director on identity and packaging, app UX and UI, website
TYPEFACE USED MOST OFTEN IN YOUR DESIGN? DOES PRINT STILL HAVE A ROLE IN YOUR DESIGNS? Print is always a part of my designs.
Print is tangible, it’s a takeaway. People like to touch things and when they’re well designed, they keep and treasure them DESIGN MENTOR/INSPIRATION/HERO?
a doer, not a talker. She leads by example by pushing her work, and the process,
I’m a huge admirer of kickass female letting artists and illustrators Jessica Hische, Jenna Blazeovich, and Tuesday Bassen
further than everyone else. Stephanie puts her ego on the back burner, rolls up her
GREATEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS AS A DESIGNER?
design and video art direction. But what’s most impressive is her attitude: She is
sleeves, and helps knock out any design challenge no matter how small. Her large body of design work was recognized by Ad Age when Humanaut was awarded Gold for Small Agency of the Year 2017 (Southeast). She was also a 2017 Webby Nominee (Best User Interface) for Felt, an app that lets anyone send a handwritten card from an iPhone. And she played a pivotal role in designing Morgan Spurlock’s recent fast food restaurant Holy Chicken. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Strength is not playing into the stereotype/ Weakness is proofing ADVICE TO A YOUNG DESIGNER JUST STARTING OUT? If there’s a project you want to begin or a
new role you’d like to try, go after it. Teach yourself, utilize your creative network, and find a way. Don’t let it become a ‘what if’ IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
I was born in Chattanooga TN. Happily, I’m back again
IRL: Marine Biologist Dream Life: Demolitions Expert
DID YOU GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
SCAD in Savannah GA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
Just keep livin’ – Jen Kirkman via Matthew McConaughey
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STUDENTS TO WATCH SPONSORED BY THE CREATIVE GROUP
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2018 | STUDENTS TO WATCH | With the help of several of America’s leading art and design schools, we once again identify top students ready to burst on the design scene. Some are undergrads, others are graduate students, all have found personal and professional growth through their programs. Our Students To Watch feature has become tradition that resonates and renews: the students get recognized and the professional creative community gets refreshed. In the next edition of GDUSA magazine, the wonderful institutions (and others) from which these students come will themselves get the spotlight.
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JADE WILLIAMS
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Miami FL and currently live in Washington DC LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
HOWARD UNIVERSITY Jade is a multifaceted senior design student and a future Creative Director who is already breaking barriers and making a difference. Her talents and passions include illustration, modeling, and travel blogging. As a child, she was always digging through her mother’s magazines, closet, and makeup drawer to transform herself into the supermodels she aspired to be like, such as Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks. Today, she will dig through anyone’s closet (including yours) for exclusive fashionable finds. Jade has had many opportunities that have fueled her skills and interests, and she continues to pursue various endeavors. She studied Fashion at SCAD, interned as a Global Makeup Artist at Bobbi Brown Cosmetics in NYC, and studied abroad in the UAE at the American University of Sharjah. Most recently, she completed various freelance graphic design projects, modeled for Creme of Nature’s International 2018 Hair Campaign, and has been checking destinations off her bucket list.
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Both, I’m always into something FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Definitely Foxy Brown, because she redefined the stereotype of Black beauty, sexuality, and womanhood, which led to the diversification of Black actresses on screen. FAVORITE MOVIE? Avatar FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Lost FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Neo-Soul FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Mark Bradford. LAST BOOK YOU READ? The Four Agreement FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? The Black Lives Matter movement FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Making tutorials. I love teaching people new ways of doing everyday things. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER ... ? Archeologist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Your only limit is you
A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CREATIVE GROUP FOR SPONSORING THIS STUDENTS TO WATCH FEATURE. The Creative Group (TCG) is a longtime sponsorship of the annual GDUSA Students To Watch special report. TCG specializes in connecting interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations talent with the best companies on a project, contract-to-hire and full-time basis. roberthalf.com/creativegroup
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MESSAGE FROM DIANE DOMEYER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CREATIVE GROUP
THREE TIPS TO HELP GUIDE YOUR JOB SEARCH What are your career goals for 2018? If one of them is to land a new — or perhaps first — job, there are a few things you should know about
Are you ready to take advantage of the 2018 employment market? HERE ARE THREE TIPS TO HELP GUIDE YOUR JOB SEARCH: 1. PUT YOUR BEST SELF FORWARD In a survey from The Creative Group, advertising and marketing executives said they receive an average of 32 resumes for an open position and meet with about seven candidates before filling a role. To rise above the competition, make sure your
the current state of the creative industry. As more
resume, cover letter and portfolio are in tip-top shape and
companies recognize the value of design for business,
tailored to each opportunity. Only outstanding materials will
demand remains strong for skilled creative talent.
help you land an interview and offer.
According to research by The Creative Group, creative
2. LET YOUR SOFT SKILLS SHINE
and marketing professionals surveyed said the top
Twenty-three percent of hiring managers surveyed by The
areas they would like to hire are web design and
Creative Group said they put a greater emphasis on soft skills
production and print design and production.
than hard skills when evaluating applicants for creative roles.
While many employers want to add creative staff, 71 percent of hiring managers surveyed said it’s dif-
Show off your communication and interpersonal skills, in addition to your technical expertise, throughout the hiring process to convince potential employers you’re a good fit for the job.
ficult to find professionals with up-to-date digital skills. It’s no surprise given unemployment rates for many creative positions, including designers, are lower than the national average. As a result, companies have to work harder to attract and retain top creative talent. Smart hiring managers are moving quickly and offering competitive salaries, benefits and perks when they come across promising candidates.
3. DON’T HESITATE TO NEGOTIATE Our research shows that 57 percent of hiring managers are at least somewhat willing to negotiate compensation when extending an offer to a top candidate. Avoid losing out on the potential for higher pay by being prepared for the conversation. Now is a great time to enter the creative industry, and professionals who have the passion, dedication and drive will surely succeed. I wish you a wonderful new year and the best of luck as you begin your career!
DIANE DOMEYER is Executive Director of The Creative Group, a specialized staffing service placing interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals with a variety of firms. For more information, visit roberthalf.com/creativegroup
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2018 | STUDENTS TO WATCH
BRANDI STEELE
JUSTIN LEE
ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
Brandi is a recent graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, with a BFA in Graphic Design. Throughout her schooling, Brandi has built a deep interest in branding/identity design and its ability to visually combine big ideas with unique stories. She has a fascination with tactile design and enjoys formulating new ways to push the limits between digital and physical design. When she is not working, designing or studying you can find her wandering in museums, hunting down new installations, taking photos and gaining new crafting skills.
Justin Lee is a multidisciplinary visual designer who loves combining different mediums and technologies in collaborative spaces. Born on the east coast and raised in the west, he left home to seek a BA at San Diego State University. After working as a fisherman in Alaska, he returned home to pursue an MFA in Graphic Design at Academy of Art University. For his thesis, he designed a hypothetical, youth-centric mobile bank focused on jumpstarting a healthy credit history for young consumers. When Justin is not designing, you can find him cooking in the kitchen.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Orange CA and now live in San Francisco CA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Morning. After midnight I am useless FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Christina from Grey’s Anatomy. Passionate, intensely driven and slightly too bold for comfort FAVORITE MOVIE? 10 Things I Hate About You FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Grey’s Anatomy and Lost FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? 60’s Rock, 90’s Alternative, Indie Rock FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Always Frida Kahlo and recently Heather Day LAST BOOK YOU READ?
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Loom Weaving! Taught myself last year and now I have a wool/yarn obsession. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
I would switch to the other side of my brain and be a psychologist. A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Supporting another’s success won’t ever dampen yours.
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Born in Baltimore MD and now live in San Francisco CA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Both FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Ratatouille FAVORITE MOVIE? Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Chef's Table and Chef's Night Out FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Smooth funk and chillwave FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Twitter FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Chuck Close LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Think Wrong by Greg Galle, John Bielenberg, and Mike Burn FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
High-intensity interval training. Designers, get active! IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
A plant-based chef A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? If it's easy, it's been done before. True innovation comes from hard work.
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KATHERINE WEAVER
ADELINE ROSS
SCAD
SCAD
Katherine is a registered Architect pursuing a Master of Arts in Graphic Design Visual Experience. She holds a Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and BArch from Penn State. In her career as an Architect, she has designed and managed projects in the K-12 and Special Needs sectors, and observes that there is an incidental blurring of boundaries between graphic design and architecture. She intends to further explore how structures can be inflected by visuality and vice versa.
Adeline is a graphic designer and aspiring linguist with a passion for aiding and observing humanity in its various pursuits of compassion, respect, and understanding. She believes the first role of design is to assist in other forms of communication where depth in words will not do, to extend oneself beyond the barriers of linguistic and cultural restrictions to make all audiences feel heard. That any issue, large or small, is often due to a lack of either empathy or understanding. Therefore, she is first committed to fervent research and then to pushing her work to bring visual and intellectual depth to match the problem at hand. Adeline prefers to keep her medium as flexible as possible ... Graphic design is a tool to reach people, to bear one’s own heart on their sleeve and remind the audience that we belong to a shared human experience, without opening one’s mouth.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Adopted from Seoul, South Korea at infancy, grew up in the Northeast suburbs and farm country, current residence is Savannah GA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Don’t talk to me in the morning until I am on my second cup of coffee. I am committedly nocturnal. FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Josephine March or Elizabeth Bennet raging against societal norms but a hopeless romantic as well FAVORITE MOVIE? Would love to say something artsy but I must admit the HBO version of Pride and Prejudice FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Newsroom FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Pandora, 50’s and 60’s blues radio FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? N.C., Andrew, and Jaime Wyeth LAST BOOK YOU READ? Fiction - George Orwell’s Animal Farm; Non-Fiction - Edward Tufte’s Data Visualization FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Holt International FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Biking around Savannah with music
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Stewartstown PA and now lives in Savannah GA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Craig Middlebrooks from Parks & Recreation FAVORITE MOVIE? Silverado FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? New Girl FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Anything on the spectrum between blues and punk FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Mary Cassatt LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Amnesty International
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Computer programming, but they are designers too
Exploring wherever I'm living at the time
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
It is what it is, and it is what you make it.
A lingual researcher A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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2018 | STUDENTS TO WATCH
STEPHANIE WINARTO
MARIE OTSUKA
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
Stephanie is currently a junior working towards a BFA in Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she spent a few years of high school in England before attending college in the States. In her work she is often informed by history, people and places, always attempting to draw connections from the old to the new. She finds inspiration from 80s music and old book covers.
Marie is currently an MFA candidate at the Rhode Island School of Design. Originally from Japan, she moved to the States in middle school. Her BA was at the University of Chicago in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in French. She eventually realized graphic design could be a way to continue cross-disciplinary dialogue and work around everything she likes. From drawing letterforms to teaching web design, she engages in graphic design as a wideranging practice. Prior to RISD, Marie worked at a sustainability non-profit as a designer/developer. She has interned in New York and the Bay since then, and spent the past summer in Europe as a RISD Maharam fellow.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in humid Hong Kong, now in cold Providence RI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
All three Powerpuff Girls FAVORITE MOVIE? Back To The Future or Chungking Express FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Chef’s Table FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Mom’s High School break-up playlist FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Alexander Calder LAST BOOK YOU READ? 1984 by George Orwell FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Preventing Domestic Worker abuse in Hong Kong (& other countries) FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Reading! IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in London UK and currently in Providence RI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Super late night owl, you might even call it morning FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Fictional: I’ve dressed up as Edward Scissorhands for Halloween Historical: László Moholy-Nagy FAVORITE MOVIE? Princess Mononoke FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Biggie, Bach, and everything in between FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
An astronaut
Does lurking on reddit count? FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Nina Katchadourian
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Nothing should ever be lukewarm!
Taxidermy for Language-Animals FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
ACLU. Also, I admire people who give free hugs FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Dollar oysters IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Cook A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Grandma's go-to - mottainai
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CARA BUZZELL
RJ INES
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
USC ROSKI SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
Cara is a graphic designer from Providence RI. She worked for Malcolm Grear Designers for five years before returning to Rhode Island School of Design as an MFA candidate. She likes hiking and is interested in the intersection of class solidarity and Juggalos.
FAVORITE MOVIE?
As a critical and curious artist, designer, and photographer who takes an aesthetic and intellectual approach to creating, RJ is always asking himself “how can art and design improve my life, and how can my role as a creative improve the lives of others?” He believes in the value of the handmade and that the practice of making should not only be thoughtful, it ought to be beautiful as well. Recently, RJ, a senior at the Roski School, has been making image and text-based work around notions of desire, loss, and hope. His work emphasizes tactility, slowness, and care in order to privilege the intimate experience of his viewers. His aim is to make work that leads to intellectual engagement, self-reflection, and warm energy.
Badlands and the films of Rick Alverson
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Providence RI and Providence RI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? I wake up super early FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Catherine Earnshaw Linton from Wuthering Heights
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Peep Show from start to finish at least once a year FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? I’ve been listening to Black Night by Frank Sinatra Jr for the last month FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
I prefer the sponsored content on Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Mike Kelley and Ragnar Kjartansson
Honolulu, Los Angeles, and New York City LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Howard Roark from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead FAVORITE MOVIE? Mysterious Skin by Gregg Araki FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? I don’t watch much tv FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Ghosts of My Life by Mark Fisher FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? The 13th Gate
The type that feels like velvet and smells like vetiver FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Felix Gonzalez-Torres
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Going to the beach at night!
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Businessman
Sustainability and environmental protection
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
“For my sake the world was created” and “I am but dust and ashes.”
Living in coffee houses, book stores, and showrooms IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Space travel
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Buy less, spend more.
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CARINA YUEN
DREXEL UNIVERSITY WESTPHAL COLLEGE OF MEDIA ARTS & DESIGN When I was a kid, my dad once told me that “most children become less creative when they grow older.” This led me to vow to never lose my creative ways, even as I got older. This promise has influenced what I wanted to do. After exploring the sciences and mathematics, I ultimately decided I would be happiest as a graphic designer as it encompasses everything that I enjoy. As a senior at Westphal College, my classes have taught me to not be afraid of experimenting, which led me to favor working with my hands before working onscreen. A 6-month co-op at PJM Interconnection gave me a substantial amount of creative liberty, and let me apply my hands-on approach to several assignments. Studying abroad in London gave me a taste for travel and inspiration for designing in new ways. Hopefully, I will get to travel more in the future and learn more from those experiences. WHERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in New York and currently live in Philadelphia PA
HANNA KARRABY
DREXEL UNIVERSITY WESTPHAL COLLEGE OF MEDIA ARTS & DESIGN Hanna is a senior studying Graphic Design with minors in Fine Art and Business. After moving to Philadelphia, Hanna quickly realized her passion for design and transferred into the Westphal College — one of the best decisions of her life. Originally from Silicon Valley, Hanna grew up in a diverse and multicultural environment, which is a constant source of perspective and inspiration. She believes in concept-driven work, and enjoys pushing the limits of structure and materials. Her co-op at EY Intuitive taught her the importance of user-focused design, as well as working efficiently in a fast-paced studio environment. She is passionate about producing work that positively impacts people’s lives. Hanna is known for impromptu dance parties and 3:00 am ice cream runs. When she isn’t designing, you can find her attempting to recreate her mom’s cooking (unsuccessfully) or figuring out how to make her room look clean (without actually putting anything away). WHERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I’m ambidextrous but normally use my right hand MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning person/early bird
Born in San Jose CA and currently live in Philadelphia PA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl, no contest
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
No one in particular FAVORITE MOVIE? Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Criminal Minds or any crime show FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Classic Rock FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Twitter FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Claude Monet and M.C. Escher LAST BOOK YOU READ? Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? World Wide Fund for Nature FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Bird watching and listening to music IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Marine biology or illustrator A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Make the most out of every day.
Elizabeth Bennet and Matilda FAVORITE MOVIE? A tie between Jolene and She’s All That FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Outlander, Queen Victoria, Vikings, The White Queen, anything about the Tudors... there’s a trend here FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? It varies, lately Creedence Clearwater Revival on repeat FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? I nstagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Modigliani and John Byrne LAST BOOK YOU READ? Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Anything that advocates for women’s health and education FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Spending time with my closest friends, laughing over nothing IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Sleep more. Also, anthropologist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? You never know till you try. 64 G D U SA
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JONATHAN KATAV
ALEX TOMLINSON
THE COOPER UNION
THE COOPER UNION
Jonathan is an image maker and motion designer. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, he is currently a senior studying graphic design. Jonathan believes in the power of non-stop creation: over the past year he challenged himself to create a poster everyday, and through this exercise he has learned to understand his intuitions and become more aware of his creative process. Most recently, he worked on an animated video for Rolling Stone, as well as several album covers and posters for underground night clubs. He feels that imagemaking is especially powerful in our current culture of constant visual stimulation, and would love to someday open his own design studio.
