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Justin serves as the Creative Director for Levy Restaurants, the industry leader in sports and entertainment dining with over 100 premier accounts worldwide. Having crafted design, hospitality, retail and marketing strategies for some of the biggest S&E brands in the business, Justin is charged with leading a team of designers and external resources from a broad range of creative disciplines. On a daily basis he collaborates with other graphic designers, environmental designers, architects, interior designers, photographers, creative strategists, videographers, production artists, marketing professionals, food stylists, fashion stylists, motion graphics animators, packaging designers/ engineers, illustrators, digital renderers, web designers, multimedia designers, production artists and presentation layout specialists. In addition to his role as Creative Director, Justin is also an accomplished food, portrait and landscape photographer and has most recently taken on the challenge of penning his first autobiography, “The 33rd Chapter, Another year on the brink of Peace, Parenthood & Prosperity.” The book, expected to be released sometime in early 2015 details he and his Wife, Mandy’s harrowing journey back from two late prenatal losses and subsequently through the trials and tribulations of several rounds of IVF in attempt to finally conceive a healthy child. Justin’s design and photography work has been featured in the pages of Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Food & Wine Magazine, American Way Magazine, LogoLounge, Forbes, SignGallery and in his first self-published book, “365+2010 – an Autophotographic Journey” detailing a year in his life through a picture a day.
JUSTIN WINGET CREATIVE DIRECTOR LEV Y RESTAURANTS
HIGH SCHOOL: ORRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL / ORRVILLE, OH
COLLEGE: BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
BFA Graphic Design SPECIALIZATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY
365+ 2010 - AN AUTOPHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY
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Suzy brings innovative thinking, a wealth of branding expertise and a passion for creating
one-of-a-kind dining experiences to Levy Restaurants. In her eighteen year career with Levy, Suzy has overseen marketing strategies for the company’s restaurants, co-led the creative development of the global Levy brand, and created countless individual restaurant brands and conceptualized dining experiences at Levy’s Sports & Entertainment facilities. Suzy began her career at Levy in 1995 as Marketing Director. In this role, she was responsible for marketing Levy’s portfolio of themed restaurants, including DIVE! in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, a joint restaurant venture of partners Steven Spielberg, Jeffery Katzenberg, and Levy Restaurants, and Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville and Downtown Disney World® in Orlando. For the next six years, Lenet consulted for clients such as HMSHost, Sony and Fox Sports. In 2000 Suzy created Orville & Wilbur’s Wings Just Right for Tyson Chicken, one of the most successful food & beverage concepts to ever hit college campuses. She also helped conceptualize the dining experiences at American Girl Place stores in Chicago and New York City. After a phenomenal period of growth in the late nineties, Lenet collaborated with Alison Weber, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Levy to craft the business plan for Levy Innovations, a group developed to maintain competitive advantage through strategic forward thinking, cutting-edge design and culinary R&D. Prior to joining Levy Restaurants, Lenet had more than 20 years of marketing and branding experience with Dayton’s Department Stores, Girl Scouts of America and Target Stores where she learned the ropes under renowned retail marketing strategist John Pellegrene.
SUZY LENET THE LIGHTBULB
HIGH SCHOOL: Fairview High School / DAYTON, OH
COLLEGE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN (MADISON)
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Chad is currently employed by the award winning product design firm, Priority Designs. As a Senior Industrial Designer, he is essentially involved in every aspect necessary to nurture great ideas into tangible products. The studio’s multifaceted approach to development requires a skillset in project management, concept generation/ brainstorming, sketching/digital rendering, 3D modeling, prototyping, and manufacturing/vendor sourcing. Although confident in tackling most product design challenges, Chad specializes in hard goods/soft goods integration, stemming from his background in the orthopedic and prosthetic industry. In addition to being listed on several influential patents, his work on the Ossur Rebound medical boot helped his team earn a Red Dot Design Award in 2011. Past clients include Target Brands, Wal–Mart, Fisher Price, Mattel, Disney, Nike, Mead, Motorola, Medtronic, and Ossur. Outside of the studio, Chad enjoys all things outdoor related such as whitewater kayaking, backpacking, sport caving, mountain biking and rock climbing. He recently moved back to Ohio in 2011 to be closer to his hometown and family after spending eight years designing in Southern California.
HIGH SCHOOL: ORRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL / ORRVILLE, OH
COLLEGES: Ashland University
CHAD LEEDER SENIOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER PRIORIT Y DESIGNS, INC.
Art Institute of Pittsburgh B.S. Commercial Art/Industrial Design
QUESTIONS FOR CHAD
Ron is a 30-year PR and marketing veteran who has held various creative roles at agencies in Cleveland, New York and Frankfurt, Germany, prior to founding his firm, Watt + Company LLC (WATT) in 2003. Based in Cleveland, WATT is a non-traditional PR and marketing firm serving Fortune 500 clients in North America and abroad. Ron Watt Jr. has been responsible for a broad range of award-winning, strategic, results-oriented PR and marketing programs for AT&T, Birdland Jazz Club, BMW, Cleveland Browns, Healthy Choice Foods, Kellogg’s, General Electric, Lockheed-Martin, Marconi PLC, Olympic Steel, Philips Electronics, Sony PlayStation, Warner Bros. Records, Siemens and General Electric. Watt graduated from Fordham University, New York City, with a BA in English Literature.
HIGH SCHOOL: ST. IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL / CLEVELAND, OH
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RON WATT PRESIDENT / FOUNDER WATT + CO
Fordham University, New York CITY
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FOR UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY Dr. Ronald Berkman, President of CSU, says the ARTS CAMPUS will become one of the important cultural jewels not only for the University but for the Cleveland community as well. “Our students and faculty are excited, and so am I.”
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Cleveland State University’s sprawling new Arts Campus at East 13th and Euclid Avenue opened earlier this year to the cheers of hundreds of well-wishers and an address by CSU President Ronald Berkman, who said, because of size and scope, the Arts Campus is in a unique position to serve its swelling number of theater, dance, and visual arts students.
Dr. Ronald Berkman President of CSU
The Arts Campus is a major addition to PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland’s famed arts district. Its theater and dance students get to rub elbows with professional actors and directors working at the Cleveland Play House facilities and studios in the same complex and who ply their craft at the multiple Allen professional theaters right next door. Another neighbor is Ideastream, the consortium of public television, NPR, and fine arts stations.
