Peter Hall, moderator
A writer and design critic based in New York, Peter Hall is senior editor for the University of Minnesota Design Institute, where he is co-editing the forthcoming book, Else/Where: Mapping. He is also a contributing writer for Metropolis magazine and teaches in the MFA graphic design program at Yale University. He wrote and co-edited the books Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist, Stefan Sagmeister: Made You Look and co-authored a book on motion graphics, Pause: 59 Minutes of Motion Graphics.
University of Minnesota Design Institute
A writer and design critic based in New York, Peter Hall is senior editor for the University of Minnesota Design Institute, where he is co-editing the forthcoming book, Else/Where: Mapping. He is also a contributing writer for Metropolis magazine and teaches in the MFA graphic design program at Yale University. He wrote and co-edited the books Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist, Stefan Sagmeister: Made You Look and co-authored a book on motion graphics, Pause: 59 Minutes of Motion Graphics.
University of Minnesota Design Institute
Pixar
Keith Stichweh
Keith Stichweh is a technical director at award winning studio, Pixar Animations. Keith has worked on some of the studio’s biggest hits including Oscar winner “The Incredibles,” “Monster's Inc.” and “Finding Nemo.” From the initial developement phases through to the final images we see on the big screen, we will hear first hand how the various creative talents of this famous studio conceptualize and collaberate. This industry insider will prove once and for all that you can't rush Art.
Pixar
Keith Stichweh
Keith Stichweh is a technical director at award winning studio, Pixar Animations. Keith has worked on some of the studio’s biggest hits including Oscar winner “The Incredibles,” “Monster's Inc.” and “Finding Nemo.” From the initial developement phases through to the final images we see on the big screen, we will hear first hand how the various creative talents of this famous studio conceptualize and collaberate. This industry insider will prove once and for all that you can't rush Art.
Pixar
Digital Kitchen
Digital Kitchen was founded on May 1, 1995 as the digital studio for an independent advertising agency in Seattle, WA, helmed by Paul Matthaeus, DK's chief creative officer. Matthaeus has been a guest speaker for the national Broadcast Design Association, Boards Summit, American Advertising Federation and the Graphic Artist Guild. This year Matthaeus compiled and co-wrote, They Say They Want a Revolution: What Marketers Need to Know As Consumers Take Control, an anthology on the future of marketing communications in the coming age of digital distribution.
Digital Kitchen
Digital Kitchen was founded on May 1, 1995 as the digital studio for an independent advertising agency in Seattle, WA, helmed by Paul Matthaeus, DK's chief creative officer. Matthaeus has been a guest speaker for the national Broadcast Design Association, Boards Summit, American Advertising Federation and the Graphic Artist Guild. This year Matthaeus compiled and co-wrote, They Say They Want a Revolution: What Marketers Need to Know As Consumers Take Control, an anthology on the future of marketing communications in the coming age of digital distribution.
Digital Kitchen
Sundance Channel
Keira Alexandra
Loud when happy, Keira Alexandra is currently the v.p. creative director at Sundance Channel. She previously performed at, in order of appearance, M&Co., Bureau, Number 17 and MTV. Alexandra has no acting or singing experience. Her work has made appearances in the 100 Show, Art Directors Club Young Guns Show, Creativity 30, BDA Design Awards and AIGA. She aims to please.
Keira Alexandra
Loud when happy, Keira Alexandra is currently the v.p. creative director at Sundance Channel. She previously performed at, in order of appearance, M&Co., Bureau, Number 17 and MTV. Alexandra has no acting or singing experience. Her work has made appearances in the 100 Show, Art Directors Club Young Guns Show, Creativity 30, BDA Design Awards and AIGA. She aims to please.
Brand New School
Brand New School is a bicoastal studio of designers, film makers, illustrators and photographers working in all fields of commercial art from type design to music videos. For its creatives, it is a school that provides an opportunity to learn new things using other people's money. For its clients, it is a place to spend money to get new things.
Brand New School
Brand New School is a bicoastal studio of designers, film makers, illustrators and photographers working in all fields of commercial art from type design to music videos. For its creatives, it is a school that provides an opportunity to learn new things using other people's money. For its clients, it is a place to spend money to get new things.
Brand New School
Plus et Plus
New York based creative services company, Plus et Plus, offers years of experience in live action direction, moving-image design, post-production, visual effects, print design, art direction and on and off screen branding. By understanding both the short-term and long-term goals of our clients, we craft strong strategies that give rise to conceptually and visually engaging solutions. The results of personal, experimental projects feed into the studio's commercial output to ensure that work is consistently innovative and fresh.