Alex is currently a senior studying art and graphic design. He loves exploring pattern, color, and incorporating small illustrations of birds whenever possible in his work. In 2016, he co-founded Polyphony, a creative agency with Kelsey Mitchell and Richard Yee. The agency’s work has been featured as a staff pick on Fonts In Use and on siteinspire.com.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel and now live in Brooklyn NY LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Nights for sure
The Jesse Eisenberg-voiced blue macaw from the animated film Rio FAVORITE MOVIE? Harold and Maude FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Malcolm in the Middle
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Anakin Skywalker
Anything with a glockenspiel or toy piano
FAVORITE MOVIE? Funny Games (1997)
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Red Oaks FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Flickr before Yahoo killed it FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Omer Fast
Somewhere between alternative rock and hardcore punk
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
This is where I’m confessing my Instagram addiction? FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Nick van Woert
FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Scranton PA and now live in New York City LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
The Wild Bird Fund in New York City FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Phonography
Design as Art by Bruno Munari
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
I would probably fix computers for a living
The Snir Association, an organization for disadvantaged children
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Treat others the way you would like to be treated.
Searching for new projects IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Probably an astronaut or fine artist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Always look for your next Everest – My Mom
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SUNDE THOMAS
LAUREL FOSNIGHT
WOODBURY UNIVERSITY
WOODBURY UNIVERSITY
Sunde is currently a senior graphic design student. She did an internship with Princess Cruises over the summer and was asked to continue working through the school year as a part-time member of the creative team. She has received awards for Outstanding Performance for first year studio classes as well as Best Body of Work for both second and third year graphic design studio classes. She also has had her work featured in the Annual Graphic Design Department Showcase. With a background in early childhood education, Sunde’s choices for projects reflect the desire to teach and engage youth by using her graphic design skills to create educational tools that spark discovery and exploration.
Laurel is a senior working towards a BFA in Graphic Design. Originally from Wyoming, she moved to California to further her education in graphic design and pursue a career. Laurel did an internship in Wyoming with a marketing company called Flood Marketing and is now a contracted designer with them. Through Flood, she has participated in several branding projects and social media campaigns. Laurel has also won consecutive academic achievement awards in Graphic Design studio courses, is on the Dean’s list, and has had her work featured at the Annual Graphic Design Department Showcase. Laurel is eager to begin her professional career in design, and looks forward to exploring and learning even more.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born, raised and currently live in Los Angeles CA. LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Elphaba from Wicked FAVORITE MOVIE? The Little Mermaid FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Office FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Anything I can dance to FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Synthia Saint James LAST BOOK YOU READ?
We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? The Water Project brings clean water to communities in countries in need FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Playing board games or going to the beach IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
I would still be an educator. A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
You can do anything but you can’t do everything.
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WHERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Sheridan WY but currently live in Burbank CA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Can I say afternoon person? FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Luna Lovegood FAVORITE MOVIE? All of the Harry Potter movies FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Right now, Dark FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Indie folk or Americana FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram for sure FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Dan Flavin LAST BOOK YOU READ? Gone Girl FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Spending time in nature, hiking, camping IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Marine biology or Forest Service A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Be brave. Take Risks. Nothing can substitute for experience.
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LAUREN MURPHREE
MORGAN SMITHER
SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING ART (SAA)
SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING ART (SAA)
Lauren is a second-year graphic design student whose specialties include conceptual photography, package design, front-end web design, and branding. Lauren’s favorite part of the design process is without a doubt the concepting phase. She loves attention to detail and making every element of a design or photograph have a strong and clear purpose. That, she says, is the difference between a good design and a great one. Her design aesthetic is unique; she loves utilizing light and fun colors with quirky visuals. Lauren is a firm believer that if you work hard and have a good attitude you can accomplish anything. When she isn’t at school or working on projects, Lauren loves to read, write, and listen to albums on vinyl to decompress and refuel her creative energy. She feels so lucky to get to do what she loves as her career and feels eternally grateful for everyone who has helped her get to here.
Morgan focuses on photography and print design. She has a passion for travel and adventure, and her goal is to live a life full of both. Morgan hopes to travel the world meeting people, helping others, and making an impact through art. Combining her love for photography and writing, she plans to publish a book featuring people and places from her travels. She strives to live a life that’s far from boring, and believes we are all given an opportunity to do exactly want we want — to see the places we want to see, to try the foods we want to try, to love the people we want to love.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Walter Mitty, because of his imagination and sense of adventure
Born in Lexington KY and living in Dayton OH for school LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl!
FAVORITE MOVIE?
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Tom from the movie 500 Days of Summer FAVORITE MOVIE? Heathers FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Friends FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
The classics (Bowie, The Smiths, Hall & Oates, etc.) FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Egon Schiele LAST BOOK YOU READ? The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Anything helping animals with an affinity for the non-profit SICSA in Dayton FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Exploring Writing free verse
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? Born in
Cincinnati OH, grew up in Aurora IN, currently live in Kettering OH. LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Somewhere in between FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
I’m a huge movie person: any movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, all the Marvel movies, and Lion FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Bones FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Indie Folk, Indie Rock, Indie Pop FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Jean Michel Basquiat, who inspires me to take the time to make art and create cool things just because. LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Water.org, and Help Portrait, which I am taking part in this year FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Exploring, Camping and hiking, painting, drinking good coffee, spending time with the ones I love, including my dog, Vern IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Chef and restaurant owner
I almost went to school to be a kindergarten teacher.
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you are not – Denis Waitley
Find what you’d die for and live for it.
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SHRUTHI MANJULA BALAKRISHNA
ROSEMARY RAE
VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ART (VCFA)
Based in San Diego, Rosemary is a creative director/designer, artist, writer and teacher. As owner of Rosemary Rae Design, she specializes in print, working closely with clients to shape collateral for events, fundraising and communication needs. Since graduating from Moore College of Art & Design in 1989, she has created advertising, branding, annual reports, posters and invitations for real estate companies, financial institutions, museums and nonprofits. She also teaches Typography, sharing her love of letterforms with her students. Her interest in vintage wood and metal type and the process of letterpress inspired her to create a unique line of greeting cards. Rosemary is currently a MFA candidate exploring design, typography, poetry and book making. As much as technology has invaded her life, she yearns for the tactile experience. Working everyday in a realm where structure and grid are imperative, she likes to rebel and rediscover the joy of process, collage and haptic experimentation.
Shruthi is the legitimate love-child of strategy and creativity. With more than 10 years of advertising experience, her background is as varied and diverse as the creative she produces. With a traditional design education, she brings together a variety of creative disciplines and experience — by which she is able to supply not merely design, but rather a crafted product which feels together, connected and harmonized via one creative approach which bleeds the same blood throughout the elements. Her design sensibilities are heavily inspired by traditional print design and a love for diverse cultural history. She currently works as a Designer/Art Director at Cactus, Denver while pursuing her MFA in Graphic Design from Vermont College of Fine arts, with goals of molding minds of future designers. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Bangalore, India and currently live in Denver CO
VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ART (VCFA)
LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
I write with my right hand, but I do enjoy having basic human rights. MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? A morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Toby Zeigler from The West Wing FAVORITE MOVIE? I have two: Requiem for a Dream and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Too many favorites here: The West Wing, Mad Men, Game of Thrones ... to name a few FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
All kinds of Indian music, especially Filmi FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram (read: Venmo Newsfeed) FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Vincent Van Gogh LAST BOOK YOU READ? The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Reach Out and Read FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? People watching IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Psychologist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Remember why you started.
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Livingston NJ and San Diego CA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Lucy Pevensie, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis FAVORITE MOVIE? Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Sex and the City FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? I’ll listen to pretty much anything FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg LAST BOOK YOU READ?
The True Secret of Writing by Natalie Goldberg FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? BlinkNow FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Creating collages IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? A painter A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Busy being original, complicated, changeable – Toni Morrison
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CYNTHIA ZHU
IRIS LEE
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART (MICA)
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART (MICA)
Cynthia is a graduate student in graphic design. She treats graphic design as a path to creation. She loves exploring and failing in the process. Getting stuck and starting over in the process is her daily routine. She prioritizes creativity and innovation. She loves multidisciplinary approaches and intersectional teamwork. Her works live in different forms, including branding, prints, advertising, motion graphic, photography, screens, etc. Her works have been recognized and featured in Behance Graphic Design Gallery, Asobo design, Mix & Match–Exploring Creative Collage Art. Cynthia never thinks graphic design will live alone; it’s always connected to communicating, idea-creating, critical-thinking, and problem-solving.
Iris is a undergraduate senior graphic design student. Her main past time is hanging out with strangers, and she believes red and green is an underutilized color combination. Currently, she is most interested in boundaries — natural and manifested. Her main research topics of interest include ethnic minority populations in China, information hierarchies, capitalism, and Gucci.
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Born in Shanghai, China and now live in Baltimore MD LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Alice from Alice in Wonderland FAVORITE MOVIE? The Grand Budapest Hotel FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Stranger Things FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? British new wave Rock’n Roll FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Behance FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Olafur Eliason, David Hockney LAST BOOK YOU READ? Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances by Barbara Kruger FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Make-A-Wish Foundation FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Daydreaming IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
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San Jose CA and Baltimore MD LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Evel Knievel FAVORITE MOVIE?
Horror/Drama: The Fits, Comedy: 3 Idiots, Sci-fi: Paprika FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Disco, funk! FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? YouTube FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Ian Cheng, Shan Wallace, Nick Cave, Hungry (@isshehungry) LAST BOOK YOU READ? Cat’s Cradle FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Youth arts programs FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Watching C-Span IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Massage therapist, nail artist, esthetician A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
What’s for lunch?
Professional Mattress Tester A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Infinity is invisible – Lao Zi
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MASHA NOVOSELOVA RASSAM
DIEGO BULLER
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Diego is a graphic designer and photographer. He is two terms into his BFA in Graphic Design. Diego was first introduced to graphic design working on yearbook spreads in middle school, rapidly becoming design editor. He designed his local community college’s literary magazine for three years, working hard to put Moorpark College’s talent on the map. Diego is currently exploring the intersection between graphic design and sculpture, using 3D space and materials as additional layers to encode meaning and communicate on a multisensorial level. Sculptures have the unique property that they occupy the viewer’s space ... Using compositional techniques of the Neo-Concrete movement, he has been in the beginning stages of creating “graphic sculptures,” typographic sculptural installations that communicate with the same high clarity standards of graphic design, but tackling complex problems that traditional graphic design cannot.
My name is Masha. I was born in Russia, in a small town called Tula during Perestroika, so it was an interesting and particular childhood. At 17, I moved to Paris to work as a fashion model. A new world opened up to me. I was exposed to completely different cultures and people. I worked with creative stylists and photographers such as David Sims, Mario Testino and Craig McDean. I traveled the world and saw inspiring places while working for such brands as Chanel, Gucci, La Perla and Vogue. Six years ago, when my daughter was born, I decided to change my life and began studying graphic design in Paris. I earned a BA degree and decided to pursue an MFA degree. In my design I am influenced by my experiences as a model, by street culture and fashion. It will always be part of me. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Russia but live now in Los Angeles CA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? I am a righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Definitely the night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Pippi Long-stocking FAVORITE MOVIE? All the movies of Andrei Tarkovsky, The Stalker probably is my favorite FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Stranger Things, of course FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Everything from late 70s to early 90s, from Tom Petty to Kraftwerk FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? I nstagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Anselm Kiefer LAST BOOK YOU READ? I like biographies; the last one was Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Naked Heart Foundation by Natalia Vodianova supports children with different disabilities FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Going to the park with my daughter IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Probably a space scientist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Thousand Oaks CA and still live there LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl. I focus better in the dark. And also I love sleep. Sleep is amazing. FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Diego from Go Diego Go, he even shares my birthday FAVORITE MOVIE? Inside Out FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? I don’t watch tv but I binge watch Monty Python or Key and Peele on YouTube FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
I am very eclectic. Music I listen to doesn’t seem to fit neatly into categories. If I had to pick a genre, I’d go with Jazz. FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Pinterest FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Rodrigo Cass LAST BOOK YOU READ? 1984 FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? The Nature Conservancy FAVORITE FREETIME ACTIVITY?
Photographing landscapes and architecture IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? A psychologist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Just do you
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EMMA COMTOIS
JACQUELINE SIMPSON
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Emma is a junior studying graphic design and finance. Her design experience started at The Daily Orange, the independent student newspaper. She worked as a print designer for three semesters before moving to digital design projects. Now, she is digital editor managing the strategy of all The D.O.’s digital products including website, social media, video and, most excitingly, the newly-launched Snapchat Publisher story. She’s also a virtual motion design intern for the U.S. Department of State with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Emma loves collaboration and critique and when she’s not working on designing a new typeface or hanging out at The D.O., you can catch her working on her Fear Factor audition tape or assembling a charcuterie board.
Jacqueline is an undergraduate studying graphic design in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. A natural born creative, it is no surprise that she found herself immersed in work that uses design to solve problems in the everyday world. Jacqueline has spent the past two summers interning for Herman Miller, designing infographics and customer-facing one-pagers to bridge the gap between complex ergonomic research and digestible marketing material. During the school year, she works as art director for the student-run fashion magazine Zipped. In addition, she started her own cottage business hand-painting canvas sneakers and works as a freelance illustrator for the Daily Orange student newspaper. Her recent obsession is illustrating vector portraits for the inspirational women in her life – a series that sums up Jacqueline’s work in a nutshell – saturated in color and meticulously thought out.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born and raised in Los Angeles and currently live in Syracuse NY LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
I used to be a morning person until I started working at a newspaper. Now I’m forced to be a night owl. FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Miranda Hobbes from Sex and the City FAVORITE MOVIE? Singin’ in the Rain FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Gilmore Girls FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Any oldies FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Snapchat FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Jim Hodges LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Dear Data by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Homeboy Industries FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Brunch (at any time of day) IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? A professor A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. – e e cummings
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Cortlandt Manor NY LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Hermoine Granger FAVORITE MOVIE? The Holiday FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Game of Thrones FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Alternative Rock FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Malika Favre LAST BOOK YOU READ? Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Autism Speaks FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Exercising IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Marriage & Family Therapy WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Everything happens for a reason.
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2018 | STUDENTS TO WATCH
JANIS AHN
JACOB WITT
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Janis is a graphic designer and photographer practicing in Los Angeles. She is currently a senior in Communication Arts. Through her work, Janis strives to challenge the conventions of what graphic design is and isn’t, and is continuing to discover the different ways this practice can live in our world. She enjoys the process of making through physical forms and printed materials while at the same time expanding her experience with digital design through work in advertising. Janis sees that her purpose as a designer is not to simply focus on the visual outcomes but on the problem solving mechanisms for positive change to our world. Aside from design, she loves seasoned cashews, bass solos, and functioning printers. Away from the computer you can find her taking photographs, listening to podcasts, and asking to hold strangers’ dogs.
Jacob is a Los Angeles based graphic designer currently studying Communication Arts. His interest in graphic design stems from the aesthetics and DIY ethics of the 1980s Hardcore scene. He has worked with clients ranging from Mark Bradford and the 2017 Venice Biennale to Chicago based classical music label, Cedille records while interning at both Poly-mode and Studio Rubric.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Tie between River’s Edge (1986) and Repo Man (1984) FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Seinfeld FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? 80s Hardcore/Punk FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram
Born and still residing in sunny Southern California LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty! MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Both. It can be rough for me to get up in the morning but I can get my day rolling with a good attitude. In the evening I tend to feel worn out but my best ideas come alive. FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Orange County CA but have lived in Los Angeles CA my whole life LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Snoopy FAVORITE MOVIE?
FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Hard to pick just one, my favorite contemporary artist is Christian Rex van Minnen
Leslie Knope. More than identify with, I envy FAVORITE MOVIE? Short Term 12 (2013) and Whiplash (2014) FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Office, all 9 seasons, 4 times FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Any sound with a strong bass
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
NKLA: No-Kill Los Angeles
Instagram; dangerous, addictive and beneficial FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Jackson Pollock, Henri Matisse, Mark Rothko LAST BOOK YOU READ? Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Liberty in North Korea FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Going to the Farmers Market and cooking. With more time I love making day trips to the desert. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Love to be a chef
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Y.O.L.O. – Drake &/or The Strokes
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Right now I’m reading The Death Archives: Mayhem 1984-94 by Jorn “Necrobutcher” Stubberud FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Hanging out with my dog, Sid and going on night hikes IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Full time Lyft driver A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Serenity now
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TALIA COTTON
AVERY YOUNGBLOOD
THE NEW SCHOOL’S PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
THE NEW SCHOOL’S PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Talia is pursuing her BFA in Communication Design. At Parsons, she works as Design Assistant to AIGA Medalist Lucille Tenazas, and has been a Research Assistant to MPS Director Brendan Griffiths. While an undergraduate, she served as TA in graduate-level classes for design and coding, and guest-instructed undergraduate typography at City University of New York. Talia has done design work for Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute, as well as wayfinding and editorial design for designwajskol. Most recently, she designed the Designed Realities’ Lab Biennale for Dunne & Raby. Currently, Talia is both a Research Assistant for BFA Design Technology Director Justin Bakse — on a 3D-texture javascript drawing library — and a Junior Designer at The Inlay in NYC. As a designer who loves to code, she is exploring new ways to approach design and branding through computational and procedural methods.