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The central Arts Campus itself covers two expansive floors of the refurbished Middough Building and includes multiple rehearsal theater spaces, dance studios, set design facilities, costume shop, classrooms and offices. Part of the Arts Campus also houses art and design studios, as well as darkroom and computer labs for CSU’s 220-visual arts majors in dozens of disciplines.
Theater students have the unique learning opportunity provided by the proximity of the Cleveland Play House and professional touring actors who perform at the Allen Theater next door.
This fall, the CSU Arts Gallery, featuring the works of students, faculty, and outside professionals, will open on Euclid Avenue, next to Zack Bruell’s popular Cowell & Hubbard restaurant.
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ARTS CAMPUS Cleveland State University’s ARTS CAMPUS is at the heart of PlayhouseSquare. Its primary facilities are located in 120,000 square feet of the Middough Building on E. 13th, near Euclid Avenue. The ARTS CAMPUS is devoted to theater, dance and visual arts education and includes classrooms, rehearsal space, art and design studios, offices, meeting rooms and production shops for sets and costumes. It is the only undergraduate arts center in the country working alongside a professional theater company, the Cleveland Play House.
“It’s a Breathtaking Place for Theater and Dance” Michael Mauldin, chairman of CSU’s Theater and Dance Department, says he can’t think of a theater and dance school anywhere else that is nestled together with a professional theater company, in this case the renowned Cleveland Play House, which recently moved its headquarters to the Middough Building, and conducts performances next door at the Allen theaters.
Michael Bloom, artistic director of the Cleveland Play House, Art Falco, president and ceo of PlayhouseSquare, CSU President
“I walk around and I just marvel at what we have here at the Arts Campus,” says Mauldin. “It takes my breath away.” As a professor and department chairman, I love to see how much the students and faculty love this place.”
Ryan graduated from Ohio University with a publication design degree in 2005. Immediately after school, he was given the opportunity to join thirty other talented designers, photographers and writers from all over the nation in a seven-week “journalistic boot camp” at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. That led to his first job as the marketing designer for Palm Beach Media Group based in Palm Beach, Florida. After getting his feet wet in the ocean and the industry he had developed a love-affair for, Ryan decided to pack up and venture towards Chicago and his dream of making it in the big city. Now five years into his tenure with the Levy Restaurants Strategy + Creative Group, Ryan has worked his way to the leadership position as a Senior Graphic Designer on the Team. Thriving in the collaborative fishbowl environment of designers, strategists, chefs and operators, Ryan has played an integral role in a wide range of design, marketing and new business initiatives for the company’s portfolio of restaurants, convention centers, ski resorts and over 130 sports & entertainment venues.
HIGH SCHOOL: Marion L Steele High School /
Amherst, OH
COLLEGE: OHIO UNIVERSITY
RYAN SOSNOWSKI SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER LEV Y RESTAURANTS
BS Visual Communications Publication Design / Informational Graphics Specialty of Journalism
QUESTIONS FOR RYAN
Mike is a design consultant specializing in restaurant, retail, and exhibit design. He works with many local and national design firms providing design conceptual expertise for architecture and commercial environments in collaboration with architects and other design consultants. In addition, since 1998 Mike has served as the full time Chair of Interior Design at the Cleveland Institute of Art, most recently renamed the Interior Architecture program. In his tenure at CIA, Mike has taught in an adjunct capacity for both The Interior Design and Industrial Design Departments. He also spent ten years teaching Communication skills (drawing and rendering) and Trade Show design. The Interior Architecture Program at CIA is a commercial and retail based curriculum placing graduates and interns all over the US and Asia. Since 1988 the program has placed 95% of graduates in industry-related design fields. Mike credits the steady growth of the program in the fifteen years under his leadership to close working relationships CIA holds with industry leaders through out the US and a working faculty of area professionals sharing their time and industry experience with our students. The Department Faculty are closely involved with Graduate and Internship placement and student work is showcased in the Annual Design Spring Show each April.
HIGH SCHOOL: West Geauga High School / CHESTER, OH COLLEGE: THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
MIKE GOLLINI Environments Designer / Design Educator Michael A. Gollini Design Group Inc. / The Cleveland Institute of Art
QUESTIONS FOR MIKE
Emily graduated from Orrville High School in 1996 and from Ashland University and The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Commercial Art specializing in photography. She has spent the last 14 years working as a photographer for Wooster-based Marty’s Studio where she takes of portrait projects ranging from newborn babies, children, senior portraits, engagements, weddings, families, proms, sports teams/individuals and action photography. Emily resides in Orrville with her husband Justin and two boys Zach (8 yrs.) and Dane (6 yrs.).
HIGH SCHOOL: ORRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL / ORRVILLE, OH COLLEGE: ASHLAND UNIVERSITY
EMILY VODIKA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER MART Y’S STUDIO
THE ART INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCIAL ART SPECIALIZATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY
QUESTIONS FOR EMILY
Kurt is a Lead Web Designer at Orbit Media Studios, a Chicago based web company which focuses on creating CMS managed websites ranging in scale from small businesses to massive e-commerce catalogs. A typical day at the office for him could include client presentations, project designs, and internal discussions on company process and technology changes. He works hands-on with his projects, creating the actual deliverables he’ll later present and making decisions on usability, functionality, aesthetics, and branding along the way. Outside of the office Kurt loves taking advantage of all the city has to offer, be it the restaurants, concerts, festivals, you name it. Anything that involves a good time with the great people he’s come to know. He’s full of passion and energy and has a laugh you could hear across a crowded room. In the summer you’ll often see him riding his red wheeled bicycle around Wicker Park.
HIGH SCHOOL: BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL (BRADFORD, OH) COLLEGE: BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
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In 2008, Carrie jumped on the opportunity to make the move to the big city and become art director at Dino Publishing. She later went on to spend three years as the Associate Art Director of Time Out Chicago, an acclaimed weekly publication. After the print version of TimeOut shut down in 2013, Carrie took a role as Art Director with Columbus Monthly Magazine where she has spent the last eight months working to redesign the publication which just launched a new look in March. As the Art Director, she collaborates with the editors to visually bring stories to life, direct photographers and illustrators and ultimately brings each issue of the publication together through well-crafted design strategies.
