| Andrew Blauvelt, graphic designer, design critic and historian; Design Director, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Chris Conley, designer, engineer, design researcher; IIT Institute of Design faculty; director of Design Research, Chicago; and President, American Center for Design Laurie Haycock Makela, graphic designer and educator; Designer-in-Residence, Cranbrook Academy of Art; and principal of Words & Pictures for Business & Culture Jamer Hunt, philosopher, teacher, writer, and visiting design critic at Smart Design; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, design faculty |
PARTICIPANT ESSAYS
Andrew Blauvelt: It’s a themed world after all... Katherine McCoy: Information/Persuasion Michael McCoy: From Static Plastic to Dynamic Fluid Bruce Sterling: Viridian Design Susan Yelavich: Beauty's Back in Town or Design gets a Hickey |
Jonas Milder, industrial designer, furniture designer; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, industrial design faculty
Craig Miller, Curator of Design, Denver Art Museum; formerly curator in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing, NYC
Katherine McCoy, communications designer, writer; IIT Institute of Design faculty, Chicago; and principal in High Ground/McCoy & McCoy, Buena Vista, Colorado
Mike McCoy, designer, partner of Fahnstrom/McCoy; IIT Institute of Design faculty, Chicago; and principal in High Ground/McCoy & McCoy, Buena Vista, Colorado
Louise Sandhaus, designer; California Institute of the Arts new media faculty, Los Angeles
Peter Seidler, Chief Creative Officer of Razorfish, New York City; founder of Avalanche
Bruce Sterling, featured journalist for Wired magazine; noted science fiction author
Tucker Viemeister, designer, lecturer; former member of Smart Design; and currently Executive Vice President of Razorfish, New York City
Skip Walter, business-engineering-design consultant; formerly chief engineer, Aldus; faculty, IIT Institute of Design
Lorraine Wild, graphic designer, writer; California Institute of the Arts former director and current faculty; former partner of ReVerb; and current president of Lorraine Wild Industries, Los Angeles
Susan Yelavich, public design educator and painter; Assistant Director, Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design, New York, in charge of Programs