Avery Youngblood is a recent Stanford University graduate and current graphic design candidate at Parsons in the class of 2018. From Dallas, one of six children, she loves being with her family and her four dogs at home. As a Stanford undergraduate, she studied Linguistics along with Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. Then, she found it possible to translate her creative curiosity for design by focusing on language, the social interaction that takes place in our multicultural society, and the variety of platforms we use to connect with one another. Avery is prepared to take an active role in building relationships and reaching out to the diversifying voices of our social world through design.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
New York City and New York City LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Right! MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Morning person who stays up till 4 am FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Yeezy FAVORITE MOVIE? Cinema Paradiso FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? I grew up on Classical. It's always that, and something else, right now that and 80’s soul FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? G ood old face-to-face FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Oh boy, somewhere between Degas and Fischli & Weiss LAST BOOK YOU READ? The Principles of Art by R.G. Collingwood FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Medical Research!!! FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Nothing compares to playing piano. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Pilot A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Brick walls are there to test how badly you want something.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Dallas TX and Ridgewood NY LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl, for sure FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Celestine from the animated movie Ernest & Celestine. She is brave, creative, friendly, and stands up for what she thinks is right. FAVORITE MOVIE? In Bruges FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Arrested Development FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Soul FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Pinterest FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Jean Henri Gaston Giraud also known under his pseudonym Mœbius; for graphic design, Karel Martens LAST BOOK YOU READ? IQ84 by Haruki Murakami FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? ASPCA or WWF FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Growing my plants, especially herbs, like basil and rosemary IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Write children's picture books A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? “If I am not for myself who is for me? And being for my own self, what am 'I'? And if not now, when?” which has been since reinterpreted as, “If not us, then who? If not now, then when? My other favorite saying is from Elie Wiesel: “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” G D U SA 73
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2018 | STUDENTS TO WATCH
ASHA COOK
ERIC WILSON
COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
I am currently in my third semester in Communication Design. I have always had a passion for design and attending the College for Creative Studies has helped me hone my skills! I am interested in all aspects of communication design and hope to find an internship for the summer of 2018, as well as attend De Program in the Netherlands to further my design knowledge/experience.
Eric is keenly interested in multimedia, interdisciplinary, researchbased design solutions — he believes understanding an audience and being empathetic to their needs is critical to contemporary design practice. He focuses on creating flexible identity systems, motion and interactive media, and of course, thoughtfully-designed publications and print collateral. When he graduates, he would love to work in the cultural or nonprofit sector to use his design skills for the common good and to connect with audiences on a communitybased, personal level. Eric is a fan of literary fiction, poetry, visual culture studies and sociopolitical theory. (Intersectionality is key to better understanding.) He also rollerblades and is an avid kite enthusiast. He doesn’t believe in the oxford comma, plants flowers in the springtime and loves lists, em dashes, fluorescent spot colors, uncoated paper stocks, risography, serigraphy, soft touch UV coating and iridescent foil debossing.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Rochester MI and currently live in Detroit MI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Jim Halpert of The Office FAVORITE MOVIE? The Royal Tenenbaums FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Easy FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Indie Rock FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Born in Dearborn MI and currently reside in Detroit MI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? I’m a southpaw through and through
Alberto Giacometti
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Morning – after 11 pm my work quality slides downhill
It's Kind of a Funny Story
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL FIGURE YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
FAVORITE CAUSE/CHARITY?
A combination of Sam Shakusky (Moonrise Kingdom), Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation), Abbi Abrams (Broad City), Andrew Glouberman (Big Mouth) and Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development) FAVORITE MOVIE? The Royal Tenenbaums (for visual detail), Moonlight (for making me cry profusely), Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (for Michael Cera as a graphic novel hero), Get Out (for a satisfying, terrifying plot), The Witch (for pacing and mood) and Planet Earth I & II (the cinematography is amazing)
Conservation International FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Netflix with my cat IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Fine art A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
If I don't do it now, I'll have to do it later.
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
I love to visit museums of all kinds. Gardening and spending time in conservatories/gardens is a close second. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Botanist or florist A SAYING OR MANTRA TO LIVE BY? Be kind to everyone, learn something new every day and eat a lot of donuts. 74 G D U SA
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KELLY REYES
JESSE LANE
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
Kelly is currently a senior in the Art Direction track of VCU’s Creative Advertising program. Graphic design is one of her main focuses but she works in various other mediums as well. Kelly previously served as Editor In Chief of INK Magazine, an award winning biannual arts and culture publication in Richmond. During her tenure, she was involved in every aspect of publication including producing illustrations, writing articles, directing photoshoots, and working closely with the design staff. Kelly stepped down from INK last summer to focus on completing her senior year portfolio. In addition to graphic design, she incorporates both analog and digital illustrations, photography, and copywriting into her integrated advertising campaigns.
I’m Jesse, I’m 25, and I love making stuff. I’m married to my favorite artist and we have the cutest dog ever. I was in the Navy before going to school. That kind of sucked, but I was lucky enough to live in Italy and travel throughout Europe and Africa. During my travels I became fascinated with culture and its direct influence on creative expression, almost to a creepy and insanely analytical level. Any free time would be spent in a museum, studying whatever struck my attention. I would try to find the root cause of each decision the artist made and why it made me feel the way I did. That analytical process translated to a deep respect and passion for all forms of art. Then I got out of the Navy and decided to study art and communications full time. I also try making my own stuff every now and then. It has been an incredibly rewarding journey so far.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Arlington VA and now live in Richmond VA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl, sometimes to a fault FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Princess Leia and Carrie Fisher, both Carrie and her character mean a lot to me FAVORITE MOVIE? Pan’s Labyrinth and Amélie FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Broad City or Black Mirror FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Anything from the blues to experimental ambiance FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Tumblr or Instagram which I often use for moodboards FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Frida Kahlo. Her fearless sense of self inspires me not only as an artist but as a woman. LAST BOOK YOU READ?
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
The Trevor Project focuses on suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Going to concerts. Live music is a very grounding and cathartic experience. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Writing or elementary art education A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? What is past is prologue.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Berkeley CA and now live in Richmond VA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Tired FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Nicolas Cage’s Charlie Kaufman from Adaptation FAVORITE MOVIE? A toss-up between Children of Men or Ex Machina FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Nathan for You and Master of None FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
I’ve been really feeling 60s Brazilian Funk recently FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Myspace FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Matisse or Rothko, my wife (Kelsey Lane), Charles and Ray Eames LAST BOOK YOU READ? A Kurt Vonnegut Anthology FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Worldreader and The Conservation Fund FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Skateboarding, reading, designing IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
I recently overheard someone say their job title was “Cultural Architect” so whatever that is A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Just don’t be average.
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2018 | STUDENTS TO WATCH
TIFFANY LAI
JUAN ARANDA
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Tiffany is currently completing a BFA in Communications Design in the School of Design. She has always had a passion for helping others, and she found a creative outlet for that passion when she discovered design and its potential. Tiffany is not only drawn by the power of visual communication but is most interested in exploring the service and user research aspects of design. A curious learner, she enjoys picking up new skills and challenging herself. Tiffany is fascinated by the fine details of typography; she often practices handlettering and calligraphy as a form of creative expression and to better understand the details. In her spare time, she fills her happy thoughts jar and watches movies.
Juan Aranda is a junior communication design major with a minor in writing. He briefly flirted studying product design but couldn’t shake the pull that typography held and continues to hold over him. His mounting collection of books and magazines, and his dwindling checking account, can attest to this. Growing up, his parents exposed him to many different influences fostering his love for music, art, and design. He distinctly remembers their hundreds of museum outings and the many times he’s sat in the audience listening to his father perform with the local orchestra. He’d like to thank them for this and their continued support. Moving forward, Juan’s plan is to keep heading east, experience NYC, bounce around Europe, and make it home in time to watch the Dodgers finally win the World Series again.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Englewood NJ and raised in Montville NJ LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Always a night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Fa Mulan - her strength and values inspired me FAVORITE MOVIE? Too many but I like psychological thrillers like Inception, Memento, Source Code FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Anything crime like Bones, Law and Order, Criminal Minds ... or Westworld and Black Mirror FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Spotify.me tells me 68% of my music is pop; if I must say a favorite band it would be Coldplay FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
I’m a guilty over-user of Snapchat and Facebook FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Gabriel Picolo LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Compassion International and any environmental cause FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Handlettering and filling my happy thoughts jar IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Forensic science or psychology A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND LIVE NOW? Born in Toluca, Mexico, currently live in Los Angeles CA, but go to school in Pittsburgh PA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Mornings during the school year and nights during the summer FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec, we have pretty similar diets FAVORITE MOVIE? The Grand Budapest Hotel FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Aziz Ansari’s Master of None FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Jazz, rap, indie, anything that keeps me moving FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Ed Ruscha, Siqueiros, German expressionism LAST BOOK YOU READ? I’m partway through The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? The arts in public schools FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? I like being outside whether that means shooting some hoops or exploring the city IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Something with music or art, it runs in the family A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Si se puede! (you can do it!)
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CAYLIE HAUSMAN
DEVON WOLFE
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE
My foundation in photography made it easy to transition from typography as message to typography as image, and provided me a strong compositional background. I started out amid the basics — compositions and color theory, photoshop and imagemaking — with no way to put them together. And then I found design. Since then, I’ve worked to increase my understanding of what design can be, which has in turn improved every single part of my practice, from first sketch to the third final draft. Design has influenced my life in a way that nothing else ever has. The growth and satisfaction that happens when a project, big or small, is completed keeps me engaged and ready for more. I live to soak up the small moments, the unappreciated typographic signs of the world, the shadow that falls in just the right way to inspire. While my journey in design was difficult at first I would say that it is one of the things that now keeps me truly alive. It drives my every move and I love it — obsessively and proudly.
Growing up in a city wedged between 30 miles of backroads, corn fields and small towns, I developed a taste for the unordinary. Particularly, I became interested in bohemian subcultures and alternative lifestyles, surrounding myself with like-minded people. I spent high school making, writing, painting, and tinkering. I found that the beauty of the human condition is encountered best in the multitude of our life experiences and in developing empathy for others. My life’s mission is to have as many different experiences as I can. This led me to pursue an education in a larger and more diverse place ... I fell in love with studying design and the way design pushes me to consider and reimagine the world around me. As I move forward in my career, I simply hope to make something innovative in my quest to seek out new and unfamiliar experiences.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND LIVE NOW?
Saint Joseph MO and Kansas City MO LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Depends on the day FAVORITE MOVIE? The Hours or Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND LIVE NOW?
I was born in Lafayette IN but currently live in Kansas City MO LEFTY OR RIGHTY? It depends on what I’m doing but I primarily default to my left hand for fine detail work MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? More active at night FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTITY WITH?
I’m currently reading a biography of Queen Elizabeth I FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Local animal shelters! FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Yoga
Courage (the Cowardly Dog). No matter how confused or afraid I may be, I like to tackle my problems head-on. FAVORITE MOVIE? Mr. Nobody FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Game of Thrones FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Electronic ambient and spoken word FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? I try to stay away FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Basquiat LAST BOOK YOU READ? Philip K. Dick’s Exegesis FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? I’m interested in the intersections of relief for third world communities and ecological sustainability; Rainforest Alliance is doing some radical work
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FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Reality tv for working, 60s & 70s shows for watching FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? A little bit of everything… Except screamo FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram! FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Helen Frankenthaler LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Commercial photography, or maybe event planning A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Listen to what the project tells you.
Working with my fiancé in her ceramic studio IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? I wouldn’t do anything different, maybe just have a different title - artist, painter, poet A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? You win some, you lose some. G D U SA 77
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2018 | STUDENTS TO WATCH
SAM JACOBS
MEGAN DWECK
SHILLINGTON
SHILLINGTON
Sam is a graphic designer and Pixar addict living and working in NYC. Much like Peter Pan, Sam remains young at heart but as all must do, he had grow up. Having previously worked in tv/film, architecture, advertising, and now design, Sam has always been passionate about telling great stories. While having some design experience, he decided to go back to school at Shillington to build a portfolio showcasing his storytelling skills while also feeding his desire to be creative every single day. Sam is thrilled to be beginning a new chapter working as a Senior Designer for Time Magazine.
Megan is a graduate of the Shillington School of Design and holds a Certificate in Data Visualization from NYU. She has always been passionate about visual communication and storytelling, and took the leap to a career in graphic design after spending 10 years in human resources at an investment bank. Her experience in a rigorous left-brained environment has influenced her approach to tackling design challenges by focusing first on making complex messages and data easy to understand. Megan is always looking to develop new skills and is currently focused on improving her animation skills and learning typeface design. Apart from design, Megan loves to cook, read, and spend time with her two cats (a Scottish Fold and a Himalayan).
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born and raised in New York LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Neither, I have the most energy midday FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Grumpy – a grumpy exterior while still being adorable and heroic FAVORITE MOVIE? Toy Story, but really anything Pixar FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Breaking Bad. I would’ve enjoyed chemistry more if Walter White was my teacher. FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Epic film scores, there is something about listening to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack that amps you up. FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram, nothing better to check out new designers FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Da Vinci LAST BOOK READ? Origin by Dan Brown FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? American Wildlife Foundation FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Nothing better than reading under a blanket an a cold winter afternoon IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Professional traveler A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them – Walt Disney
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Oakland CA and Brooklyn NY LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
A righty dying to be a lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Neither - I have the most energy midday FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Liz Lemon from 30 Rock FAVORITE MOVIE? La Strada FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Terrace House FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? R&B FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Hokusai LAST BOOK YOU READ? Cloud Atlas FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? ASPCA FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Cooking IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
No idea. This was already my dream job and second career! A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Learn something new every day.
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PETER ASHTON
ZACHARY FAUST
JEFFERSON
JEFFERSON
Peter is a senior in the Graphic Design Communication program at Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University). He studied architecture before deciding to pursue his true interest in graphic design because he finds the depth and variety of graphic design more appealing. His favorite part about living in Philadelphia is the ease of attending concerts by his favorite bands and collecting their posters. Despite enjoying life in the city, he takes every opportunity to escape to more rural settings to photograph landscapes, sail, camp, and hike with family and friends. When designing, he enjoys thinking in three dimensions and has a growing interest in video editing and motion graphics. As such, he hopes someday to design title sequences for films and tv shows.
Zachary Faust is a senior in the Graphic Design Communication program at Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University). He is currently the President of the AIGA Student group and works diligently to help strengthen the student AIGA body. Although creativity is in his blood, he has a strong passion in science that led him to start off his college career in pre-medical studies. Despite switching programs since then, he maintains his interest in trying to understand the natural world better each and every day. His other passions in life include black coffee, ball pythons, black and gold pens, spending all of his money on books he has no time to read, and quoting outdated vines on the daily. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Born and raised in Allentown PA and now reside in the East Falls neighborhood of Philly. LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Party all day, work all night
Either, depending on the situation
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Aubrey Beardsley
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Boyertown PA and currently live in Philadelphia PA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
Dean Pelton from the tv show Community FAVORITE MOVIE? The Prestige FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? 30 Rock FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Indie Pop FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Facebook FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Antoni Gaudí LAST BOOK YOU READ?
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Relay for Life
FAVORITE MOVIE?
Devil Wears Prada (but White Chicks is a close second) FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Parks and Rec FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Indie Rock FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Tina St. Claire (RIP) LAST BOOK YOU READ? From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Dougherty FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Planned Parenthood & Center for Reproductive Rights FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Collecting books and snakes
Cooperative video games with friends
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
A LEGO master builder A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
You don’t have to like everybody, but you should try your best to be nice to everybody.
Natural historian, or some other sciencey job where I get to hang out with animals and plants all day A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? It’s not about creating art, it’s about solving problems in a way you have never done – Yuko Shimizu
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CASEY CAPECE
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN (PCA&D)
PATRICK FOLEY
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN (PCA&D)
Casey is currently studying for a degree in Graphic Design. She has known since middle school that she wanted to do something with computers and art. Early in high school, she took a design class and then she knew then that she wanted to become a graphic designer. By taking more art classes, attending the Carroll County Career & Technology Center and participating in SkillsUSA, she readied herself for the design world. At PCA&D, she is finishing up her senior year while working part time for Quantum Dynamix, a web and digital marketing firm, as well as freelancing. Aside from work and school, she squeezes in time for her crafty side by participating in flea markets plus managing her Etsy shop! Casey has been inspired by very creative people in her family who encouraged to go to art school and immerse herself in the arts, and she is so grateful for them.