HIGH SCHOOL: Hillsborough High School /
HILLSBOUROUGH, NJ
COLLEGE: Montclair State University, NJ Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts concentration IN Graphic Design
CARRIE SOSNOWSKI ART DIRECTOR COLUMBUS MONTHLY
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Montclair State University, she moved to West Palm Beach, FL to work for Palm Beach Media Group, a luxury lifestyle magazine publishing company as an advertising graphic designer. In her five years with the organization, she climbed up the ladder first moving over to edit as the Assistant Art Director, then Associate and finally the art director of Tampa Bay Illustrated.
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Chris is an artist-illustrator whose artwork has graced the covers of Time Magazine, Readers Digest, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times Book Review and Sunday Magazine, MAD Magazine, der Spiegel, U.S. News and World Report, The Atlantic Monthly, Texas Monthly, Boys Life and more. He has been commissioned to paint countless politicians, authors and entertainers. He has illustrated ten children’s picture books, including The Remarkable Farkle McBride and Micawber, written by John Lithgow. His artwork has been exhibited at The Cincinnati Art Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The Norman Rockwell Museum, The Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration, The Selby Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design and numerous college and university galleries.
HIGH SCHOOL: WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL / CINCINNATI, OH COLLEGE: MIAMI UNIVERSITY / OXFORD, OH
CHRIS PAYNE Illustrator / Educator Columbus College of Art and Design
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS
Paul has served as design instructor with the BGSU School of Design for over 12 years and concurrently has been currently running a practicum class through UniGraphics. the University’s on-campus design agency. Handling clients and projects for the range of departments and organizations within the University, Paul’s internship program has been a launching pad for the careers of successful designers through the years including chARTer panelists Kurt Cruse, Justin Winget and countless others. An acclaimed designer in his own right, Paul has dedicated his professional career towards cultivating the talents of his students and takes much pride in seeing them all learn, create and succeed in the professional playing field.
HIGH SCHOOL: FORT RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL /
FORT RECOVERY, OH
COLLEGE: BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
PAUL OBRINGER CREATIVE DIRECTOR / EDUCATOR UNIGRAPHICS / BGSU
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MATT has been drawing and painting since he was a child. Growing up on a dairy farm, his subjects were usually cows, which continue to show up occasionally in his paintings. He excelled in his art classes throughout high school at Norwayne and decided to pursue further education at the University of Akron. Studying Art Education not only allowed Ramseyer to develop his skills as an artist, but also prepared him for his job as Art Teacher at Orrville High School. Over the years, Ramseyer has continued to work in acrylic, photography and mixed media. Working at Orrville has allowed him to share these skills with his students and be involved in community art projects, such as the recycled bottle cap pieces found around town. Art is an important aspect of Ramseyer’s daily life with his wife and daughter and he also enjoys being a part of the Art Ministry at Orrville Christian Church.
HIGH SCHOOL: NORWAYNE HIGH SCHOOL /
CRESTON, OH
COLLEGE: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON / AKRON, OH
MATT RAMSEYER HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER ORRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
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Q&A WHAT Advice would give your
18 year-old self
LOOKING AHEAD TOWARDS COLLEGE AND A PROFESSIONAL CAREER?
R YA N
Keep saying “yes.” When it comes to opportunities to advance your education within your field, getting direct experience to what you are passionate about and meeting similar-minded people along the way. Saying “yes” will allow you to open up countless doors to opportunities and situations you may never dreamed of after high school. Being proactive early allows you to gain experience that can lead to a career path which will only gain strength as the years progress.
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Never, under any circumstances, give upon your dreams.
Get involved. Take advantage of all the opportunities a Universty education has to offer. These include design clubs, lectures, conferences, professional publications, local AIGA chapters, advisors and peers.
KURT
Push yourself
and go get your hands dirty. It’s ok to fail and change your mind, but you’ll never know unless you go for it.
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take more collEge classes in business and marketing to use
in the portrait studio business and also learn more computer skills as related to the business world.
When I was 18 I had no clue what I wanted to do. I thought I was going to do something relating to farming which is what I had always been a part of. I would not change anything about the stages between graduation and beginning my collegiate education.
I was glad I waited until I was ready and really knew what I wanted to do. My advice would be to find a passion or a reason to drive you.
Never be afraid to push yourself or try doing work that you thought could never do. Always try and experience new things especially while in college. Make work and
“Get comfortable being uncomfortable.” The point of going to college is to explore things you never knew existed.
MIKE
Be curious.
CHRIS
Find the enjoyment from learning about the amazing and wide variety of things that makes your world, it’s past and it’s possibilities.
Believe in yourself,
don’t let anyone tell you not to dream. CARRIE
Looking ahead, Initially take the job description a company gives you; but over time,
SUZY
CREATE the job YOUR company needs.
JUSTIN You ARE both worthy and capable of success, so latch-on and
be relentless in pursuit of your life dreams and passions.
Headed to college, you will be setting the stage for the rest of your life... so take your courses and personal growth, especially around your areas of focus, incredibly seriously. Unlike high school, you are not working towards a report card and there will not be anyone there holding your hand...Point blank, the best jobs go to those who have pushed themselves the hardest to learn their craft.
CHAD
Portfolios are the first thing that potential employers and even some colleges look at, so lock down your style going in but
be adaptable and open to criticism as you refine your skills.
Most professors are practicing designers themselves, so absorb all the advice you can. Though you still want some variety in your portfolio for consultancy purposes, industrial design is more competitive than ever. Champion a cause or category of products that fit within your interests. That passion (and your portfolio,) can direct your career to a company that will appreciate your desire to work there.
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M AT T From things that are important to me. I have always loved animals and always enjoyed painting them. I also like to make/ paint things for people close to me. I have not bought a gift for a long time.
I find that my work is best when I am creating something I am passionate about, or for someone special.
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Collaboration with fellow designers,
nature, books, LinkedIN conversations and dialogues. I was was told by VSA Partners in Chicago that nothing truly creative happens until the 20th idea as everything else is just cliche.
R O N Through prayer,
mediation,
reading and laughing.
