Dear Design Student
Advice on design from people who work for a living.
Mike Monteiro
English is my second language. You were my first.
Jennifer Daniel
I’m Jennifer.
Erika Hall
Co-founder of Mule Design. Author of Conversational Design and Just Enough Research, both from A Book Apart.
Liam Campbell
Uses code to make design.
Ross Floate
Designer, writer, and ethicist. Always looking for patterns. Sometimes looking for clues. I'm aways for hire, I once was on fire. Melbourne, Australia.
Andy Birch
Product Designer. they/them.
Norcross
Look, we’ve all made mistakes in our lives. For me, it was when I learned I could make computers talk to each other.
Jared M. Spool
Maker of Awesomeness at Center Centre - UIE. Helping designers everywhere help their organizations deliver well-designed products and services.
Greg Storey
Constant Observer. Occasional Writer. Operations Chief. People Coach. Design Enthusiast. Type Collector.
Dear Design Student
Advice on design from people who work for a living.
Tim Brown
Designer, author, speaker, and maker of tools. • tbrown.org
Joseph Hughes
Designer by trade. Writer by education. Trying hard to leave things better than I found them.
Juliette Cezzar
Designer/educator/author. Associate Professor of Communication Design at The New School's Parsons School of Design in New York City. Former president, AIGA/NY.
dave hoffer
Design and Inclusivity
Kevin M. Hoffman
Designer. Strategist. Speaker. Information architect. Facilitator. Collaborator. Father. Goofball.
Charles Pearson
Cultural Anthropologist: currently plying my craft at Blend.
Stewart Scott-Curran
Director of Brand Design at Intercom.
Rachel Berger
Rachel Berger is a designer in Oakland, and chair of Graphic Design at California College of the Arts.
John Voss
Designer with a heart of gold and mouth like a sailor. Cares about how the work we do impacts others. Also talks fitness and feelings. www.jovo.design
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