Patrick is a 23 year-old senior Graphic Design major. He loves brand design and being able to conceptualize an identity. Patrick is inspired by all the amazing work he sees while scouring Behance, magazines, and the many streets he’s traveled down. He enjoys listening to music while he works and while he’s not working. He claims he’s watched more tv shows than he can count. Too often, Patrick rants about the use of Papyrus in restaurant menus (and other places) and spends as much time as possible with his friends, as they’re usually his best stress relievers.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Born in Frederick MD and currently live in both Union Bridge MD and Lancaster PA. LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night Owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Pam Beesly It’s hard to choose but one of my all-time favorites is the live action Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Office FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Classic and alternative Rock FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Alphonse Mucha LAST BOOK YOU READ? Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Smile Train FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Getting Crafty IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Computer programming A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Good, better, best, never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best. FAVORITE MOVIE?
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I was born in Washington NJ and live in Lancaster PA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl Rod Kimble from Hot Rod FAVORITE MOVIE? The Lord of the Rings Trilogy FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Office (US) FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Metal FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Right now, it's Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Hieronymus Bosch and Esao Andrews LAST BOOK YOU READ? Burn Your Portfolio by Michael Janda and currently reading Now You See It by Michael Bierut FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Climate Change! FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Video games with a good storyline IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
A carpenter or something with woodworking A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take – Wayne Gretzky and Michael Scott
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2018 | STUDENTS TO WATCH
CYNTHIA KEITH
PAULA CHOIN
SESSIONS COLLEGE
SESSIONS COLLEGE
Cynthia is an Atlanta-based advertising designer. She started off in advertising design fifteen years ago with very little experience and is now graduating with an AOS in Advertising Design. During this time, she has become very passionate about helping clients create visually attractive, unique and catchy advertisements. As Creative Director of a local publication, she oversees the creatives of four publications in the West Georgia area. Cynthia enjoys collaborating with other designers to create quality publications that the community can be proud of and enjoy.
As I work predominantly in illustration, I had been eager to branch out into graphic design for a while. During the past few years digital illustration and visual communication have grown enormously, so I really wanted to get ahead and become a stronger designer. Having previously studied Illustration with Animation at the University of Gloucestershire, I came from a more traditional design background. During my internship in the United States, I set myself the goal of completing a Professional Certificate in Graphic Design. Less than one year later I am now working as a lead graphic designer at a marketing agency back in the UK and I am very excited to start building my career.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Texas and now live in Atlanta GA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Both; love the morning but most creative at night FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
My dad. He first introduced me to graphic design as a young child and pushed me to be creative in everything I did. It all started with designing bulletins for the church he pastored. FAVORITE MOVIE? Nacho Libre FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Friends FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Pop FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Facebook FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Kenneth Kincaid LAST BOOK YOU READ? Good to Great by Jim Collins FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Contributing to children in need in the public schools my kids attend FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Hanging with my family IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Business Executive A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Never Give Up - I adopted this saying from my husband. :)
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Hertfordshire and now I live in Derbyshire UK LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Depends on the season FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Peter Pan FAVORITE MOVIE? Super 8 FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Stranger Things! FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Rock or instrumental FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Salvador Dali LAST BOOK YOU READ?
The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Breast Cancer FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Being out in nature IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Impossible, but I would spend a lot more time outside A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Be yourself, no one can say you're doing it wrong – Charles M. Shultz
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MARK PEI
HYOJUNG KIM
PRATTMWP
PRATTMWP
Mark is a Communication Design student pursuing a BFA at PrattMWP in Utica NY. Mark knew he wanted to study design since high school when he founded a student magazine devoted to international studies. With a concentration in Graphic Design, he is working on a range of projects, both personal and community focused. Mark has experience designing logos, posters, illustrations, and product branding. His current project focuses on collaborating with local artists. Offline, Mark attempts to experience as much variety of art as possible. He enjoys traveling with family and friends, and also painting, photography, playing traditional instruments, and getting inspiration from nature and his native Chinese culture. He believes design is the translation from nature to technology, and he enjoys the reaction of audiences to his designs. Mark hopes to combine the variety and richness of digital work with the simplicity of the real world.
Hyojung was born and spent most of her formative years in South Korea and moved to the US with her family in 2008. A Maryland resident, she spends her time searching for cafes, bars, and vintage shops in her area. Hyojung cultivated an interest in fashion at a young age, but fell in love with graphic design as well while attending PrattMWP in upstate New York. Hyojung aspires to be the kind of designer that can act as a medium for her clients and bring their dreams to life. She has always dreamed of a big city lifestyle, and is planning to work in New York City after she finishes her degree at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in China and now attend school in upstate New York LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl for sure FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Haven’t found one yet FAVORITE MOVIE? The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? How to Get Away with Murder FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
I love Jazz, but also listen to EDM while I’m working FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Mark Rothko LAST BOOK YOU READ? And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Rotary International FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Reading and, lately, making sketchbook collages IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Painter or a filmmaker A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things.
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Born in South Korea and currently live in Utica NY LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Neither or both. Just need certain amount of sleep FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
I can’t think of anyone, I think I’m just myself FAVORITE MOVIE?
Eternal Sunshine by Michel Gondry FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? I don’t watch tv at all FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Jazz FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram, Behance, YouTube FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Henrik Uldalen LAST BOOK YOU READ? Good Me Bad Me FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Animal charity FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Reading IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Jobless painter A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
The end of all method is to seem to have no method.
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SAM PANTER
SHIYA WU
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART
Sam Panter is currently working on his MFA in the 2D Design program. He’s interested in how we interact with and experience systems, and how those systems inform our perceptions of ourselves. This usually leads to him working on projects involving surreal software, temporary architecture, or speculative entrepreneurship.
Stay hungry, stay foolish – Steve Jobs I am always hungry – Shiya Wu
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Phoenix AZ and now living outside Detroit MI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Right! MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Both! FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Echidna, the half-woman and half-snake, who lives alone in a cave! FAVORITE MOVIE?
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One! FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? YouTube! FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Club Aerobics or Circadian Rhythms! FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? YouTube! FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Cécile B. Evans! LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Taking up Serpents by David L. Kimbrough! FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Bail Bloc - crypto mining to get people out of jail! FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Dancing! IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Welder! A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
If you're not living a lie how smart can you be – @turtlekiosk
Shiya grew up in a place that has lots of great food. She loves art and design, enjoys experimentation and collaboration, and laughs a lot. She finished her BA in Studio Arts with minor in Psychology at Wheaton College in 2015, and completed the Graphic Design Post-Baccalaureate Certificate at MICA in 2016. Shiya’s undergraduate liberal arts background provides a unique interdisciplinary and humanist perspective to her work. Currently, she is exploring the intersection of art and design in the 2D Design MFA program and will graduate this coming May. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Zhejiang, China, and currently live at Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills MI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Many people said I remind them of Momoko “Maruko” Sakura from the animation Chibi Maruko Chan; she is my sunshine. FAVORITE MOVIE? Ashes of Time by Kar-Wai Wong, Fantastic Planet by René Laloux, and The Fall by Tarsem Singh FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Adventure of DJ Hungry FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? It’s really depends. Right now I like DJ Hungry’s music the best FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? I don’t have a favorite FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? I admire many but have no favorite LAST BOOK YOU READ? Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Organizations working on gender issues FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Eating IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Fine artist, soap opera screenwriter, psychologist, DJ A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Keep it real
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SILPA JOE
TYLER BROWN
RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Silpa is a senior Graphic Design student. Even as a child, she was a curious problem solver who enjoyed questioning things and challenging ideas. As a designer, she observes what’s happening socially around her to pull into her work. Silpa enjoys building brand identities with a strong concept and story using a variety of visual styles, from vector graphics to collages to doodles. As her college career draws to an end, Silpa hopes to continue to learn and grow as a designer, creating design that is meaningful and functional while still being visually pleasing.
Tyler is a senior Graphic Design student. After growing up surrounding himself in creative projects, Tyler knew he wanted to pursue a career in art. It took him a while to settle into the right major but once he landed on Graphic Design, he found his home. Currently working at Ringling’s Design Center, Tyler enjoys focusing on simple and modern solutions to design problems, and loves a good critique session. He believes great design communicates the message in a clean and efficient way. After interning at Marvel Entertainment this past summer, Tyler is eager to graduate and get back to the bustling design industry that NYC provides.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I was born in Muscat, Oman and now my family lives in Dallas TX LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Can I be the overly exhausted parrot who likes naps? FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
I hope to be a combination of Razia Sultan, Captain America and Leslie Knope FAVORITE MOVIE? I can only think of Mulan right now FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Parks and Rec FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Anything in the metal-punk range. FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Elaine Sturtevant, mostly because I think she’s funny LAST BOOK YOU READ?
How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin – it's not what you think, I swear FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Human Rights Campaign & Green Cross International FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
A tie between exploring and sleeping IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
I’d be sad and miserable A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
I’ll sleep when I am dead.
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I was born in Buffalo NY but living in Sarasota FL for now LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Definitely more of a night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Hercules without the muscles, or Kristen Wiig in any role she plays, she has an awkward aura with which I relate FAVORITE MOVIE? Bridesmaids, I reference the film pretty much every day of my life FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Oh, that’s tough. Stranger Things, Bates Motel, and Big Little Lies are the most recent FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Indie/Alternative, Pop – sometimes KPOP FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Roy Lichtenstein, Auguste Rodin LAST BOOK YOU READ? Yes Please, by Amy Poehler FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
The Human Rights Campaign, The ASPCA FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Drawing, Photography, Video Games, Dog Petting IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Artist, veterinarian or historian A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Everything happens for a reason.
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MEGHAN ELENIAK
CALISTA BOHLING
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (DAAP)
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (DAAP)
I am a senior and I want to make a difference with my design. I want to solve real world problems; to be involved in strategic initiatives and not just aesthetic improvement. I love the process of service design, of how strategy and research can lead to design and how design doesn’t have to, shouldn’t ever, exist in a silo. I am a constantly curious person, always asking why and delving into purpose. I want to make a difference for people. To design for people. To change the world. To be a strategist, a storyteller, an innovator, a creative, a writer, and a designer. I want to see how all of these things can play together. I am passionate about people and human interaction. I want to make a difference. I want to be involved in a role broader than design. I want to travel and to explore new places. And most importantly I want to be happy.
I am currently a fourth year student studying Graphic Communication Design. I believe in a strong work ethic, and am prepared to put in the work to achieve my goals. I am thankful for having the opportunity to attend DAAP and to participate in the co-op program. I have had the chance to travel to New York City to work with two great companies and many great people. Apart from design, I love to cook, eat and to try new things. I also have two of the most adorable dachshunds back home.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? Born in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada and right now I live in Cincinnati OH LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Elizabeth Bennet FAVORITE MOVIE? Pride & Prejudice (see above) or She’s The Man,
a middle school classic FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? New Girl or How I Met Your Mother FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? My go-tos are Bon Iver or Electric Guest FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Pinterest FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Bobbie Burgers LAST BOOK YOU READ?
I’m about fifty pages into Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Give Kids the World FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Cooking for/with friends IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Anthropologist, chef, or the type of psychologist that identifies serial killers A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives – Lemony Snicket
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Wuzhou, China, adopted at a young age and raised in Kansas City MO, and now attend school in Cincinnati OH LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? More of a night owl, but I don’t have too much trouble waking up in the morning when I need to. Being at DAAP, you have to train yourself to work late hours. FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Doctor Who FAVORITE MOVIE? Mulan. I love the classic Disney movies! FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Game of Thrones FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Right now I split my time between rap and electronic music, but I’m open to most genres FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Should say I’m an Instagram person, but I still spend most of my time on Snapchat or Facebook FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Piet Mondrian – I find the evolution of his work to be fascinating. I also love the work of Willem de Kooning. LAST BOOK YOU READ? The Ethical Slut FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? I admire local soup kitchens, these are great programs that directly reach people in need. FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Sitting down and sharing a meal with someone or going to the gym when I can IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Sushi chef A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration – Thomas Edison
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ALEX LEDERMMEIER
MICHELLE DINES
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (DAAP)
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT)
Alex is a multidisciplinary designer with a background in print and interactive design. He’s currently finishing up his final semester at the University of Cincinnati where he studies Graphic Communication Design. Over the past few years Alex has worked in creative agencies, on in-house marketing teams, and as a freelancer to collaborate with brands big and small. Outside of design he has strong interests in film photography, skateboarding, and record collecting.
Michelle has been inspired to create from a young age. She draws inspiration from observing the world around her and enjoys meeting new people. She has always dreamt of a career in which she can connect her love for thoughtful ideas, beautiful design, and people — and has found that as an aspiring Art Director in the Advertising Design Program at FIT. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Cincinnati OH. Currently living in Brooklyn NY. LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? I enjoy both
Born in Brooklyn NY and currently living in Manhattan LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
A night owl disguised as a morning person
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
I have no idea FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Parts Unknown or The Office
Elle Woods because she was determined to place herself where others didn’t think she belonged. FAVORITE MOVIE? Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Jazz, soul, funk, lo-fi
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
FAVORITE MOVIE? Toss up between Kill Bill or Birdman
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Evan Hecox, Geoff Mcfetridge, Ellsworth Kelly LAST BOOK YOU READ? Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? No Kid Hungry - Child Hunger FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Skateboarding, Record Digging, Hanging with friends. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Make music A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? Less is more
Stranger Things and Downton Abbey FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Dancehall and Reggae FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Geoff McFetridge LAST BOOK YOU READ?
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Planned Parenthood and Movimiento Cosecha FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Baking and Knitting IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Art Historian or Restorer A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Just do it!
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WING-SZE HO
CHASE HOSTLER
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT)
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT)
Wing is a senior studying Graphic Design in the Communication Pathways Department. In 2016, he was awarded the Coyne Family Foundation Honorable Mention by the Worldstudio AIGA scholarship, which selects recipients not based only on talent and diversity, but on their commitment to give back to the larger community through design. In 2017, he led the winning design team as captain in FIT’s first-ever competition collaboration with the National Football League, whose designs are now being sold around the country in Target. Wing’s work has featured in HOW magazine and online on the AIGA NY chapter website. Wing works on the side as a translator of Chinese and German.
I’m probably not the typical FIT student. Growing up in small town Ohio, Graphic Design was never exactly listed on the career aptitude tests. I was involved in the local and regional theaters and right after my eighteenth birthday I picked up and moved to New York City, ready for my name in lights. It wasn’t long before discovering I didn’t like the Broadway world much. Rather, the city presented me with a mind-blowing expanse of possibility. I worked in restaurants and bars, then began producing small nightlife events, followed by larger ones. I started a blog, collaborated with photographers to shoot me in fashion stories and developed a strong love for photography. Before long, I began working for a fashion photography agency, and I grew with the agency to become it’s art director. Around that time, I realized I had a skill set. One that I wanted to hone and develop. I randomly passed by FIT during a fair one day and went inside. It was the best decision I’ve ever made.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Hong Kong and live in Bushwick in Brooklyn NY LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? I think you have to be a night owl to be creative, creative traits are bundled with late risers FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
From an early age, Anne Holm’s David in I Am David because I was fascinated by his resourcefulness and quick thinking. FAVORITE MOVIE? Fassbinder’s In A Year of 13 Moons FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Forensic Files FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Cheesy pop from the ‘90s and Britpop FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? A love/hate relationship with social media, but if I have to choose it would be Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Magritte LAST BOOK YOU READ? Emigre No. 70, the Look Back Issue FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Meals on Wheels FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Daydreaming and doing absolutely nothing IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? All human activity is design so I would be a designer in one role or another A SAYING OR MANTRA YOU LIVE BY? Those who work make mistakes. Those who work a lot make many mistakes. Only those who keep their hands in their laps make no mistakes at all – The founder of ThyssenKrupp
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
I’m a small town Ohio boy who currently lives up in beautiful Hamilton Heights in Manhattan LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? It’s possible to be both, right? FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Pangloss? FAVORITE MOVIE? Anything with Aliens or Wizards FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Stranger Things FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? New wave disco funk ... it’s a thing FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Takashi Murakami LAST BOOK YOU READ? Little, Big by John Crowley FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? God’s Love We Deliver FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Taking photos while adventuring (and secretly playing video games) IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? D ancing is a big passion A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Live with compassion and be open to connection.
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JOSIE BORJA TRUAX
ANA VILLARAMA
MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN (MIAD)
MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN (MIAD)
Josie is a senior, majoring in Communication Graphic Design with a minor in writing, and is currently a graphic design intern at Scott Advertising. She has been creatively inclined ever since she can remember, but her passion for graphic design started in high school and she has been taking every opportunity to keep learning more ever since. Josie comes from a multicultural home and has been traveling well before she could speak. A love of traveling far and often grew from that, and she uses her experiences as inspiration in her work. She also enjoys trying new restaurants, napping and visiting home to see her pets Chancho and Larry.