I find creative inspiration within my passion and interests. I know countless colleagues, peers and friends who all find inspiration in many different medias and outlets ranging from comics and toys, editorial and fashion, film and photography. My early passion has always been editorial and fashion. I draw inspiration from magazine layout and the art of typography. Arranging words and photographs together is its own art form.
I’m inspired by the subtle details and intricacies of words and photographs and how they work together.
E M I LY
Inspiration really comes from anywhere. I look at magazines and other images for posing ideas. I also watch the person that I am photographing to see how they stand and pose naturally to help them pose. Ideas can come from anywhere. We also attend photography conferences that have speakers that give me lots of inspiration.
Everywhere and in some of the most unlikely places. I tell my students
“When you are designing a coffee shop don’t just look at coffee shops...” MIKE
I get a lot of inspiration fro film. It exploits, imagery, composition, lighting and visual texture while telling a narrative. I believe design does the same. Design is about experience, not just finishes and surfaces. I am always looking at things and getting inspired by my experiences.
KURT
While I think a lot of it just comes from within, I find it is very helpful to
be around others who share your passions. This might be
You don’t get inspiration, You have inspiration.
Knowledge builds the content for your inspiration.
CHRIS Trend reports, reading novels, the performing arts,
friends, where you live or where you spend your time online.
SUZY JUSTIN
I find the greatest inspiration in people...those who are never content with status quo, who push boundaries and find comfort outside of their own comfort levels. People who are brave enough to envision the potential in the world around them and ambitious enough to see their ideas to fruition. The best projects I have worked on are collaborative in nature where you bring the best thought leaders from a range of creative and non-creative disciplines together to solve a business challenge.
CARRIE
listening. Magazines, photographer and illustrator websites, coverjunkie.com,
SPD.org, pinterest, book cover designs, menu designs, ads, my husband...There’s so many places to look for inspiration.
Nature, hands down. Whether it’s simply clearing my head after a stressful project or finding product solutions through bio-mimicry,
CHAD
sometimes the best answers are a little off the beaten path.
Q&A are there outlets
which STUDENTS aspiring to practice your discipline should start gleaning inspiration and/ or technical skills?
As mentioned earlier, saying “yes” to a variety of outlets that are bound to come your way will open up many doors.
There are countless organizations to become involved in
within the design community, as well as conferences that will allow you to network with like-minded students and instructors. Having the opportunity to spend time at the Poynter Institute connected me with so many individuals that still inspire me today. As a result, the fellowship springboarded me to where I am today and with a network of fellow friends within my industry.
RON
PA U L
Start an
Sign up for LinkedIN, Print and How magazines. If you have access to the cloud go to the Adobe tutorials and learn all you can about InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator etc. before you go to college.
internship
as soon as you can, even before you start college. The more experience you can get will give you an enormous advantage when it comes time to seeking that first full-time job out of college.
Google THE History of design and learn from the masters and their contributions to design.
The web is packed with this stuff, but a few sites I visit regularly; A List Apart, Dribbble, and The Great Discontent. Also follow
your heroes on Twitter KURT
R YA N
and if you can’t afford conferences, look up the slides later. Luke W. logs an unbelievable amount of conference notes.
E M I LY In portrait photography there are
organizations such as Professional Photographers of Ohio and Professional Photographers of America that you can join and several times a year. They put on trade shows and conferences for long weekends that allow many portrait photogahers the chance to get together, garner new ideas, learn new things and offer new products for our trade.
I think getting internships through college is a great way to jump into magazines. It may not be glamorous work, CARRIE
but you get a look into how a magazine works, meet people in the business, and it looks great on your resume. Newspapers, advertising agencies and photography internships look great on a resume as well. For technical skills, learning Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator is a must. Lynda.com is also great for tutorials.
MIKE For retail and environment design their are
countless websites and magazines. JUSTIN
For me, I need to roundout my thinking by seeking-out a good mix of inspiration beyond just design-focused outlets. I like to spend my downtime browsing sites like Pinterest, Dribbble, Behance and Twitter to glean design inspiration and find other creatives to connect with. Being an avid photographer, I also love to get lost on sites like 500px, flickr and JPG. Smashing Magazine and Lynda.com are great for software tutorials and best practices while organizations like AIGA and SEGD offer-up a range on benefits from lectures to networking events to job boards.
• Magazines: DDI, VMSD & Event Design • On the web – Freshome, Pintrest & Flipboard • Conferences: Globalshop & NeoCon • Organization: RDI - The Retail Design Institute
Find the right mentor
SUZY
and always ask “what if?”
All of the above.
Books, libraries, museums, websites, teachers and peers.
CHRIS
The Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA)
I also try to track with the constantly evolving business world through outlets like Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, Sports Business Journal, 99U and the Harvard Business Review. I also find a lot of inspiration in conferences and lectures put on through online portals like Ted Talks and in-person events such as Chicago Ideas Week and the HOW Design Conference.
CHAD
Lastly, I try to read a handful of inspiring books each year on topics ranging from innovation to psychology to sports and everywhere in between.
M AT T
has a student chapter in every part of the country. Cost to join is minimal, the website contains great articles and events are usually free. Locally, Columbus’ id, US Design and Innovation week gives younger designers access to working professionals and mock projects. There are also the countless blogs and design news sites, the most notable being Core77.com, but also try productdesignhub.com, and yankodesign.com. I would recommend students gain as much experience as possible working with kids of all ages. They should also seek out avenues to
build their leadership skills. As far as painting goes, make time to practice.
Q&A
R YA N
Where is your creative discipline headed in the
Providing a sense of management is most foreseeable in my future career path. Gaining the field experience in the last eight years will be a major asset for me personally as the younger generations moves into the workforce. I am able to provide first-hand experience in starting out within the design world and what skills/tools are needed to grow towards a successful career.
future? AND WHAT JOB SKILLS DO YOU
FORESEE BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT?
PA U L
RON
My creative discipline is print, but in the future I see a high demand for
Our discipline, at its core, is about communicating effectively. There is an
web, mobile app, interactive media & packaging. E M I LY
As technology keeps changing, another discipline in this specific field is to “keep up.� Although things like experience and networking are solid things to hold onto,
keeping up with technology is a never-ending task that provides great pro-active acceptance to change and better things to come.
old school part of public relations that will never go out of style: excellent writing.