Plus et Plus
New York based creative services company, Plus et Plus, offers years of experience in live action direction, moving-image design, post-production, visual effects, print design, art direction and on and off screen branding. By understanding both the short-term and long-term goals of our clients, we craft strong strategies that give rise to conceptually and visually engaging solutions. The results of personal, experimental projects feed into the studio's commercial output to ensure that work is consistently innovative and fresh.
Plus et Plus
Katie Salen
As a designer interested in the connections between game design, interactivity, and play, Katie Salen wears many hats. She is director of the graduate Design and Technology program at Parsons School of Design and she works as a designer and consultant on a range of game-related projects. She was co-author (with Eric Zimmerman) of Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (MIT Press), as well as the forthcoming Rules of Play Reader (MIT Press 2005). She has also helped curate programs at the Lincoln Center and the Walker Art Center on machinima, the practice of creating animated films using game engines.
As a designer interested in the connections between game design, interactivity, and play, Katie Salen wears many hats. She is director of the graduate Design and Technology program at Parsons School of Design and she works as a designer and consultant on a range of game-related projects. She was co-author (with Eric Zimmerman) of Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (MIT Press), as well as the forthcoming Rules of Play Reader (MIT Press 2005). She has also helped curate programs at the Lincoln Center and the Walker Art Center on machinima, the practice of creating animated films using game engines.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Geordie Stephens
Advertising genius Geordie Stephens began his career on the west coast, racking up awards at notable agencies for clients like Electronic Arts, Budwieser and Target. His current post at Crispin Porter + Bogusky has aligned him with some of the brightest minds in the biz. Working on campaigns that redefine traditional methods of advertising, Stephens strives to tell stories rather than sell us what’s ‘new and improved’. His work for Mini Cooper, IKEA, Burger King and the Gap will make you say wow and change the way you think about the ad game.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami
Geordie Stephens
Advertising genius Geordie Stephens began his career on the west coast, racking up awards at notable agencies for clients like Electronic Arts, Budwieser and Target. His current post at Crispin Porter + Bogusky has aligned him with some of the brightest minds in the biz. Working on campaigns that redefine traditional methods of advertising, Stephens strives to tell stories rather than sell us what’s ‘new and improved’. His work for Mini Cooper, IKEA, Burger King and the Gap will make you say wow and change the way you think about the ad game.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami
MK12
Ben Radatz & Matt Fraction
Art school fugitives Ben Radatz, Matt Fraction, Jed Carter, Tim Fisher, and Shaun Hamontree founded artist collective and design lab MK12 in their hometown of Kansas City, MO in 2000. Their output includes broadcast and commercial design work for international clients and brands like Adidas, EA, Cartoon Network, Best Buy, MTV, ESPN and Häagen Dazs. They’ve worked with such agencies as Wieden+Kennedy, J. Walter Thompson (Japan), Fallon Worldwide, Arnold, Kramer-Krasselt, The Martin Agency, Ogilvy & Mather, and Chiat Day.
MK12
Ben Radatz & Matt Fraction
Art school fugitives Ben Radatz, Matt Fraction, Jed Carter, Tim Fisher, and Shaun Hamontree founded artist collective and design lab MK12 in their hometown of Kansas City, MO in 2000. Their output includes broadcast and commercial design work for international clients and brands like Adidas, EA, Cartoon Network, Best Buy, MTV, ESPN and Häagen Dazs. They’ve worked with such agencies as Wieden+Kennedy, J. Walter Thompson (Japan), Fallon Worldwide, Arnold, Kramer-Krasselt, The Martin Agency, Ogilvy & Mather, and Chiat Day.
MK12
PES
A self-taught animator and director who hails from New Jersey, PES made his first foray into short films in 2002. Always experimenting with new techniques, both live action and animation, PES has created a number of memorable short films such as “Roof Sex”, featuring two chairs in compromising positions, “Wild Horses Redux” for Nike and the award winning “Kaboom” for Diesel. PES is repped by Czar in the US and Independent in the UK.
EatPES
A self-taught animator and director who hails from New Jersey, PES made his first foray into short films in 2002. Always experimenting with new techniques, both live action and animation, PES has created a number of memorable short films such as “Roof Sex”, featuring two chairs in compromising positions, “Wild Horses Redux” for Nike and the award winning “Kaboom” for Diesel. PES is repped by Czar in the US and Independent in the UK.