Ana is a Communication Design major at MIAD and, on top of traditional graphic design, she is very interested in typography, motion graphics and 3D modeling. In her free time, she enjoys biking, learning Japanese, reading, and playing video games. Her love for graphic design began during middle school, when her oldest brother started his own graphic design career. Since then, she has pushed herself to continue growing as a person and a designer.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Edina MN and currently live in Milwaukee WI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
I like to pretend I’m a morning person. FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Kitty Forman from That ‘70s Show FAVORITE MOVIE? Finding Nemo, I’ve been on a Disney kick FAVORITE TV SHOW TO BINGE WATCH? Chopped FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Hip Hop, Latin or whatever the day calls for FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Instagram has all the cutest dog pics FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Johannes Vermeer LAST BOOK YOU READ? Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? The God’s Child Project FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Planning my next trip
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I was born in Manila, Philippines, grew up in Palatine IL, now live in Milwaukee WI LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Definitely morning FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Katara from Avatar, The Last Airbender FAVORITE MOVIE? 500 Days of Summer, Definitely Maybe, La La Land FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Grey’s Anatomy FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Chill, relaxing, slightly melancholic music. Lately I've been obsessed with The XX, Alt-J, and Made in Heights FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? I appreciate Instagram for art and design, but I dislike social media in general. FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? David Dunlop LAST BOOK YOU READ? The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Colleges Against Cancer FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Drop shot mode in Rocket League or reading manga IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Probably develop software, apps, or websites
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
I’d be a flight attendant if I were 2 inches taller
Do it right the first time so you don't have to do it again.
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure – Mae West
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KATIE VINES
AUDREY ARNOLD
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
Katie is a graphic designer interested in both print and digital mediums. She recently received her BFA in Graphic Communications and a Marketing minor. During her undergraduate years, she participated in two repeat-internships for Shaw Floors and Heidelberg USA, where print design was her sole passion. Katie soon discovered her love for digital design after taking only a few courses on the subject in her last semester as an undergraduate. Upon graduation, Katie landed her first Web Designer gig, and has since moved on to become a Digital Designer for CCA&B — home of The Elf on the Shelf®! Katie doesn’t know where life will take her next, but with her strong educational foundation, passion for creativity, and perseverance to go the distance, she knows anything is possible!
Graphic Design was never on Audrey’s short list. It’s certainly not what she would have said if you had asked her what she wanted to do with her life. But with an engineer for a father, and a fine artist for a mother, it may have been inevitable all along. From creating mini-scenes with her toys as a child, to using the typeface Curlz in rainbow colors to write emails in middle school, to color coding her homework, Audrey has always enjoyed arranging things in exciting and colorful ways. When she found herself in her first design class, she realized she’d been designing her whole life. Even now, her pursuit of order and beauty often takes her beyond official design work to knitting, prop styling, and bookmaking, as well as set dressing for a local theater group. Occasionally, Audrey takes to the stage herself, acting in musical productions and plays. She is a soon-tobe graduate and currently lives in Kennesaw where she has been working in the creative department at Mohawk Industries.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
The ‘burbs of Atlanta GA have always been home sweet home LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Becoming a morning person as the ‘real world’ kicks in FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Rory Gilmore – that girl’s determined for success! FAVORITE MOVIE? Fried Green Tomatoes for the nostalgic memories of watching it with my sweet grandpa Frank. FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Office (U.S.), for obvious reasons FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Almost anything 90’s FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Pinterest! FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Andy Warhol LAST BOOK YOU READ? One Simple Idea by Stephen Key FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Hiking. I’m going to walk Camino de Santiago in Spain next year! IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Entrepreneur, product developer A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? A creative life is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear – Elizabeth Gilbert
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Marietta GA and live in Kennesaw GA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? A little bit of both FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Michael Scott FAVORITE MOVIE? The Empire Strikes Back FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Stranger Things FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? A little bit of everything. Mostly indie music, but I can get down to some Taylor Swift too. FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Tumblr FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Alphonse Mucha LAST BOOK YOU READ?
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? End It Movement FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Knitting and watching movies IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Musical theater or costume design A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
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NOAH CIMATU
MARIAH DECK
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
Noah is a half Polish/half Filipino native-born Baltimorean whose ethnic backgrounds inspire and motivate some of his projects. He’s extremely proud of his heritage and family ties. Noah has two older siblings who also have creative minds. This naturally led to a passion for the arts. A sports injury in high school solidified his decision to apply to an arts college. He would first attend the Delaware College of Art and Design for two years to acquire his AA degree. Then he applied to the University of the Arts to finish his education with a BFA. Since attending UArts, he’s had a few internships and worked on some great projects including Howler Magazine, Bloomberg’s Annual Report on Autonomous Vehicles, and The Winter Antiques Show.
Never short of an opinion, Mariah has always been a very vocal, outgoing personality. The competitive, determined designer is often seduced by a challenge; never subscribing to the easy or more convenient path. She is driven by her passion and desire to make revolutionary change, finding unique solutions to conceptually complex ideas.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Cleopatra
Baltimore MD and moved to Philly to attend UArts LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Lefty
FAVORITE MOVIE? The LEGO Movie
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? R&B/Pop
Night Owl for sure
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Instagram closely followed by YouTube
Ryan Gosling in any movie
FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
FAVORITE MOVIE?
Currently, Kervin Andre
Any movie with Ryan Gosling
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Office FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Anything loud and bumpin’
Manage Your Day to Day: Build your Routine, Find Your Focus & Sharpen Your Creative Mind, Jocelyn K Glei & Scott Belsky
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram
FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Ilya Repin
(RED)
LAST BOOK YOU READ?
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Damn Good Advice by George Lois
Binge movies days or traveling
FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Planned Parenthood
Voice acting
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
I am always down to go fishing IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
I’d probably be a chef
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Philadelphia PA, soon to be a New York NY transplant LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Ridiculousness
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JACQUELINE JENSEN
ALYSSA HAMILTON
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART
Hello there! I'm Jacqueline, a senior working towards a BFA, and I judge people based on how they pronounce gif. I’ve been a graphic designer since I thought that making tv graphics for my high school news channel was a practical career path. Since then I’ve grown to love all aspects of design from spot illustrations to full brands. I’m currently surviving the Graphic & Interactive Design program with no xacto blade injuries so you could say things are going pretty well. Being creative is hard, but something I never mind working hard at. When I manage to break free from my computer screen I can be found moonlighting as a bartender and being walked by my dog Apollo. In all seriousness, I feel lucky to be a communicator through art and design, and strive to push boundaries and break norms, while having a good time along the way.
I’m currently a second year MFA grad student studying Graphic & Interactive Design. Before coming back to school I was a full-time freelancer working with small businesses in Philly, New Jersey, Texas and California. Since coming back to school I’ve been enjoying selfauthoring projects, cultivating illustration styles and collaborating with my fellow grad students. I'm excited to get back into the working world and having (a little) more free time after graduating.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born and stayed in Philadelphia PA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
April Ludgate FAVORITE MOVIE? Any bad horror movie FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Whatever Netflix originals releases next FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
I’d be lying if I said I had any knowledge of music FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Is it boring to say Monet? LAST BOOK YOU READ? Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Girls Who Code/Girls Not Brides/Women For Women/anything helping strong women gain power FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Sleeping, design school is hard IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Forest researcher for Rainforest Alliance A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in New Jersey and have lived in Philadelphia for 11 years LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty for writing, lefty for throwing MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? More of a morning lark FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
I'm a middle child so I identified a bit with Jan Brady growing up FAVORITE MOVIE? I know every word in You’ve Got Mail. FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
I’ve been rewatching Arrested Development, it’s still good FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? That’s tough; it’s a toss up between 90s-inspired indie, early 00s hip hop and 60s-70s folk/country FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Joseph Cornell, Rockwell Kent, Jenny Holzer & Barbara Kruger LAST BOOK YOU READ? Swing Time by Zadie Smith FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Michelle Obama’s initiatives Let Girls Learn and Let’s Move FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
I like to walk around the city with my partner, Andy, eating and drinking at restaurants along the way. IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
A chef or baker A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
It’ll all get done!
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make – Jane Goodall G D U SA 93
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KELLEY BRENNAN
RUBEN GARCIA
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - CAMDEN
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - CAMDEN
Kelley is currently in her last semester and will soon graduate with a BA in Graphic Design and BS in Marketing. Fascinated by the psychology of marketing and visual language, she strives to create minimalistic designs with a bigger message. She has been involved with multiple internships in the design field that affirm her passion for the profession. Her work has been featured in Graphis’ New Talent Annual 2017 publication and has been displayed in a variety of AIGA Philadelphia exhibitions. When she’s not designing she can be found organizing her vinyl collection, hanging out with her cat Koji, or playing video games.
Ruben is a recent graduate in graphic design. Raised in a small town in Mexico, his interests include philosophy, art, woodworking and cooking. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a fine artist. He taught himself to paint, and studied architectural drawing. At age 18, he moved to the US where he had to overcome the challenges of a new culture and language in order to pursue a college career. Once in college, he discovered the communicative power of graphic design. As a designer, he relies on the rational investigation and dissection of question as a problem-solving system, in a Cartesian fashion, to create affective visual messages that appeal to the intellect and emotions. He finds inspiration in nature, art, philosophy, history and the urban environment. Ruben believes that it is important to develop a well-defined design philosophy and to apply it with purpose, passion and honesty.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born and raised in New Jersey and currently living in Mt Laurel NJ LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty (politically a lefty) MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl – hoot hoot FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Sailor Mercury, though I’ve also been described as “a more positive version of Wednesday Addams” FAVORITE MOVIE?
A tie between Fight Club, Godzilla (1954) and The Wind Rises FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Twilight Zone FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Alternative/experimental. Working at a record store lets me to explore different bands every single day. FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Twitter FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Edward Hopper LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Humane Society International FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Supporting my local record stores IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
Architect, librarian, or something in the music industry A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
If your work isn't what you love, then something isn’t right – Talking Heads
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WHERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? Born in Veracruz, Mexico and live currently in the Philadelphia area LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Both FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Rene Descartes FAVORITE MOVIE? Paterson by Jim Jarmusch FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Shameless FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Rock, Blues and Mexican Folk music FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Gabriel Orozco LAST BOOK YOU READ? The Rebel by Albert Camus FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Topos Mexico FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Playing chess and drawing IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
A fine artist A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
Question everything and keep an open mind.
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HAYDEN NAGIN
CHARLOTTE DE WOLFE
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
VIRGINIA TECH
Hayden is a senior graphic design major at LSU, also minoring in photography. His work encompasses branding, publications, illustration and film photography. Hayden is a Libra. As such, his work often strives to find a balance between opposing elements, be they contrasting themes, materials or aesthetics. When not hunched over a computer burning his retinas to a crisp finessing Bézier curves, he can often be found in bed listening to music, or at the movie theatre, shoveling obscene amounts of popcorn into his mouth.
Charlotte is completing her victory lap and degree in Visual Communication Design in the School of Visual Arts. She is besotted with user experience design and has been fortunate enough to explore multiple concentrations through independent study, internships, and study abroad. She is confident that a good user experience is essential to everything from apps, to trails, to stairwells, to toys and games. She believes that the things we interact with daily will ultimately be things that shape us and change us, so why not make them with thought? She is a tactile creature and enjoys finding multiple ways to approach problems collaboratively or alone. Charlotte has traveled to more than 15 countries with the hard work of her Mum who is an all-around boss and flight attendant. Charlotte hopes to continue her worldly travels in search of new interfaces and experiences both in design and adventure.
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I was born in New Orleans LA and currently live in Baton Rouge LA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Definitely a night owl FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Linda Belcher FAVORITE MOVIE?
Heathers if I want to laugh, Short Term 12 if I want to cry, and Frances Ha if I want to do both FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH?
Broad City on a semiannual basis and I never get tired of it FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Alternative and indie mostly, and also ABBA FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
Definitely Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Egon Schiele LAST BOOK YOU READ? Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Tie between the Southern Poverty Law Center and Planned Parenthood FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Catching up on TV, movies and podcasts IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? I’d be that woman in “Kiki's Delivery Service” who lives alone in the forest and paints birds. A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?! – RuPaul
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Slough, England to Fairfax VA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty, though I tried to force myself to be lefty. Spoilers: It didn’t work. MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Morning, as long as it’s after 11:50 am. So … morning owl? FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Metaphorically, Jackie Chan; non-metaphorically, Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls FAVORITE MOVIE? Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and the Pokémon movies FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? House. Hugh Laurie is phenomenal. FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? David Bowie. Also 80’s techno FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? YouTube FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Katsushika Hokusai LAST BOOK YOU READ? Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? Immigrant Defense Project and American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Doodling & Noodling IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Foley Artist for films A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY? I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring – David Bowie G D U SA 95
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LEAH VON FRICKEN
MORGAN ELROD
SAGE COLLEGE OF ALBANY
CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
Leah is a senior completing her BFA in Graphic and Media Design. She believes that design is meant to serve as a solution and has the potential to influence even the greatest problems. She aspires to use powerful research-driven design to positively impact those issues which challenge our nation and world. Leah attributes her discipline and work ethic to the classical piano training her parents enrolled her in at the age of 5 (and regularly bribed her to attend with french fries). She considers the most important things in life to be other people, whether one is personally connected to them or not. She hopes to build a career which honors that philosophy and allows her to support a Golden Doodle (or two).
Morgan will graduate this spring with a BFA in Design. She is at the top of her class, and has received many merit and endowed scholarships. Throughout her studies, Morgan has been exposed to a wide variety of design tools and thinking. Incorporating these tools, and both analog and digital processes, has led her to becoming an avid screen printer. From screen printed music posters to stuffed animals, her design practice strives to bring illustration and design to life with vivid colors. During her last semester at Cornish, Morgan looks forward to leading the college’s new student AIGA chapter as President. Outside of school, Morgan volunteers as a studio moderator at a community screen print studio. Upon graduation, she hopes to continue being involved in her screen print community, find a visual design/product and packaging job, and open her own studio someday.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Albany NY and I’m still representing LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Lefty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Night owl, mostly because that’s when Jimmy Fallon is on FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Raised in Missoula MT and live in Seattle WA LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty
Leslie Knope
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
FAVORITE MOVIE? The Green Mile
Night owl, I can stay up until 3 am without realizing it
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Parks and Recreation
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Anything I can dance (very poorly) to
Catwoman!
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram
FAVORITE MOVIE? Moana
FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? René Magritte
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? New Girl
LAST BOOK YOU READ? Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? The Malala Fund
Chill Hop, Tom Misch is one of my favorite artists FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Chuck Close LAST BOOK YOU READ? #GIRLBOSS FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE? The Food Bank
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Shooting photos IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ? Fine art photography A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
What I hear when I’m being yelled at is people caring really loudly at me – Leslie Knope
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Autocrossing in my 1995 Caribbean Green Subaru Impreza Wagon, and going to the mountains IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER ... ? Kindergarten teacher or painter A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
You can’t learn about yourself from others – My Dad 96 G D U SA
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WILL GIVENS
ANNA ROGERS
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Will Givens is a senior at Auburn University, graduating in December of 2018 with a BFA in Graphic Design. Will is a perpetual learner and recovering perfectionist. Despite brief stints as an amateur cowboy and kitchen manager, he can most often be found reading, researching, or monopolizing professors’ office hours. The function of design as communication and the process of problem resolution are what excites him most about the profession; however, exploring new paths to the final solution is what keeps him interested. Will is at his best when surrounded by others and eagerly anticipates joining a team in which he can continue to grow while exercising all that he is learned thus far.
Anna Rogers is a couple semesters away from achieving her BFA in Graphic Design. She is known for her quirky wardrobe of thrift store gems and handmade jewelry. Her design interests include but (definitely) aren’t limited to: print, publication, packaging, typography, and UI/UX. Ever a lover of details, she delights in elevating a simple design solution through careful consideration of even the smallest elements. With so much left to learn and experience, Anna is excited and optimistic about impending jobs, internships, and other creative opportunities.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Elizabethtown KY and Auburn AL LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Right
WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Huntsville AL and live in Auburn AL LEFTY OR RIGHTY? Righty MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL? Morning person FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Hermione Granger
Morning, the earlier the better
FAVORITE MOVIE? When Harry Met Sally, Rear Window, Princess Bride
FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? Parks and Recreation
Tolkien’s Samwise Gamgee FAVORITE MOVIE? Shawshank Redemption FAVORITE TV BINGE WATCH? The Office FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Folk Rock FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Wes Anderson LAST BOOK YOU READ? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC? Soul ( i.e, anything Adele )
FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Cooking or going to antique stores, it’s a toss up!
Opus in Louisville, Kentucky
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER …?
FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY? Breakfast
Own and operate a drive-in movie theater
IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER . . . ?
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
School Bus Driver
You must become unshakeable in the belief that you are worthy of a big life – Kristin Lohr
A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM? Instagram FAVORITE FINE ARTIST? Jasper Johns, Toulouse-Lautrec LAST BOOK YOU READ? Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Alzheimer’s Association, Habitat for Humanity FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Festina Lente or make haste slowly
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55TH ANNIVERSARY
DESIGNER FRIENDLY COMPANIES + RESOURCES
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As is tradition in the first print edition of each year, we compile the short list of companies and organizations that provide first-rate products and services to creative professionals, adding value and finding solutions, communicating and standing behind our community and, more often than not, taking their social responsibility seriously. It’s a subjective list — many are personal favorites — and no longer comprehensive just for the sake of it — I’ve eliminated former giants like Kodak and Xerox who once spoke to the creative community but now only pay it lip service. But that’s life: the truth is that change creates dislocations, established brands disappear faster that sexual harrassers on morning television, and many companies who once embraced the creative market have shifted focus.