CHRIS
Couple this with an understanding of how new communication channels (i.e., social networks) affect clients.
Photography is definitely in the digital age.
The newest thing out right now is combining still photography and video to create something new for the digital age.
M AT T
A lot of the work is moving to the digital arena, but creative art no matter the delivery system will be in demand.
Mediocrity will always languish. Hopefully ART will remain a part of the education system.
It would be a very sad day if this outlet for the majority of the student population were eliminated.
MIKE
My industry is now so global, your can basically work almost anywhere w/ anyone thanks to the internet, Skype, Facetime and other social networking tools. The most important skill anyone should have is the ability to work with others. Have a great attitude and a great work ethic, always exceed others expectations.
JUSTIN
In the past ten years a shift from “designER” to “design thinkER” has BECOME THE NEW NORM. Companies are no longer hiring talent simply based on how well they can navigate photoshop and create compelling visuals, but are rather expecting designers to also be incredibly savvy business-minded thinkers and creative problem solvers for whatever challenges are thrown their way. Some of the most talented designers I’ve ever known, aesthetically-speaking anyway, are still struggling to pan-out in the real world simply because they failed to adapt their creative skillsets towards solving real tangible business challenges. The world is going to evolve around us so much between now and when your generation is leaving the workforce around 2055 that it is impossible to predict what is next for design. What I can tell you with great confidence is that it will require staying open, being adaptable and embracing the mindset of a life-long learner to stay relevant.
SUZY
The world is making a paradigm shift to the right side of the brain.
Companies will always need positioning and a point of view BUT they will need to be fluid and ever-evolving to stay relevant.
Check out what Jared Spool has to say on “Design Unicorns.”
KURT
There will be a continued emphasis on minimal impact/green design.
CHAD
Product designers can have an influence on material selection. Call it guilt avoidance or an attempt to save the world, either way, more and more clients have expectations of using compressible, biodegradable and recyclable materials. With each passing year, the industrial design curriculum at most universities seems to produce improved talent when it comes to the core skills of sketching, modeling and ideation. This means today’s crop of recent graduates all tend to be consistently good in those areas. In turn, more attention is paid by potential employers to the intangible traits of each candidate’s thought processes. Showing critical thinking (every possible route a design could take and explaining how you came to your final direction,) and an ability to incorporate current trends into products (including minimal impact/green design,) can elevate one recent graduate over another.
Q&A
R YA N
INSPIRED. Whether it Is your
To be successful
IN YOUR DISCIPLINE you need to be __________________________
passion and interests outside of design or just what happens in your everyday life, creativITY comes from being inspired by life, others around you and being yourself.
CHRIS
RON
willing to learn to grow or reach forward and always make art.
A thick-skinned, persistent story teller WHO IS intellectually curious, analytical and an HAVE THE ability to simply shut up and listen.
E M I LY
a creative, energetic, outgoing and friendly people person.
M AT T
PA U L
passionate at what you do. Also a good communicator and anal retentive when it comes to detail. creative, driven and confident.
creative, fast paced and very detail oriented. CARRIE
MIKE
a well rounded, reliable creative person willing to do whatever it takes to the job to the best of your abilities.
JUSTIN
both inspired AND inspiring every Invested. single day. SUZY
Passionate and believe in yourself.
KURT
CHAD
aware of shifting paradigms. Product design and it’s tools are constantly changing. the more you resist, the further you will fall behind. Social media, 3D printing and software are altering the way people create. Sites like Kickstarter are empowering entrepreneurs who previously had little access to funding for hiring reputable design houses (firms that would normally reject individuals over corporations). Crowdsourcing is combining the talents of individuals to produce a common goal or product. although the methods of design are changing, if you are willing to embrace them, your core skills will always be your life raft to carry you through the turning of these tides..
Q&A
R YA N No matter how you look at it,
at the end of it all, you create something beautiful.
WHAT IS THE MOST
GLAMOROUS PART OF YOUR JOB?
Being able to assist students in developing their artistic abilities while Special events, working on highly confidential initiatives and
RON
M AT T
closing deals.
producing outstanding artwork.
CHRIS Being in a constant learning environment whether it be
PA U L
getting to know you clients and their business better or getting my hands on the latest Adobe software products.
E M I LY
I don’t think about glamorous. I think ABOUT getting better.
I enjoy going to weddings and seeing everyones “day of their dreams.”
I am a part of the exciting parts of peoples lives at weddings, proms and high school graduations.
Going on photo shoots, meeting unique, interesting people and going to places I probably never would have gotten to otherwise.
CARRIE
MIKE
When my clients and students are successful
and exceed their goals, it makes me proud to be a part of their success.
JUSTIN
The bucket-list venues I get to see and experience first-hand.
As my Dad once said, “When I took business trips, I sat in a drab conference room somewhere in California for three days of meetings…but when you go on a business trip, you go to MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA or NCAA game...stop complaining!” He’s right…even if it does start to feel a bit methodical now after ten years of doing it. In my job you get to see every part of these arenas from the bowels of stadiums where players are preparing to enter the fields to the luxury suites where millionaire business moguls are entertaining clients and friends...and being a restaurant company, about anywhere we go there is some good
SUZY
Getting to open peoples minds
and having them believe they are creative.
Working with amazing clients and
seeing MY work live on the web. KURT
CHAD Being behind the scenes, we often don’t get a lot of glamorous recognition. However,
our Oscars are the design awards, such as the IDEA and Red Dot competitions
(sometimes it means more, getting recognized by your peers.) Recently though, corporations like Apple, Target and Ikea are alluding to product design as their benchmark of business leveraging names such as Sir Jony Ive and Karim Rashid as selling points, a trend that appears to be gaining traction.
Q&A
R YA N
Creative block.
WHAT IS THE LEAST
Having a job that requires you to be creative almost constantly has its flaws. Sometimes you just have step back, go for a walk or find a new environment to get the juices flowing again.
GLAMOROUS PART OF YOUR JOB? Coordinating the minutia
RON
M AT T
— the details — that are so important to the success of a project. Reports and metrics.
Dealing with rude and disrespectful students.
CHRIS
The business side of things.
The discipline to work hard when no one else is looking.
Mainly billing and other types of paperwork.
