Spring 2012

Fridays 1.00 - 2:20

PACCAR Hall

Room 294

Art 488

Preparation for Professional Practice

Forums and Special Presentations


 

Forum guest names and their company links will be posted in advance of each forum.

You must post to the Discussion Board at least two questions for each forum by 9.00 am on the Wednesday before that week's forum.


 

Friday April 13

Guest Forum

Topic: Insight and Advice on Job Hunting

Ken Fry, Artefact

www.artefactgroup.com

John Carroll, Methodologie

www.methodologie.com

Paul Wylde, Wylde Design

www.paulwylde.com

Formerly at Teague: www.teague.com

 

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Friday April 20

Guest Presenter: Ben Shown

Topic: Your online portfolio and presence

www.benjamink.com

 

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Friday April 27

Guest Forum

Topic: Defining 'Good' Design

Mark Popich, Hornall Anderson

www.hadw.com

Carina Skrobecki, Tether

www.tetherinc.com

Adriel Rollins, current UW design grad

Josh Nelson, current UW design grad

 

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Friday May 4

Guest Forum

Topic: The Future of Design

Drew Hamlin, Facebook

www.facebook.com

(Drew designed the Messages product, and co-designed Timeline.)

Matt Mulder, Digital Kitchen

http://thisisdk.com/

Minnie Bredouw, Frog Design

www.frogdesign.com

Bill Flora, Tectonic

www.gotectonic.com (not much to see yet)

Article on Bill's start-up here.

 

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Friday May 11

Guest Forum

Topic: Design Entrepreneurship

Ben Graham, Turnstyle

www.turnstylestudio.com

Josh Kornfeld, General Assembly

www.productg.com

Fumi Watanabe

www.alkemidesign.com

www.starbucks.com

 

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Friday May 18

Guest Forum

Topic: Ways of Working

Jayme Yen, Henry Art Gallery

www.henryart.org

Trish Chua, Filter

www.filterdigital.com

Liana Redmond, The Creative Group

www.creativegroup.com

Anne Traver, former owner of Methodologie

www.methodologie.com

 

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Friday May 25

Guest Speaker

Sandra Jackson-Dumont

Deputy Director for Education + Public Programs | Adjunct Curator

Seattle Art Museum

www.seattleartmuseum.org