THAT MAKES THE 2018 ROSTER EVEN MORE SELECTIVE AND DESERVING OF RECOGNITION. In the current listing, you will find treasures: paper mills and distributors, commercial and digital printers, stock image agencies and type houses, hardware and software companies, recruiters and consultants, trade shows and industry associations, myriad goods and service providers. These are smart and motivated organizations who “get it” — that your success is their success — and who have the commitment and resources to invest in the creative community. Why does all this matter? Because in an age of interdependence, collaboration and the blurring of design and production, you are only as good as your tools, your technologies, your services, your vendors, your knowledge and your information. Some things never change.
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with IBM — named the first Official AIGA Sponsor for Design Leadership — engages IBM leaders to deploy their expertise across AIGA’s network. The partnership integrates leadership development skills and experience design across AIGA’s activities. www.aiga.org
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ADOBE Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. At its Adobe Max Conference last fall, the company unveiled the next generation of Creative Cloud, including four new applications, Adobe XD CC for experience design, Adobe Dimension CC for 2D to 3D compositing, Character Animator CC for 2D animation, and an all-new cloud-based photography service, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC. In addition, Adobe announced feature updates to its flagship applications including Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC and Premiere Pro CC, and ongoing expansion of its Adobe Stock service. All of these updates include capabilities powered by Adobe Sensei, an artificial intelligence and machine learning platform, and are the latest in a series of innovations “that serve modern creative professionals and enthusiasts wherever and however they work.” www.adobe.com
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ADOBE STOCK
4over is an industry leader in print order fulfillment for resellers and industry professionals. With state-of-the-art print production facilities and superior color quality, 4over has established itself with a tradition of product consistency and innovation powered by operational excellence. The largest tradeonly printer in North America, its facilities offer a broad range of in-demand offset, digital and large-format printed products, with a wide variety of production turnaround and shipping options. Continually investing in top-of-the-line equipment enables 4over to maintain a robust pipeline on new product introductions brought to the market from locations across the U.S. and Canada. Customers realize that they can expand the breadth of their product line by trusting 4over with their print while keeping their core competencies inhouse. www.4over.com
Adobe Stock provides designers and businesses with access to millions of highquality, curated, royalty-free photos, vectors, illustrations, videos, templates, and 3D assets for all their creative projects. Adobe Stock is built right into favorite Adobe apps, such as Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, and InDesign CC, so designers can search, browse, and add assets to your Creative Cloud Libraries, and get instant access to your assets across desktop and mobile devices. In Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, and InDesign CC, you can even download artist-designed templates from Adobe Stock right within the New Document dialog boxes. A number of purchasing options are available for individuals, teams, and enterprises. Adobe Stock assets can be licensed directly from within the Creative Cloud desktop apps or through the website. And GDUSA readers may find especially resonant the Adobe Stock Premium Collection. www.stock.adobe.com/premium
ADOBE MAX Adobe MAX 2017 is the company’s annual creativity conference. In recent times, it has blossomed into a major event and show for graphic designers and other creative professionals across the country and the world. And even though the company has moved to a subscription model with regular updates, it still uses the event to launch its most important updates and new products for content creators. This year’s event is set for October 15-17 in Los Angeles. max.adobe.com
AIGA AIGA is the professional association for design. With 70 chapters and 25,000+ members across the nation, the mission is to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool, and vital cultural force. Lippincott senior partner Su Mathews Hale is the current elected president and Julie Anixter is starting her second year as the executive director. A sweeping partnership
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple is a global innovator with the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees “are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.” www.apple.com
ADMORE Admore® is a major manufacturer of premium presentation folders and related items such as binders, portfolios and other presentation products. Admore products are sold only through qualified distributors and the product line features Presentation Pocket Folders, Economy Quick Ship Folders, Document Folders & Envelopes, Eco Friendly Recycled Folder Products, Capacity & Expansion Pocket Folders, Hotel Key Folders & Card Holders, Photo Holder Folders, CD/DVD Folders & Packaging, File Folders & Portfolios, Certificate Folders & Report Covers, Totes & Boxes, 3 Ring Paper & Vinyl Binders, Poly Folder & Binders and Custom Design Folders. Customization of all products is available. There’s also a large selection of inhouse stocks, and sales tools and art templates are available on the website. Founded in 1947, the company’s cornerstone is quality. Admore is part of the Ennis family, one of the largest private-label printed business product suppliers in the U.S. www.admorefolders.com
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2017 | DESIGNER FRIENDLY DIRECTORY things you value most - time.” Photographers and designers are encouraged to post their images for sale and price their own work. www.artarena.com
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ART RESOURCE Art Resource is the largest fine art stock photo archive, with more than 1,000,000 searchable fine art images from the world's leading sources, available for licensing to all media. The images are available for licensing to all media, hundreds of thousands of which are keyword searchable online. This includes high quality images of works of painting, sculpture, architecture and the minor arts from most of the world’s major museums, monuments, and commercial archives. The range of offerings run the gamut from prehistoric times to the present. Art Resource carries the works of almost every major museum in Europe, and functions as the official rights and permissions representative for many institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Whether for a book, advertisement, poster, calendar, CD-ROM, tv program, website, film, or greeting card, Art Resource will act quickly to get you quality images of famous and lesser known works of art. www.artres.com Pictured Above: Amedeo Modigliani, Large Seated Nude, 1917. Album/Art Resource, NY
ARTARENA ArtArena is a virtual marketplace for digital imagery where graphic designers and other creative professionals have access to a diverse selection of high-quality stock photos, videos and illustrations. The goal is to help creative people bring their projects to life with photos, illustrations and footage clips. The service is “easy to use, super affordable and since we already have a database of carefully selected, licensed media, you’ll save on one of the
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Artisan Talent is a digital, creative, and marketing staffing agency. The company advocates for the best talent, including graphic designers, web and mobile developers, UX designers, project managers, and more. Artisan was founded by Bejan Douraghy in 1988 as a creative haven for Chicago’s top talent. By 1993, Artisan had tripled in size and was cited in Inc. Artisan has continued to evolve ever since, becoming one of the most successful and influential digital, creative, and marketing staffing and recruitment agencies, not just in Chicago, but in the entire country. The agency has a “boutique” approach to both talent and clients where it advocates for the best talent and nurtures relationships with the best clients, from small agencies to major corporations. www.artisantalent.com
BURGOPAK Burgopak is an ingenious patented packaging system developed to offer an innovative and exciting alternative to the boring old cardboard box. The company has a core range which it’s designers can tailor to your precise requirements or a bespoke service where designers can assist you in developing your own, unique piece of Burgopak packaging. Among the offerings are the Burgopak™ Slider (slide the pull component out of the pack to simultaneously eject the pop from the other side), the Burgopak™ Cabrio (slide the pull component out of the cover and watch the pop slide back to reveal the contents), the Burgopak™ Coupe (slide the pull component out of the cover, hiding the hanger, until it locks into open position) and the Burgopak™ Telescopic (slide the pull component out of the cover and the pop extends in the same direction). www.burgopak.com
CANON USA Canon U.S.A., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. With approximately $29 billion in global revenue, it is one of the most admired and innovative companies in the world. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100% U.S.based consumer service and support. The company is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility, and the Canon Americas Headquarters has secured LEED® Gold certification. An
interesting new product line for graphic designers and photographers: the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO Series. These large format ink jet printer models — the PRO-1000 (17"), PRO-2000 (24"), PRO-4000 (44") printers and PRO-6000 (60") — introduce breakthrough technology that reproduces rich, detailed and brilliant color, and achieves it efficiently, consistently, and affordably. www.usa.canon.com/proprinters
BERTHOLD TYPES Berthold is an historically important designer source for high-quality, classic typefaces. Founded in 1858 in Berlin, the H. Berthold foundry was renowned for crafting high-quality typefaces and was one of the largest and most successful type foundries in the world. Berthold Types continues this tradition offering design professionals the quality typefaces comprising the Berthold Exklusiv Collection. Berthold exclusively offers the AkzidenzGrotesk typeface: the original sans and most influential grotesque. Berthold also exclusively offers other classic typefaces such as AG Book, Barmeno, Block, City, Delta, Formata, Imago, and many other new and long-time favorites. Berthold font software is available in the Open Type format with many font families available with extended language support. Berthold offers a variety of licensing options from basic end user licenses for individuals and small companies to flexible corporate extended licenses for use with the latest technologies. www.bertholdtypes.com
CHOOSE PRINT In January 2011, Printing Industries Association of Southern California (PIASC) launched its Choose Print campaign to promote the effectiveness and environmental credentials of print on paper. Since then, Choose Print has spread nationwide, with the support of Printing Industries of America (PIA) and its regional affiliate associations.
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Choose Print has an exciting story to tell — a story of print’s resilience which can be traced to its unique qualities: It is enduring, versatile, credible, inviting, popular, beautiful, personalizable, recyclable, and renewable. The hub of the campaign is the Choose Print website, a clearinghouse for research and links to credible websites that tell the story about why today it is not print or digital but “print and digital”. www.chooseprint.org
Ancora and Candesce are available with either FSC or SFI certification in a full caliper range, and the company adheres to rigorous standards on greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong customer partnerships through quality and service. www.clearwaterpaper.com
COOPER HEWITT Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. Cooper Hewitt seeks to educate, inspire, and empower people through design by presenting exhibitions and educational programs and maintaining active publications. The mission is to advance the public understanding of design across the thirty centuries of human creativity represented by the collection. The Museum was founded in 1897 the granddaughters of industrialist Peter Cooper as part of The Cooper Union. A branch of the Smithsonian since 1967, it is housed in the landmark Andrew Carnegie Mansion on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. www.cooperhewitt.org
greeting cards and wedding invitations, among other things. The collection is available through nearly 200 local paper merchants, converters, and online at The Paper Mill Store. www.thepapermill.com www.thepapermillstore.com
DOMTAR Domtar is a major manufacturer and marketer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America and globally. The company designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a wide range of business, commercial printing and publishing grades. Among its best-known papers for graphic designers and printers are Cougar®, Lynx® Opaque Ultra, Husky®, and the EarthChoice® Colors and HOTS line. There is lots of information about products, samples, sustainability, service and more at Blueline by Domtar, a content-rich site for graphic designers, printers and print buyers. In addition, the company is an enthusiastic advocate for print as a beloved and invaluable part of today’s media mix. www.domtar.com www.domtarblueline.com
BRIDGEMAN IMAGES This is a leading specialist in the distribution of fine art, cultural and historical media for reproduction. With five decades of experience, Bridgeman Images works with the most prestigious museums, collections and artists to provide a central resource of fine art and archive footage for reproduction to creative professionals. Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to the hidden treasures of private collections. Spanning centuries of visual communication, photographic reproductions of paintings, sculpture, textiles, maps and anthropological artefacts can all be found in the collection as well as newer forms of media including early photography, newsreels and documentaries. High resolution images as well as art, history and cultural clips are accessible for users all over the world; each one has been meticulously catalogued with metadata and key-word functions to give a quality search experience. bridgemanimages.com
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CLEARWATER
CTI PAPER USA
Clearwater Paper produces bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters. The company’s Ancora® and Candesce® lines of premium SBS paperboard both have ultrasmooth surfaces for printing clear images and sharp text. Both stand up to demanding and advanced print jobs, making varnishing treatments, foil stamping, and embossing simple. In addition,
CTI Paper USA offers an eclectic ensemble of specialty papers and envelopes. Elegant, sophisticated, fresh and fun, The Fine Paper Collection® includes first-rate translucent, cast coated, and metallic printing papers. CTI continually strives to develop, manufacture and source innovative papers and envelopes for annual reports, birth announcements, brochures, business cards, covers,
The Creative Group (TCG) quickly finds you highly skilled digital, marketing and creative talent who best fit your hiring needs on a freelance, contract-to-hire, project or fulltime basis. With industry-leading technology and matching algorithms, combined with best-in-class customer service and seven decades of experience, The Creative Group “will get the job done.” As the creative and design staffing division of Robert Half, TCG also has the resources to support staffing needs for technology, accounting, finance, administrative and legal. The firm is wellconnected to the communities it serves, having built valuable relationships with top industry organizations. With creative and design staffing offices located in major markets across the U.S. and Canada, TCG “is proud to serve as a respected community partner in the cities where we live and work.” The Creative Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. roberthalf.com/creativegroup
CORPORATE IMAGE Corporate Image is a 100% employee-owned US manufacturer of 3 ring binders, pocket folders, boxes and packaging that exceed expectations of quality and design. This jewel of a company transforms graphic design into beautiful and effective presentation products that help promote and differentiate clients and products. It stands for sustainable presentation materials, the love of craft and the beauty of design. Corporate Image is part of a family of four distinctive companies under one corporate head — LBS. Each company has its own niche, clientele and identity: LBS has been serving the bookbinding industry for more than 80 years; Archival Products offers innovative solutions for preservation and conservation of printed materials; and Naked Binder is based on the belief that good design incorporates function, aesthetics and sustainability, and has developed what may be the most eco-friendly binder on the planet. www.corp-image.com
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ERICKSON STOCK Erickson Stock is a treasure: it is a premier source for high-quality, emotional lifestyle stock photos and video footage. With collections including seniors, business, travel, healthcare, family and many other image libraries “we’ve got more ways to tell your story-through stills or video.” Erickson Stock Photography is the work of renowned motion and still assignment photographer Jim Erickson. For decades, Jim and his teams have generated thousands of images and stock video clips in order to supply our clients who demand super-consistent, assignmentquality, stock photography and video content. Explore their captivating collections of still and video content. New concepts are added daily including ready-made finished spots ready to be adapted for your brand story. www.ericksonstock.com (Commercial Videos/RF/RM Imagery) www.jimerickson.com (Assignment)
EMERALD EXPOSITIONS Emerald Expositions is the largest operator of business-to-business trade shows in the U.S., with most dating back several decades. They currently operate more than 50 trade shows, including 31 of the top 250 in the country, as well as numerous other events; their events connect over 500,000 global attendees and exhibitors and occupy more than 6.9 million NSF of exhibition space. Coming for graphic designers in 2018: HOW Design Live — featuring The Dieline Conference and the all-new event for marketers, HOW Marketing Live) — will take place April 30 May 3 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. (See more below.) Then comes SURTEX®, the global B2B marketplace for the sale and license of original art and design where artists, agents and licensors connect with manufacturers and retailers to create the next best-selling products, on May 20-22 in New York City’s Jacob Javits Center. More on both shows below. www.emeraldexpositions.com 102 G D U SA
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Epson America is the U.S. affiliate of Japanbased Seiko Epson Corporation, a global technology company at the forefront of technological revolutions in imaging, robotics, precision machinery and electronics. Epson offers an extensive array of image capture and image output products for the consumer, photographic, business and graphic arts markets. It is the company's vision to drive innovation by providing cutting-edge imaging solutions, focused on the fields of imaging on paper, imaging on screen, and imaging on glass. Supporting this vision are continued emphasis on core devices, such as the Epson SureColor® family of printers for design and print professionals, that provide value-added solutions. Epson America is headquartered in Long Beach CA. www.epson.com
FSC was created to change the dialog about and the practice of sustainable forestry worldwide. The group sets forth principles, criteria, and standards that span economic, social, and environmental concerns. Its standards represent a strong system for guiding forest management toward sustainable outcomes. The FSC system includes stakeholders with a diverse array of perspectives on what represents a well-managed and sustainable forest. As a multi-stakeholder organization, FSC applies the directive of its membership to develop forest management and chain of custody standards, deliver trademark assurance and provide accreditation services to a global network of businesses, organizations and communities. www.fsc.org
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FUNCTIONFOX FunctionFox is the leading web-based timesheet and project management application for creative teams. Originally developed by an advertising agency to meet the unique needs of creatives, FunctionFox is dedicated to providing simple, secure, web-based tools to help creative teams around the world improve productivity and profitability. This includes simple, intuitive, and powerful tools that makes time-tracking effortless, administrative process quick and painless, and workflow trouble-free — such as easy-to-use timesheets and estimates, accurate time and project reports, scheduling, task assignment, calendars and much more. FunctionFox is for small to mid-sized creative teams — freelancers, agencies, and in-house creative groups — who want to get control of their projects, bill more hours every month, and develop a deeper understanding of their business. Testimony to their success, the company now has more than 100,000 users in 100 countries. A free no-obligation demo is available. www.functionfox.com/demo