PA U L
packing up the entire studio E M I LY
(lights, background, stands ect.) to take from job to job...setting it all up and tearing it down again. I spent a lot of time moving equipment around...
SUZY
Re-PURPOSING work FROM PAST PROJECTS due to timing, budgets & prioritization of the project.
Sitting at my desk for the majority of the day. CARRIE
MIKE As an Educator,
Anything that involves meetings and paperwork
that has little or no impact on my students.
JUSTIN The stuff that takes up 80% of my time as a Creative Director...Managing not just design but the individuals who create it, finding time to respond to the 200 emails I receive daily, resourcing against project timelines and budgets, a calendar of seemingly endless conference calls, coding my expenses and trying to navigate the often cruel world of corporate politicking...
But the worst part of all is firing or disciplining people. I’ve yet to meet a reallife Donald Trump who actually takes pleasure in that part of the job.
As a business owner,
Chasing payment and filing my year end taxes. Making compromises and meeting deadlines.
KURT
CHAD Factory visits and manufacturing considerations.
Everyone wants you to make it, but nobody wants to hear the complexities of how it Is made. Also, when you create
an incredible product, knowing the time and effort you took will make it triumph in the marketplace while internally the sales department gets all the credit for it’s success....although most designers in the corporate world are used to this.
Q&A WHAT ARE THE COOLEST
PROJECTS YOU HAVE WORKED ON?
RON
PA U L
E M I LY
Ownership Bid for the New Cleveland M AT T Browns (Al Lerner and Carmen Policy), The GE Electric Vehicle Experience Tour and the International Outreach to School Children on Behalf of Lockheed-Martin
BGSU’s 100 years commemorative book, All BGSU athletic
materials, Canadian Studies materials, designing our own office space.
Everyone I photograph is very interesting and fun to work with.
R YA N
The Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA for sure! Growing up as an
amateur magician (yes I had my own show doves), I’ve heard about the Magic Castle and never would I have dreamed to visit and work with one day.
Working with elementary, middle and high school students to
collaboratatively create a recycled bottlecap installation. CHRIS
Magazine covers for Time
and Children’s book classics like Tom Sawyer and Casey at the Bat.
CARRIE I’ve met some really interesting people and gone to really interesting places through my job at photoshoots. Some of my favorites are Tino Martinez, Grant Achatz, and
a fashion shoot at Versace’s mansion in Miami.
MIKE
Recently I did a 1.5 mil. trade show for Cisco in Barcelona Spain. It was a spec job and my design won out of 7 proposals...the structure came out awesome. Also in the mid 90’s I did a job for Oracle at Disney Epcot’s innovention plaza.
I competed against the Disney Imagineers and won the bid, I got to meet several Imagineers and go into the tunnels below Epcot, it was a great experience.
SUZY
1. Working with the guys who re– invented Target 2. Taking celebrities who wrote books to interviews
Working on Dive restaurant with Steven Spielberg 3.
JUSTIN Everyday is a new and exciting challenge and I could make a list three pages long for this question...
but as a kid I dreamed of running out of the tunnels at Ohio Stadium as a Buckeye and going pro as a Cleveland Brown. While I never had the physical tools to achieve either of those, getting to work on both those accounts was a pretty good consolation prize. I’ve also had the opportunity to help design a restaurant (along with Ryan) for the Orange County Choppers and see my design work get installed at marquee venues like Wrigley Field, Walt Disney World and Lambeau Field. To walk the concourses and see your creative work within the walls of these iconic places is a pretty neat. In 2010, I also served as Creative Director for a nonprofit tackling the issue of Food Desserts in Chicago and ultimately saw our teams work featured prominently on national media outlets such as NBC’s Nightline and a full-page spread in Oprah Magazine.
4. Helping Girl Scouts re-invent themselves in the early 80’s to stay relevant
I’ve redesigned a few great Chicago brands like Lou Malnati’s and Vienna Beef. I’ve also worked on a sports media ranking system and a beer rating menu.
KURT
CHAD
As designers, we want every project to change the world, but we all know that sometimes designing general commodities can be necessary to run a business. Probably the product that will obtain the highest recognition when complete is one that is currently ongoing, which means I am not at liberty to write too much about it... What I can say, is that
it will change the way people view traumatic brain injury (concussions) forever. Initial FDA testing shows an 80-90 percent reduction in concussions, on impact (and no, it’s not a helmet.) Outside of that, designing a football specific knee brace, gas masks for the government and a human punching bag are just some of the highlights.
Q&A
R YA N
THE ONE THING NO ONE PREPARED YOU FOR
Keep motivated and challenging yourself. I went into my first year of college as an undecided major. I quickly met both some visual communication professors and students and knew that was the direction I wanted to go.
HEADING TO COLLEGE?
PA U L
How to deal with difficult people or clientele. E M I LY
RON
As a high-demand program, it took me two tries to be accepted... I am glad I kept with it. M AT T
To enjoy my classes and study hard...
don’t be afraid to challenge yourself.
Being in art school can be hard because art is all judged and based on opinion. One professer may love what you are working on and creating and the next professor may not agree that your work is even worth being called art.
Criticisim can be very hard in the art world.
Because I was not the traditional student, attending college right after high school graduation, I was fine.
Students today, for the most part need to understand that every decision they make will impact their future. College should be a place where you respect yourself enough to work hard. Don’t slack of in any class, even those you don’t like and might not relate to your career.
If I had to do anything over I would have got my BA in Painting and my Graduate degree in Art Education.
JUSTIN
The freedom... and conversely, the responsibility that came with it.
You can make your own schedule, choose when you want to study (or not) and stay out as late as you heart desires...but ultimately you are the one accountable for those actions and their long-term effects. Have a blast, but don’t lost sight of why you are there...
MIKE
The amount of hard work and drive you need to succeed.
Art School was one of the hardest and most rewarding things I have ever done, but it all paid off.
SUZY
The right selection of courses.
KURT CARRIE
The amount of work at college is very intense and you need to take it seriously...it’s not all partying.
How to find your path. It’s different for everyone and there’s no right way, but it’s up to you to find it. CHRIS
CHAD
The subjective nature of design professors.
If it’s not obvious what constitutes an A to a certain instructor, then ask directly and early what kind of work they are looking for.