EatPES
Friends With You
Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval, both coming from a grand mixture of fine arts and thorough design background, combined forces in 2002 and have been slowly spreading their art around the globe ever since. Originally the FriendsWithYou characters ventured into the world as hand-sewn plush dolls that provide magic and mayhem for their owners; now they have expanded their world to modular wooden toys, public art installations, motion pictures and more. This artist group was created with one basic concept in mind and that is to become Friends With You.
Friends With You
Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval, both coming from a grand mixture of fine arts and thorough design background, combined forces in 2002 and have been slowly spreading their art around the globe ever since. Originally the FriendsWithYou characters ventured into the world as hand-sewn plush dolls that provide magic and mayhem for their owners; now they have expanded their world to modular wooden toys, public art installations, motion pictures and more. This artist group was created with one basic concept in mind and that is to become Friends With You.
Friends With You
Golan Levin
Golan Levin is an artist, composer, performer and engineer interested in developing artifacts and events which explore supple new modes of reactive expression. Through performances, digital artifacts, and virtual environments, often created with a variety of collaborators, he applies creative twists to digital technologies that highlight our relationship with machines, make visible our ways of interacting with each other, and explore the intersection of abstract communication and interactivity.
Flong
Golan Levin is an artist, composer, performer and engineer interested in developing artifacts and events which explore supple new modes of reactive expression. Through performances, digital artifacts, and virtual environments, often created with a variety of collaborators, he applies creative twists to digital technologies that highlight our relationship with machines, make visible our ways of interacting with each other, and explore the intersection of abstract communication and interactivity.
Flong
Paul Marino
Award-winning Machinima director and designer Paul Marino has six years of experience in the field. He is also the author of the first book about Machinima, The Art of Machinima (Paraglyph Press, September 2004). Paul is the executive director of the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences and oversees the annual Machinima Film Festival in New York. He has been featured in pieces about Machinima by respected media outlets such as The Economist, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Wired, PBS, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and CNN.
Machinima
Award-winning Machinima director and designer Paul Marino has six years of experience in the field. He is also the author of the first book about Machinima, The Art of Machinima (Paraglyph Press, September 2004). Paul is the executive director of the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences and oversees the annual Machinima Film Festival in New York. He has been featured in pieces about Machinima by respected media outlets such as The Economist, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Wired, PBS, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and CNN.
Machinima
Mumbleboy
Mumbleboy is the moniker of Kinya Hanada. His web site, a showcase for his whimsical animations, has developed something of a cult following among fans of illustration and animation. Hanada’s work has been featured in major film festivals and in such public spaces as the Grand Central Terminal holiday light show and the American Museum of the Moving Image. Hanada VJs at events in New York and collaborates with musical artists such as Jason Forrest, Momus, Frou Frou, Fan_3, and MC Paul Barman. His most recent music video was for Beck’s EP “Hell Yes.”
Mumbleboy
Mumbleboy is the moniker of Kinya Hanada. His web site, a showcase for his whimsical animations, has developed something of a cult following among fans of illustration and animation. Hanada’s work has been featured in major film festivals and in such public spaces as the Grand Central Terminal holiday light show and the American Museum of the Moving Image. Hanada VJs at events in New York and collaborates with musical artists such as Jason Forrest, Momus, Frou Frou, Fan_3, and MC Paul Barman. His most recent music video was for Beck’s EP “Hell Yes.”
Mumbleboy
Leonard Posso
Since 1989 Leonard has been a fixture in New York City's underground music scene, and by the mid nineties he had taken up the incurable habit of amassing a library of vinyl. Leonard's name is on several of these releases as he has designed for a slew of labels from around the world. Leonard has started several successful weekly and bi-monthly parties (Composition, MILQ & now Rebel), where he DJ's alongside numerous respected international and local artists in the electronic underground music scene. His motivation lies in the pursuit to positively engage the audience with the most current and obscure sounds of today.
Since 1989 Leonard has been a fixture in New York City's underground music scene, and by the mid nineties he had taken up the incurable habit of amassing a library of vinyl. Leonard's name is on several of these releases as he has designed for a slew of labels from around the world. Leonard has started several successful weekly and bi-monthly parties (Composition, MILQ & now Rebel), where he DJ's alongside numerous respected international and local artists in the electronic underground music scene. His motivation lies in the pursuit to positively engage the audience with the most current and obscure sounds of today.