Getty Images is among the world’s leading creators and distributors of award-winning still imagery, video, music and multimedia products, as well as other forms of premium digital content. With its advanced search and image recognition technology, Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world’s newspapers, magazines, ad campaigns, films, tv programs, books and online media. Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein founded Getty Images in 1995 to modernize the stock industry; it was the first company to license imagery via the web — and has continued with breakthrough licensing models, digital tools and a comprehensive offering of creative and editorial imagery, microstock, footage and music. www.gettyimages.com
GRAPH EXPO/ GRAPHIC ARTS SHOW COMPANY The Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) is the producer of GRAPH EXPO and PRINT, the largest and most comprehensive graphic communications trade shows and conferences in the Americas. GASC’s continuing mission is to bring industry buyers and sellers together in a highly productive and costeffective way. GASC is owned by Idealliance, NPES and PIA, and is managed and directed by NPES from headquarters in Reston VA. The next major event for GDUSA readers is GRAPH EXPO 2018, coming September 30October 3 to McCormick Place South in Chicago. GRAPH EXPO encompasses the
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best and the newest in inkjet, digital, offset, flexo, gravure and hybrid technologies, products, and services for the commercial, transactional, converting and package printing, wide format/signage and display, publishing, mailing, in-plant, digital imaging, marketing, and industrial printing industries. www.graphexpo.com, www.gasc.org
every state in the U.S. and from dozens of countries; an exclusive opportunity to preview new tools, technologies and products; and participation in a community that embraces every attendee, validates your work, and empowers you to do great things. www.howdesignlive.com
the more challenging, the more fun. Crazy deadline? IPG will deliver on-time. The tagline “Printing That Goes Beyond The Press” says it all. www.integratedpg.com
INMOTIONNOW HLP KLEARFOLD For over 40 years, HLP Klearfold has been the clear plastic packaging specialist. Clear plastic packaging from HLP Klearfold is a brand communications tool that connects consumers directly with products by, among other things, providing three-dimensionality and a clear view of the package contents. HLP Klearfold is currently the world’s largest producer of clear plastic boxes as well as a leading provider of custom thermoforming and clear plastic tubes and rounds, and the developer of clear packaging innovations like Klearfold® Keeper and InSight® packaging systems. The company employs the most advanced printing, decorating and converting technologies, and its proprietary technology ensures that Klearfold plastic boxes set up quickly and easily in both hand and machine-fill applications. It is also known for exceptional service, continuous research, and timely new product development. www.hlpklearfold.com
HOEFLER&CO. Famous for creating long-lived typefaces that are marked by both high performance and high style, H&Co’s print, web, and mobile fonts help shape the communications of the world’s foremost publications, institutions, and brands. You’ll find H&Co typefaces on Twitter, at Tiffany & Co., on every can of Coca-Cola, and on every iPhone ever made. In 2009, the company became the first type foundry ever to be recognized by the National Design Awards, an honor received again in 2011. H&Co typefaces are in the permanent collections of both the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. www.typography.com HOW DESIGN LIVE One of the largest annual gatherings of creative professionals in the world, HOW Design Live is “a career-changing, life-altering experience” that provides: access to up to 100 educational sessions and keynotes that will change your thinking, radically improve your work and build business and marketing skills essential to your job; powerful keynotes representing some of the best creative minds in the world; networking with nearly 4,000 attendees from
inMotion provides workflow management for marketers and creatives with a single solution from conception to completion. This includes giving creative teams the tools they need to ease the launch of new projects, solve visibility and accountability issues during project execution, end the chase for approvals, and surface actionable insights. With inMotion, teams can automate administrative tasks that typically distract creatives from doing the work they love. Visit their website to access to collection of the key insights today’s creative professionals need to collaborate better — all in one easy-to-understand infographic — as well as to schedule a free demo. www.inMotionNow.com
INSOURCE Started in 2002 by two inhouse leaders, InSource is committed to leadership excellence and effective business management in the ever-growing in-house creative community. Membership has grown to reach thousands of in-house creatives around the globe, providing a platform to share best practices to enhance the value inhouse teams add to their organizations and brands. The organization invites in-house creatives to “join us in our efforts to empower our teams and our peers in pursuit of design management excellence. Whether you’re a leader, or an aspiring leader, InSource is the professional resource for inhouse creative organizations.” President and Vice President, respectively, are Andy Brenits and Robin Colangelo. GDUSA is a Global Partner. www.in-source.org
INTEGRATED PRINTING & GRAPHICS In 1999 Maralyn Dolan decided to bring together her considerable printing knowledge and create Integrated Printing & Graphics, a company passionate about print, paper and service. Now after 30+ years in the business, she continues to live this passionate belief. With savvy business ability and curious mind, Ms. Dolan and IPG change as the industry changes, offering clients creative ways to enhance their marketing collateral. Need to know what are the latest papers, cutting-edge finishings, creative bindings, ideas on invites and envelopes? IPG will work you through your project. Is it complicated? Bring it on …
INTERNATIONAL PAPER International Paper is a leading global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper products with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, Europe, North Africa and Russia. IP produces corrugated packaging products that protect and promote goods, and enable world-wide commerce; pulp for diapers, tissue and other personal hygiene products that promote health and wellness; and papers that facilitate education and communication. Key commercial printing paper brands for graphic designers include Accent® Opaque, Springhill® Colors & Uncoated Bristols, and Williamsburg Opaque Offset, as well as IP's Digital Papers and Hammermill®. With these brands, “we are dedicating ourselves to increase and renew interests in the utilization of paper, making it popular again. We believe in the power of print and in embracing technology, not fearing it, in order to make our products even more relevant for today’s and future generations.” IP partners with customers and environmental, academic, civic and governmental organizations, as well as landowners and harvesting professionals, to encourage responsible forest stewardship, improve the health and productivity of forestlands, and increase recovery of recyclable products. www.internationalpaper.com www.AccentAGame.com www.colorisforever.com
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JAM PAPER Proudly family owned and operated for over 55 years, “JAM” stands for Janet, Andrew and Michael Jacobs, a tight-knit family which heads the company’s operations day-in and day-out. JAM Paper offers a wide range of color envelopes, plastic envelopes, colorful paper, two pocket presentation folders, gift bags, portfolios, and gift boxes to help businesses and individuals look professional, creative, and smart. A large percentage of these items are manufactured by JAM itself. A new development: in 2018 the company has shifted to a totally e-commerce model that will better serve the New York and national creativity community going forward. www.jampaper.com
KALLIMA PAPER Kallima products are proudly manufactured by Tembec at its state-of-the-art production facility located in Temiscaming, Quebec. Tembec's light-weight, fully bleached coated board products are used in commercial printing, publishing, prestige packaging, high-impact graphic corrugated containers, point-of-purchase displays and litho-laminated packaging. Kallima products are distributed throughout North America and abroad, with sales offices located in Canada and the United States. C1S, C1S Plus and C2S – The Kallima® FSC®-certified coated cover collection – delivers print performance and reliability. All GDUSA magazine covers are printed on Kallima Coated Cover C2S. www.kallimapaper.com
KARR GRAPHICS Karr Graphics is a specialty printing and graphic communications company located in New York City. Since 1965, its capabilities have grown to include offset and digital printing, engraving, embossing, foil stamping, letterpress, die cutting, laser die cutting, warehousing, fulfillment and mailing services. The company has won over 300 awards of excellence from major graphic arts organizations including Printing Industry of America’s coveted Benny Awards, the industry’s oldest and most prestigious. The company judges itself by “The Karr Graphics Standard” of excellence, which “means making our clients look the best they can be.” Says Larry Karr: “Much of the credit for the firm’s success can be attributed to our clients. They include truly great graphic designers, creative agencies, and many image-conscious corporations
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who have entrusted us to make them look good on paper.” www.karrgraphics.com
MINGO PRESS Mingo Press “is here to help you put what’s in your head on paper. We do things a little differently than most. You see, we’re not an online printer. We’re a printer that is now online. And we’ve taken the same philosophy to the web that we’ve had in our shop for 35 years.” They promise a menu of designerfriendly offerings that add up to being a truly full-service online printer: Personal Service, No Rush Service Fees, Paper Choices, Printing Services, File Friendliness, and Professionalism … with a Smile. www.mingopress.com
MONOTYPE Monotype provides the design assets, technology and expertise that help designers create beautiful, authentic, engaging and impactful brands. Monotype fonts and technologies enable creative expression and give brands a distinct global voice. States the company: “We bring the world’s words to the page and the screen.” Monotype has a library of over 10,000 fonts, the product of the world’s most celebrated and gifted type designers. This includes some of the most famous and widely-used fonts, such as the Helvetica®, Univers® and Frutiger® typeface families, as well as new and innovative fonts like Posterama and Masqualero. Also part of the Monotype family: Olapic, which helps brands to visually communicate using real customer images and videos in every touchpoint; Swyft Media, which enables brands to engage their consumers in messaging apps with branded content like emoji, digital stickers, GIFS and
This online print and design company is passionate about great design and the difference it can make. Founded in 2006 with the aim to disrupt the $640 billion global print industry and make great design available to all by combining professional design with the accessibility and reach of the web. MOO continues to develop print products — business cards, minicards, postcards, stickers, flyers and more — that are marked by great design and high standards. Company officials state: “While many other printers have chosen to use new technologies to simply reduce the costs of printing (and often the quality), we strive to make print not only cost-effective but better than ever before.” www.moo.com/us
MPRESS LLC MPress Graphics, led by industry veterans Gerry Schneiderman and Maggie Black, has extensive experience working with top graphic designers and corporate end users in the New York metropolitan area. MPress’s business model is to align itself with leading production and manufacturing resources in the industry and to find exactly the right fit of capacity, capability and quality for clients. Offerings include engraving, offset printing, thermography, embossing, foil stamping and die cutting. This outstanding firm crafts GDUSA stationery and the Award Certificates for several GDUSA’s competitions, and has been a winner in the competition as well. www.mpressllc.com
MOHAWK Since 1931 Mohawk has been making the finest textured and colored printing papers in our Upstate New York mills with timetested methods, the highest quality materials and meticulous craftsmanship. Generations of designers and artists have trusted Mohawk papers for their most important work, recognizing how finely crafted paper makes every printed project more beautiful, effective and memorable. www.mohawkconnects.com
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NEENAH Neenah is a world-class manufacturer of premium writing, text, cover, specialty and private watermark papers. Neenah is focused on the premium paper market, and is committed to producing only superior quality products and developing new technologies that meet the needs of designers, consumers, printers and merchants and ensure that paper remains a vital and vibrant medium of expression. Prime importance is also placed on offering recycled and alternative fiber products to customers, and a continuous focus on reducing its own environmental footprint. The Neenah signature portfolio includes market leading brands such as CLASSIC®, ENVIRONMENT®, and ROYAL SUNDANCE® Papers. The company also offers envelopes in thousands of unique colors, finishes and styles. Neenah Packaging provides unique and sustainable packaging papers, boards and labels as well as custom solutions for premium and luxury packaging. Follow Neenah on Twitter: @neenahpaper; subscribe to the Neenah Facebook page; or visit Against the Grain, Neenah’s blog for designers, printers and paper-lovers. www.neenahpaper.com www.neenahpackaging.com
ONE CLUB FOR CREATIVITY The One Club and Art Directors Club (ADC) merged last fall to form The One Club for Creativity. The new entity serves as umbrella organization for The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, ADC Young Guns and their respective Halls of Fame, education and diversity programs. The One Club celebrates the legacy of creative advertising and design, and uses that legacy to inspire future generations. In addition to shows, the club offers an array of complementary programming across creative disciplines: education, inclusion, diversity, professional development and gender equality. Programming includes Creative Boot Camps, Here Are All The Black People multicultural creative career fair, Creative Leaders Retreat, Creative Women’s Leadership Series, and many more. www.oneclub.org
OBD is a national professional organization of interior, industrial, architectural, fashion and graphic designers dedicated to promoting the visibility, empowerment, education and interaction of its membership and the understanding and value that diverse design perspectives contribute to world culture and commerce. The mission of the Organization of Black Designers is to enhance and improve the totality of the American design professions by energizing them with creative diversity. David Rice is the founder. www.obd.org
PANTONE Pantone LLC is the world-renowned authority on color and provider of color systems and leading technology for the selection and accurate communication of color across a variety of industries. The PANTONE® name is known worldwide as the standard language for color communication from designer to manufacturer to retailer to customer. Each year, innumerable products and services are sold by Pantone and its hundreds of licensees in over 100 countries in the graphic arts, fashion, home, interior, plastics, architectural, paint, industrial design and consumer markets. The company recently named Ultra Violet (Pantone 18-3838) as the 2018 Pantone Color of the Year, which is described as “a dramatically provocative and thoughtful purple shade [that] communicates originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking that points us towards the future.” www.pantone.com
QUARK Quark offers an end-to-end content automation platform that enables the creation, management, publishing and delivery of content across print, web and digital channels. Whether creating regulatory documentation, policies and procedures, investment research reports or interactive marketing communications,
many recognized brands are modernizing their content strategies and processes with Quark solutions. Quark Software Inc. was founded in Denver CO in 1981 with the mission to reinvent how content creators and creative professionals bring their visions to life. Over the past 30+ years our solutions have made a mark on the processes for creating high-fidelity, engaging and omnichannel content. www.quark.com
THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE The Rainforest Alliance has more than two decades of experience developing environmental and social standards for the sustainable management of natural resources while helping companies and organizations of all sizes adopt sustainable practices. Central to the sustainable forestry efforts is independent third-party certification, which assures consumers that wood products come from well-managed forests. With the launch of SmartWood in 1989, the Rainforest Alliance developed the world’s first global forestry certification program and the first to rely on market forces to conserve forests. It is a founder of the FSC. In addition to FSC certification, the Alliance offers timber legality verification services and skills training. www.rainforest-alliance.org
RED PAPER PLANE Red Paper Plane is a division of Structural Graphics,LLC , a dimensional direct mail company with over 40 years experience working with the Who’s Who of marketers. Structural Graphics has created close to 40,000 designs for clients in almost every industry and holds many U.S. Patents for these mechanisms. The company states: “We are a passionate group that loves to create and deliver experiences that surprise and delight our clients. There is no other company in the world that has the depth of creative resources and paper engineers than we have here. Red Paper Plane provides clients with an easy and intuitive way to design high-impact formats online. Anyone can customize our direct mail formats with logo, photos and text using the online design tool in a fraction of the time it used to take offline. Whether you're an experienced designer, a marketing professional or small business owner, the online experience has been created with your needs in mind.” www.redpaperplane.com www.structuralgraphics.com
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2017 | DESIGNER FRIENDLY DIRECTORY paper industry, Rolland creates premium products that help designers meet their clients’ communications goals and sustainability standards. Rolland sponsored GDUSA's Responsible & Sustainable Designers special feature in the October 2017 magazine. www.rollandinc.com
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SAPPI Sappi North America is a subsidiary of global pulp and paper group Sappi Limited, a market leader in converting wood fiber into superior products. Sappi NA’s roots can be traced back as far as 1854 to the SD Warren Company, which owned and operated the Westbrook Mill and two other US paper mills, up until its acquisition in 1994. Nearly a decade later, the Cloquet Mill was added. Today, headquartered in Boston with three mills and over 2,100 employees, the company continues the legacy of innovation and quality as a preeminent producer of printing and packaging papers, release paper and dissolving wood pulp. Widely recognized brands among GDUSA readers include McCoy, Opus, Somerset and Flo, which are used in premium magazines, catalogs, books and high-end print advertising. Sappi is also held in high esteem for its Ideas That Matter grant program that recognizes and supports designers who partner with organizations to bring great ideas to life. Over the past 18 years, Sappi has awarded $13 million in grants that have gone to assist more than 500 charities. http://sappi.com/about-sappi-north-america www.sappi.com/ideas-that-matter
ROLLAND ENTERPRISES Headquartered in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Rolland is a leading producer of specialty uncoated fine papers for offset projects like magazines, books, brochures, and annual reports as well as uncoated papers that maximize digital print quality for short-run customized documents or print-on-demand promotional materials. With an undisputed reputation for environmental stewardship and a longstanding commitment to maintaining the smallest environmental footprint in the
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Society for Experiential Graphic Design is a global, multidisciplinary community of professionals who plan, design, and build experiences that connect people to place. This includes graphic and information designers, fabricators, architects, exhibition designers, technology integrators, interaction designers, brand strategists, students, wayfinding specialists, teachers, and others who have a hand in shaping content-rich, experiential spaces. The membership includes over 1,800 members in more than 35 countries. The organization was formerly known as the Society of Environmental Design. www.segd.org