The understanding that my education was my responsibility.
It may have been money my parents and I were spending for my education, but it was still my responsibility to get the education and make it pay off.
Q&A
R YA N
THE ONE THING NO ONE PREPARED YOU FOR
Every project is different. Every client is different. Every day is different.
IN YOUR CAREER?
PA U L
The constant change in technology
as well as design disciplines such as web, digital media, apps, etc.
E M I LY
RON
These are the variables you have to balance to be successful and happy.
M AT T
THE UnderstandING THAT you need to sell — stories, yourself, new business... Business development is a highly sought after skill set in our business.
I felt pretty prepared...but make sure you choose a reputable school. In the field of education
you have to learn through experience. MIKE
Working with people on a day to day basis can be very hard because each person has a different idea of what they are expecting as a final product.
Also many people do not like how they look or have a different concept of how they actually look compared to how they look inside their own mind.
No-one really can prepare you for the tight deadlines and tight budgets you will have to work with, not to mention the endless changes clients ask for with very little time to spare.
SUZY
How to be professional and not still in college. JUSTIN
1. That I was not going to land my dream job coming right out of school.
I naively thought I was going to walk right out of school and straight into a job at one of the premier design agencies in the country. Entering the workforce you will be given a step-ladder, not a trampoline...In the beginning while you are still proving yourself, you are going to work way harder than you expect to on the projects that no one else wants to take-on and work for way less than what you are expecting to make...
2. That not everyone would love my work.
The real-world is tough...you need to be able to take criticism, both constructive and unconstructive – and be able to turn that feedback into something that better aligns with the clients vision. The person flipping the bill ALWAYS has the final say...regardless of whether they deserve it or not.
3. That simply being a good designer is not enough..
Being successful in business takes a great degree of business savvy and not just understanding your craft, but the industries you work for as a whole.
KURT It’s not as easy as landing the job and working your way up,
you will probably need to put in the time outside of work to grow and end up where you want. But that can be awesome too!
CHRIS The fact that as a freelance artist I would forever be searching for a job. When one job was done, I had to go find another.
Every day I haVE to prove my value with every job I dO. CHAD
Appeasing an unhappy or demanding client. Designer majors should take more psychology courses (joking...sorta.)
CARRIE How hard it is to get into the magazine business and also how fast paced it is.
You need to learn how to do things without a lot of help from others.
Q&A What are some of the best
colleges and universities
to look at with a focus on your discipline, regional & National?
PA U L
RON
BGSU, Kent Sate, THE UnivERSITY of Cincinnati, Columbus COLLEGE of Art & Design, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTs & Cranbrook ACADEMY OF ART.
I don’t know.
Any good liberal arts college. You deal with so many topics and issues in our business that it’s important to have a well-rounded education. If not liberal arts, journalism school is a good route. I’m not a fan of communication schools...learn communications during internships in the summer.
E M I LY
The Art Institutes are great places to attend. All of the professors are still working in their field and also teaching so they are up to date on the latest and greatest technology, posing, and lighting for photography
R YA N
College of Visual Communication, Ohio University School of Visual Communication Design, Kent State University M AT T
The University of Akron
has a great Art Education program.
Malone University
also has a really reputable program. I have worked with both.
MIKE For Interior Architecture:
The Cleveland Institute of Art, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD), The University of Cincinnati & Art Center COLLEGE OF DESIGN
KURT
Well BGSU, of course!
JUSTIN
(Regionally) - Bowling Green State University, Kent State University, THE University of Cincinnati, Columbus College of Art and Design, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Cleveland Art Institute & Cranbrook Academy of Art (Nationally) – The D-School (Stanford, CA), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD,) Syracuse University, Academy of Art University (San FranCisco, CA) & Ringling College of Art and Design (Sarasota, FL),
CARRIE
The web is also full of amazing tools to help you learn and grow as well. That being said, nothing can replace the life experiences you’ll have attending college and the strong foundation you’ll get from a proven design program.
CHRIS I do like CCAD (COLUMBUS
COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN)
But there are other very good schools.
The Ringling College of Art & Design has a good reputation, THE School of Visual Arts in New York City. Rhode Island School of Design. Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids. All schools have their strengths mostly found in their faculty.
CHAD Coincidentally, the state of Ohio happens to have three of the best schools, on a national scale, within or near its border.
The university of Cincinnati I think any college with an art program can give you a great experience to prepare you for a graphic design position. I’d look for one
that gives you the opportunity to do internships. Being close to New York is probably the best place to be if you want to get into magazines, the majority of publishing companies are there. If you can get an “in” through an internship there, you might be able to continue on after college. It’s not easy getting into the magazine business.
has risen in the ranks over the last several years, due to its required internship program. The Ohio State University has always been strong, as well as Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University. If you desire to leave the region, Art Center, in Pasadena, Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, and the Rhode Island School of Design are all strong choices.
SUZY
PICK A SCHOOL WHERE YOU ARE INSPIRED BY THE SETTING...
Q&A Who are some of the best and/or
most interesting people, COMPANIES OR WEBSITE to follow
R YA N
behance.net vimeo.com designaside.com lumi.do (compiles your browsing
history and showcases things you’d like)
IN your discipline?
M AT T PA U L
Rick Valicenti, Why Not Associates, David Carson, James Victori. E M I LY
It is imperative for you to surround yourself with other art educators who have more experience with you. Attend
RON
Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman, world’s largest PR firm, @richardwedelman
Bill Stoller, 25-year PR Pro helping others get their share of publicity, Editor & Founder, Free Publicity Newsletter, @PublicityGuru
Joan Stewart, The speakers at our Professional Photographers conventions are usually the best out there in our field. It is great to go and listen to them, talk to them in person and get ideas and secrets behind their creative work.
the OAEA conferences. Pinterest is an amazing resource among many others.
