Marc Alt is principal of Marc Alt + Partners, a design, research and brand strategy agency dedicated to sustainable innovation. A dedicated advocate for the advancement of sustainable design princi... more ⇒
What John does best is help companies, and their people, find the courage, and the sense of humor to consider whole new, wrong ways of bringing their stories, ideas, and innovations out into the wo... more ⇒
Throughout her career, Joan Bodensteiner has been a strong advocate for and a leader in creating strategies that leverage the power of community and social marketing to grow businesses, increase cu... more ⇒
As Creative Director, John Bricker leads Gensler’s Brand Design studio, an integrated group of multidisciplinary designers and strategists whose award-winning work is based on a deep platform of sy... more ⇒
Valerie Casey is a globally recognized designer and innovator. She specializes in helping organizations—from Fortune 100 companies to governments and start-ups—address cultural, economic, and envir... more ⇒
Allan Chochinov is a partner of Core77, a New York-based design network serving a global community of designers and design enthusiasts. He is editor in chief of Core77.com, Coroflot.com, and Design... more ⇒
Elan is one of the founding members of Chris Hacker’s Global Strategic Design Office at Johnson & Johnson. The group’s mission is to re-imagine the company’s brands, create new ones, uncover ne... more ⇒
Patrick Coyne is the editor and designer of Communication Arts magazine, the largest international trade journal of visual communications.
Coyne studied design at the California College of the Arts... more ⇒
Liz Danzico is equal parts designer, educator, and editor. She has organized information across a variety of industries, including retail, publishing, media and entertainment, nonprofit, and financ... more ⇒
William Drenttel is a graphic designer, publisher and design leader. He works in partnership with Jessica Helfand at Winterhouse, a design studio in Falls Village, Connecticut, focused on publishin... more ⇒
Michael Etter is an artist, educator, and activist who works in – and at the intersection of – graphic arts and publishing, media communications, and grassroots organizing. Michael’s work reflects ... more ⇒
Richard Grefé is the executive director of AIGA, the professional association for design. AIGA is the oldest and largest professional association of designers in the United States; currently it adv... more ⇒
Sylvia Harris is New York City’s “Public Designer”. She has devoted twenty-five years to the design and management of public-interest communications. A leading advisor to New York City’s largest i... more ⇒
Steven Heller is the co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author program and co-founder of the MFA in Design Criticism and MFA in Interaction Design programs at the School of Visual Arts, New York. For ... more ⇒
DK Holland is a strategist, writer, creative director who turned her attention to the effective branding of social and environmental causes after developing award-winning programs that included bra... more ⇒
Trained as an architect and a passionate follower of design, Ed has spent 30 years applying the discipline of design thinking acquired in A-School to business problems for organizations in industr... more ⇒
Tim Leberecht is the VP of Marketing and Communications at frog design,the global innovation firm that has helped Apple, GE, HP, Sony, and many other leading brands create and bring to market groun... more ⇒
As senior vice president of Adobe’s Creative Solutions Business Unit John Loiacono has responsibility for the development, delivery and marketing of Adobe’s entire creative software portfolio, incl... more ⇒
Debbie Millman is president at Sterling Brands and teaches at the School of Visual Arts. She is an author on the design blog Speak Up, a Contributing Editor at Print Magazine, and host of the Voice... more ⇒
For the past fourteen years, Gabriela has been collaborating with teams of designers on projects ranging from books to exhibitions for AIGA, the professional association for design. Prior to joinin... more ⇒
As a high-school sophomore, David Orlowski wrote term papers for seniors: $20 for an A, with a discount for lower grades. They all got A’s. Since then he has originated and improved content and cop... more ⇒
Michele Ronsen credits her father with her inspiration to be a designer. “When I was three years old, he pointed to a rotating McDonald’s sign and asked me to draw a picture of how the inside worke... more ⇒
Laura Shore is senior vice president of communications and innovation strategy for Mohawk Fine Papers, where she responsible for e-commerce and branding. In more than 20 years with Mohawk, she and ... more ⇒
Tim Tompkins has been the President of the Times Square Alliance, which works to promote and improve Times Square, since 2002. Prior to that, he was the Founder and Director of Partnerships for Pa... more ⇒
For the past 10 years, Manuel has helped his clients bridge business and design by combining a deep expertise in developing and implementing communication strategies with an unmatched ability to cr... more ⇒
Alissa Walker is a freelance writer who can most often be found in Los Angeles, California. She writes about design, architecture, culture and travel for publications like I.D., Print, Eye, Fast Co... more ⇒
Pamela Williams is a founding partner of Williams and House, an award-winning strategic communications practice, best known nationally for its work in the world of design. The unique practice provi... more ⇒
Maurice Woods graduated with honors from the University of Washington with a BFA and MFA in Visual Communication Design. He played basketball as an undergraduate and professionally worldwide for 7 ... more ⇒