SHUTTERSTOCK Shutterstock, a global technology company, has created the largest and most vibrant twosided marketplace for creative professionals to license content - including images, videos and music - as well as innovative tools that power the creative process. At presstime, Shutterstock offered over 176 million royalty free images, video clips and music tracks. The company has expanded its portfolio to include Bigstock, a value-oriented stock media agency PremiumBeat, a curated royaltyfree music library; Rex Features, a premier source of editorial images for the world's media; WebDAM, a cloud-based digital asset management platform for businesses; as well as Offset, a high-end image collection. www.shutterstock.com www.bigstock.com, www.offset.com
SKILLSHARE Skillshare is an online learning community where anyone can discover, take, or even teach a class. Sometimes called the “Netflix for online learning,” the concept behind Skillshare to close the professional skills gap and provide universal access to high-quality learning. By teaching the skills needed in tomorrow’s world, Skillshare empowers people to advance their careers, improve their lives, and pursue the work they love. For graphic design, there are thousands of classes on subjects like logo design, web typography, and t-shirt design, taught by legends of the design world like Aaron Draplin, Yuko Shimizu, and Jason Santa Maria. www.skillshare.com/design
SOCIETY OF PUBLICATION DESIGNERS The Society of Publication Designers is dedicated to promoting and encouraging excellence in editorial design. Members are art directors, designers, photo editors, editors and graphics professionals. Since 1965, the SPD remains the only organization specifically addressing the visual concerns of print and online editorial professionals. The efforts of the Society and its members also serve to educate and enlighten the public about the importance of magazines and online publications, as well as to foster new generations of publication designers through educational outreach and scholarships. www.spd.org
SPEEDPRO IMAGING When you need superior display graphic products such as wall murals, event graphics, tradeshow displays and vehicle graphics, designers can trust the team at SpeedPro Imaging. As the nation's leader in large format imagery — with more than 130 studios and decades of industry experience — SpeedPro Imaging experts excel in visual communications. As a national brand, SpeedPro takes great pride in partnering with its long term, satisfied clients and its goal is to be considered an extension of each client's marketing team. An inspirational Idea Gallery on their website is filled with real life examples and ideas for event and trade show graphics, signage, decals, flags, floor graphics, table toppers, window graphics, and more. www.speedpro.com
STOCKFOOD StockFood is the world’s leading food specialist among media agencies, providing the most wide-ranging, high-quality collection of food images and videos available anywhere. Offerings also include feature articles with images and text, and recipes in several languages. This includes a broad range of rights managed and royalty free images, videos and features from thousands of renowned photographers and film producers. Expert recipe texts, created by an inhouse team, are available for all images, videos and features. StockFood was established in Germany in 1979 and is now represented in nearly 80 countries. It belongs to the corporate group CulinArts Holding, which bundles several media companies with the focus on food and lifestyle. www.stockfood.com
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2017 | DESIGNER FRIENDLY DIRECTORY TRICORBRAUN TricorBraun helps bring customers’ new and existing products to market efficiently as one of the packaging industry’s largest suppliers of glass and plastic containers, closures, dispensers and tubes from over 40 locations throughout North America and internationally from London, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Mumbai. The award-winning Design & Innovation center gives customers forwardthinking service based on consumer insight, understanding of the markets and creative solutions. In addition, advisory services range from preliminary planning, manufacturing oversight to an array of innovative warehousing and logistics programs. www.tricorbraun.com
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STOCKSY Stocksy is home to a highly curated collection of royalty free stock photography and cinematography “made with love” that is beautiful, distinctive, and highly usable. Explain Stocksy officials: “We’re also a cooperative! (Think more artist respect and support, less patchouli.) We believe in creative integrity, fair profit sharing, and co-ownership, with every voice being heard. Our artist-owned platform co-op is founded on the principles of equality, respect, and fair distribution of profits. Our contributing artists receive 50% of a Standard License Purchase and 75% of an Extended License Purchase. Because every artist, photo, and video is hand selected, our entire 100% exclusive collection is both stunning and relevant. We have exceptionally high curatorial standards, which means you don’t have to search through endless pages to find that perfect photo or video ... And our artists take great pride in their work, meeting client needs with integrity. If a specific set of images or video is needed, our Creative Research team’s deep understanding of our collection is available to hunt for the perfect resources for any project. Stocksy’s mandate is to raise the bar ... Extraordinary over average, every time.” www.stocksy.com
SURTEX Held annually in New York City, SURTEX® is the premier event for sourcing original artwork, prints and patterns. Thousands of retailers, licensees and manufacturers attend SURTEX to find new prints and patterns to use on textiles, home goods, stationery, clothing and more. The show is home to over 200 exhibiting artists looking to sell or license their artwork and designs. SURTEX is produced by Emerald Expositions. This year’s event is set for May 20-22 at the Javits Center in New York City. www.surtex.com
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE (SFI) SFI states that it is “a solutions-oriented sustainability organization that collaborates on forest-based conservation and community initiatives that demonstrate our shared quality of life while providing supply chain assurances through standards, data and authentic stories. Our collective achievement, of over a quarter billion acres of land certified to the SFI
Standard, is only the beginning. These lands, owned and managed by public, private, conservation, indigenous and academic interests, collectively embody a scale of significance to examine and understand changes in working forests and their relationship to larger landscapes. They constitute a living ‘reality lab’ to explore Future Forests.” www.sfiprogram.org
STORYBLOCKS In 2009, Joel Holland founded a stock media company to provide affordable premium creative content. This idea grew into VideoBlocks, followed by the launch of GraphicStock and AudioBlocks. Now, the company is adding millions of videos to its image Marketplace and bringing all the expanding libraries together under one brand in a one-stop-shop newly dubbed Storyblocks. Storyblocks is a one-stop-shop for high quality stock media “at a fraction of the cost.” www.storyblocks.com
This independent, non-profit organization was created to provide members of the graphic communications supply chain as a forum to promote the responsible production and use of print and paper, improve sustainability standards and practices, share experiences and maximize customer confidence in these products. Companies behind Two Sides represent the forestry, pulp, paper, inks and chemicals, prepress, press, finishing, publishing and printing industries. An important role is to dispel common environmental misconceptions by providing users with verifiable information on why print on paper is an attractive, practical and sustainable communications medium. www.twosides.us
TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB The Type Directors Club supports excellence in typography, both in print and on screen. Founded in 1946 by leading practitioners, the TDC’s earliest membership included Aaron Burns, Will Burtin, Freeman Craw, Louis Dorfsman, Gene Federico, Edward M. Gottschall, Herb Lubalin, Edward Rondthaler, Bradbury Thompson, and Hermann Zapf. TDC today represents the best of today’s type design and type use. It holds two yearly competitions and its educational efforts have always been an important part of the Club’s mission. The TDC is a physical meeting place and a strong professional affiliation. tdc.org
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VERSO CORPORATION A leading provider of Printing Papers, Specialty Papers, and Pulp, Verso’s distinguished product line, streamlined supply chain and flexible manufacturing capabilities make it ultra-responsive to market demand, extending its ability to get you the products you need, when you need them. Verso offers the best quality printing papers with a broad selection of certified and recycled options for all types of printing applications. Its paper mills are strategically located near top industry printers across North America, so products are available when you need them. They provide expert customer support, on-press technical service and insightful solutions that bring added efficiency and productivity straight to your business. And, says the company, “all of our products are MADE IN THE USA with pride and passion, vision and skill.” Verso is the main sponsor of GDUSA’s Annual Print & Paper reader survey and GDUSA’s American Graphic Design Awards program. www.versoco.com
UNIVENTURE Ross Youngs founded Univenture in 1988 alongside the invention of his Safety-sleeve® disc packaging design; in the nearly three decades since, Univenture has grown to become a full-service designer, manufacturer, and distributor of packaging products used in dozens of industries the world over. Corporate brands and divisions today include Unikeep™ (premium storage and presentation solutions), EnvyPak™ (creative solutions for direct mail), affiliate PackZen (full color digital printed binders and cases for manuals, presentations, handbooks and more), as well as Safety-sleeve (which remains the “gold standard” in media packaging). www.univenture.com www.packzen.com
UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION (UCDA) The University & College Designers Association (UCDA) inspires designers working in academia in North America and around the world by delivering relevant programming and benefits in a personal and thoughtful way. The organization provides for the professional and personal growth of its members, and advocates for designer and educators roles within their
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institution. UCDA was founded in 1970 and, over the years, has grown to an organization comprised of more than 1,000 members. ucda.com
VERITIV Veritiv Corporation is a leading North American business-to-business distributor of packaging, facility solutions, printing and publishing products and services, as well as logistics and supply chain solutions. Headquartered in Atlanta and a Fortune 500® company, Veritiv has approximately 170 operating distribution centers throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and employs approximately 8,900 team members. For graphic designers, Veritiv spotlights, among others: the Endurance® family of coated papers that provide superior quality and reliability help your creations escape the ordinary; Starbrite® Opaque Select, an uncoated opaque brand that delivers exceptional reliable, consistent quality through every stage of print production; and nordic+, a durable and versatile coated board perfect for creative projects. Veritiv is the muc-appreciated sponsor of the GDUSA’s American Inhouse Design Awards. www.veritivcorp.com www.veritivcorp.com/paper-brands
More than forty years ago, Yupo Corporation embarked on a journey to create a variety of grades of synthetic paper that would stand out among competitors. Today, YUPO Synthetic Paper is 100% recyclable, waterproof and tree-free, with attributes and properties that make it the perfect solution for a variety of marketing, design, packaging and labeling needs. Currently the largest manufacturer of synthetic papers in the Western Hemisphere, YUPO is manufactured in a 160,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility in Chesapeake VA. It’s unique characteristics make it especially suitable for a wide range of printed applications including maps, posters, pamphlets, catalogs, manuals, labels, banners, and point-of-sale materials. Available grades include YUPO Original, YUPO Accel, a fast-drying gloss, YUPO Blue, certified for HP Indigo®, YUPO IML for labels, and more. Of special note is the new #DoitonYUPO award for printers (and designers) who create beautifully printed pieces using YUPO Synthetic Paper. www.yupousa.com
WACOM Founded in 1983, Wacom is the world’s leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays, and digital interface solutions. The advanced technology of Wacom’s intuitive input devices has been used to create digital art, films, special effects, fashion and designs around the world and provides business and home users with the leading interface technology to express their personality. Wacom, based in Japan, also supports designers and creators by organizing/participating in various activities to nurture new talents. www.wacom.com
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HOW TO PLAY IT SAFE (HINT: DON’T!) BY DIANE DOMEYER
There can be no innovation without risk-taking. It’s part of the bargain.
when things went off track and how everyone could do things
But when it comes to taking chances with digital marketing
cultivate an environment where workers feel safe trying out
initiatives, 19 percent of the advertising and marketing
new ideas and soliciting your feedback.
differently in the future to yield better results. By talking through the process without judgment or punishment, you’ll
executives surveyed by The Creative Group admit they play it much too safe. Another 29 percent of respondents said
4. ENCOURAGE THE HIVE MIND
they take some risks — but not nearly enough.
History is replete with tales of risk takers who won. But if you take a closer look, they didn’t do it alone. Steve Jobs didn’t
What’s wrong here? Clinging to the status quo is no way to
come up with the iPhone all by himself. A sharp and nimble
take your organization to the next level. Brands that fail to
team can make the difference between a foolish gamble and
innovate could be doomed to becoming a cautionary footnote
a smart risk. Talented people can vet ideas, toss out the bad
in business case studies.
and build on the good. So make sure your team has plenty
It’s not enough to have just one innovator on your team. You need to establish an entire culture where smart risk-taking trumps playing it safe. Here are five ways you can foster it. 1. STEP UP TRAINING It’s during professional development events that your team learns from avant-garde thinkers and are introduced to the latest digital trends. That’s one of the most compelling reasons to send your designers, animators, producers, developers and marketers to classes, seminars and industry conferences. When they get back home, they’ll not only have more fresh ideas than before, but also the knowledge and skills to implement them. 2. MIX THINGS UP Of all professions, creative specialists probably crave variety and stimulation the most. When they do the same work over and over again, they can easily get bored, run out of ideas and stop experimenting. That can be a big problem. Keep your team on their toes and out of a rut by rotating assignments. Have employees cross-train each other so everyone has a broader understanding of all aspects of a project. Encourage staff to step out of their comfort zone and try new things.
of opportunities to hang out together, brainstorm, confab and innovate. You can even organize meetings across departments so different teams, like marketing, creative, IT and business operations, can collaborate on new ideas. 5. INSTITUTE THE ‘DEFAULT YES’ Employees who know their manager is likely to dismiss an idea won’t bother pitching it in the first place. Adjust your outlook by getting into the habit of supporting employees’ initiatives — even the quirky ones. In fact, the more unusual the risk, the more you should consider it. Unless an idea is unethical, reckless or goes against company values, take a chance. Of course not every risk will pay off, but you’ll never know unless you first say “yes.” For some executives, it’s natural to minimize risk-taking. After all, the status quo hasn’t failed you yet, nor does it take up additional resources. But “business as usual” won’t grow your market share. What’s more, our survey suggests it’s a good bet that your competitors are taking smart risks. So, if you’re still playing it safe when it comes to digital initiatives, it may be time to loosen up, take a deep breath and make the leap.
And engage freelancers and consultants to bring new ideas and different perspectives to the team. 3. TREAT AN ‘OOPS’ AS AN OPPORTUNITY Rather than punishing an employee for mistakes or turning a blind eye when things don’t go as planned, use those situations as teaching moments. During the debrief of a failed
DIANE DOMEYER is Executive Director of The Creative Group, a specialized staffing service placing interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals with a variety of firms. For more information, visit roberthalf.com/creativegroup
project, involve the team in examining exactly what happened,
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ERRATA | AMERICAN GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARDS The following winning entries were accidentally omitted or incorrectly represented in the American Graphic Design Awards. We apologize for the mistake.
Design Firm: Bonavita Design LLC, Montclair NJ Client: Unimac Title: Unimac Promotional Folder and Brochure Creative Director: Donna Bonavita Designer: Donna Bonavita Marketing Strategist/Writer: Lisa Meyer Project Marketing and Management: Diana Flocco, Michele Murphy (Unimac)
Design Firm: Client: House of Nehesi, St. Martin Caribbean Client: House of Nehesi Publishers Title: Language, Culture and Identity in St. Martin Book Cover Design Director/Designer: Carole MaugĂŠ-Lewis
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Design Firm: Bonavita Design LLC, Montclair NJ Client: Unimac Title: Unimac 2017 Calendar - Imagine It Art Director: Donna Bonavita Designer: Donna Bonavita Photographer: pchyburrs (Getty Images), Donna Bonavita Marketing: Diana Flocco, Michele Murphy (Unimac)
Design Firm: John McNeil Studio, Berkeley CA Client: Caledonia Spirits Title: Caledonia Spirits Website Creative Director: Kim Le Liboux Designer: Alexandra Camacho UX Designer: Pora Rith Senior Technologist: Phil Williams Technologist: Chris Stott Junior Technologist: Aaron Phillips Quality Assurance Specialist: Chris Packer Project Manager: Ken Chou Executive Producer, Digital: Deva Ferar Producer: Jane Scoleri
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Design Firm: Jovenville, Newport Beach CA Client: Jovenville Title: July Fore Golf Promotion Art Director: Joven Orozco Designers: Betty Ko, Andy Ruiz Project Manager: Kenneth Lim Account Coordinator: Nikita Russell
School: Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA Client: Resono Children Center Non-Profit Organization Title: Resono Newsletter Directors/Designers: Rositsa Asenova, Tyra Bullock, Eric Liu, Kate Thiel Photographer: Eric Yi
Design Firm: oLo Brand Group, New York NY Client: EstĂŠe Lauder Companies Title: The EstĂŠe Lauder Companies 2017 Benefits Guide Creative Director: Peter Lord Art Director: Elizabeth Carluccio Writer: Amy DaRosa
Design Firm: Zoa Martinez LLC, New York NY Client: Baptist Health Foundation Title: The Grand Gala Benefiting Miami Cancer Institute Art Director: Zoa Martinez Designer: Zoa Martinez
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ERRATA | AMERICAN INHOUSE DESIGN AWARDS The following winning entries were accidentally omitted or incorrectly represented in the American Inhouse Design Awards. We apologize for the mistake.
Company Name: EverBank, Jacksonville FL Title: EverBank Construction Finance Brochure Art Director: TJ Wolf Designer: Brie Akins Illustrator: Brie Akins Copywriter: Melissa Miller
Company Name: Knoxville Graphic House, Knoxville TN Title: KGH Mural Art Director: Courtney Jernigan Designer: Courtney Jernigan Illustrators: Knoxville Graphic House Staff led by Courtney Jernigan and Ryne Shane Sandberg
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Company Name: EverBank, Jacksonville FL Title: EverBank Loan Officer Recruiting Materials Art Director: TJ Wolf Designer: Brie Akins Illustrators: Brie Akins, Bryan Hunt, Andrew Wolson Copywriter: Melissa Miller
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ERRATA | HEALTH + WELLNESS DESIGN AWARDS The following winning entry was incorrectly represented in the Health + Wellness Design Awards. We apologize for the mistake.
Design Firm: S2 Design Group, New York NY Client: Pfizer, Inc. Title: Emergen-C Hydration+ Package Design Creative Director: Eileen Strauss Senior Design Director: Anne Simon Designer: Wil Rodriguez
ERRATA | AMERICAN WEB DESIGN AWARDS The following winning entry was incorrectly represented in the American Web Design Awards. We apologize for the mistake.
Design Firm: Digital Hive Mind, Rockford IL Client: J.L. Clark Inc. Title: J.L. Clark Corporate Website Art Director: Jason Farris Designers: Courtney Bradford, Liz Schaer Programmer: Philip Zaengle Web Developer: Jacob Zaengle Photographers: Liz Schaer, Jason Farris Illustrator: Jason Farris Copywriter: Erin Salisbury www.digitalhivemind.com
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