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Chair, MFA Products of Design Department, School of Visual Arts; Partner, Core77

MFA Design MFA Products of Design

Education

BA, University of Toronto; MID, Pratt Institute


Professional experience includes

Editor in chief, Core77; design consultant: Herman Miller, Pentagram; designer: Tanaka Kapec Design Group, Louis Nelson Associates


Current and former clients include

Autodesk, Adobe, PSFK, Design Observer, Industrial Designers Society of America, AIGA, Interaction Design Association, DuPont, Nidecker, Autism Speaks, HOW, GE Plastics, Dassault Systemès, Karim Rashid Studio, Metropolis, Art Directors Club, Scholastic, BMW North America/MINI USA, Neenah Paper, Green Electronics Council, Consumer Electronics Association, Ogilvy Earth


Publications include

Core77; The New York Times; Design Observer; Design Revolution; Voice: AIGA Journal of Design; The New York Times Magazine; TreeHugger; Adobe Inspire; Design Glut; See magazine; Before & After series; Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned; I Love Design; Print; Wired


Patents

Named on D338,002; D324,721; 5,069,782; 5,016,303; 5,400,572; 5,588,745


Awards and honors include

Communication Arts, i-D, Art Directors Club, The One Club. Board member: Designers Accord, Design Ignites Change, DesigNYC