Publicity and PR expert, journalist, author, @PublicityHound
MIKE
Santiago Calatrava for Architecture. For environment design I follow the firms rather then the designers:
FITCH, FRCH, RTKL, WD Partners, Interbrand/ Design Forum & Chute-Gurdeman
CARRIE
SPD.org, Coverjunkie.com
JUSTIN
[ DESIGN ] Tim Brown (@tceb62) Ideo (@Ideo) Fast Company Design (@FastCoDesign) Allan Peters (@AllanPeters) Scott Belsky (@ScottBelsky) Matt Walker (@MattWalker) Jessica Hische (@JessicaHische) Erin Huizenga (@ErinHuizenga) Clients From Hell (@clientsfh) Under Consideration (@ucllc) Steven Heller (@thedailyhellar) Jacob Cass (@justcreative) Chip Kidd (@Chipkidd) Design Related (@designrelated) Stefan Bucher (@StefanGBucher) Jason SantaMaria (@jasonsantamaria) [ Authors/WriterS ] Daniel Pink (@DanielPink) Chuck Salter (@ChuckSalter) Keith Ferrazzi (@ferrazzi) [ PHOTOGRAPHY ] Stephen Hamilton (@culinaryphoto) James Clear (@JamesClear) Penny De Los Santos (@pennydelossantos) Kevin Kubota (@KevinKubota) Helene Dajardin (@HeleneDujardin) Phoot Camp (@PhootCamp) Lauren Lemon (@LaurenLemon) Steph Goralnick (@Sgoralnick) Pictory (@pictory) Kevin Meredith (@KevinMeredith) [ BUSINESS ] Seth Godin (@ThisIsSethsBlog) Richard Branson (@richardbranson) Pete Cashmore (@petecashmore) Jason Fried (@jasonfried)
SUZY
Trendwatching.com Iconoculture.com Springwise.com Faith Popcorn Andrew Freeman Baum and White & for branding, Landor KURT
Follow the people you see speaking at all the conferences you’d love to attend. You’ll start to
see a small community of people who are shaping the way the web thinks.
CHRIS
George Pratt Brad Holland Regan Dunnnick John English James Gurney Jon Foster Sterling Hundley CHAD When searching for insight on the changing landscapes within my profession, I find that the most helpful authors seem to be less interested in promoting their own work and genuinely focused on the overall state of our discipline. They can admit design failures and use them as examples for growth. Tim Brown of IDEO has always done a nice job of adapting to these changes (designthinking.ideo. com.) Brian Ling also encourages designers to think beyond standard design processes (designsojourn.com.) For more bloggers worth checking out, go to
(designdroplets.com/general/ 10-industrial-designers-worthfollowing-on-twittER.)
Q&A What unfulfilled
career and/or creative aspirations
do you still carry?
PA U L
Everything you design or create ultimately should be a great or unique experience to the end viewer, audience or consumer, This is why
I wish to pursue a culinary career
which involves all 5 senses that one has to consider when creating.
RON
Take some time off to just creatively write. Nothing commercial. Nothing for clients. Just myself.
E M I LY
Someday I hope to own my own photography studio.
R YA N I have a recent passion for creative film making.
I would love to get involved with short documentary films and stories.
Video brings out a whole new artistic expression from my graphic design background.
M AT T
I feel like I still need to develop as an artist. CARRIE
Working for a national magazine like Bon Appetit or Travel & Leisure.
MIKE
JUSTIN
Own my own creative studio that encompasses all my creative passions, brand a professional sports team, revolutionize food and beverage within the sports and entertainment industries, become a serial entrepreneur, start an apparel company, create a written/photographic memoir based off a cross-country roadtrip, take way more photographs and to keep growing as a writer...but most importantly, to keep learning and building off what I have already done every single day.
I love Music and would love to study Music Theory and composition.
SUZY
To help companies stay relevant.
KURT
CHAD
I would like to work on more wilderness products or even join an outdoor based company as a design manager. Making tents, backpacks or any gear pertaining to one’s favorite hobby is an aspiration to many designers.
I’d still like to create something of my own and give back more.
CHRIS
I am still working. That’s what I like to do.
Q&A WHAT BOOKS HAVE HELPED TO INSPIRE YOUR CAREER?
R YA N
I am more of a magazine guy.
My wife Carrie and I have a slew of magazines circulating through our house monthly. I am inspired by certain stories and mostly through design and layout.
M AT T PA U L
Massive Change Bruce Mau
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Besides the Bible, there aren’t any speicific ones I can think of at this time.
Why Not Associates
Emotion As Promotion by Rick Valicenti
RON
Power and Influence Robert L. Dilenschneider
Ogilvy on Advertising David Ogilvy
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
CHAD
CARRIE
I mostly look at magazines for inspiration instead of books: Bon Appetit,
Travel & Leisure, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and New York Magazine.
My first required reading in art school, “Design for the Real World” by Victor Papanek, published in 1976, contains visionary advice/ethics that still hold true to this day. For technical expertise and tutorials, anything published via the Umeå Institute of Design offers inspiring images as well as step by step exercises on improving your technique. I have them all, but “Learning Curves” by Klara Sjölén and Allan Macdonald is my personal favorite.
JUSTIN
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey is a classic must-read for all.
Outliers Malcolm Gladwell A Whole New Mind Daniel Pink
Never Eat Alone & Who’s Got your Back
MIKE
Cradle to Cradle Michael Braungart
Good To Great Jim Collins
SUZY
A Whack on the Side Head Roger von Oech
Keith Ferrazzi
The Last Lecture Randy Pausch
ReWork Jason Fried Do You Matter? – How Great Design will make people love your company
KURT
America 24/7
CHRIS
To be honest, I read more blogs than books these days, but I believe inspiration can be found anywhere.
Robert Brunner
David Elliot Cohen
The Lighting Notebook Kevin Kubota
The Food Stylist’s Handbook Denise Vivaldo
Hot Shots Kevin Meredith
My Adventures As An Illustrator Norman Rockwell
Imaginative Realism James Gurney
Q&A ANYTHING ELSE WORTH SHARING? I am a big advocate of Nature for inspiration
PA U L
having grown up on a farm. Also a big advocate of vernacular design and being aware design in your everyday surroundings.
You have to work from the ground up to get into magazines, start with internships,
CARRIE
don’t get frustrated if you aren’t designing magazines right away...with the right amount of experience, you’ll get there!
R YA N
Stay focused the next few years and you’ll find your way to what excites you and makes you happy. There may be roadblocks in the way, but keep fighting for what you want and you’ll be amazed where you end up in the end.
CHRIS
Artist should first work on getting good so they can react to or create their own future.
E M I LY If you have a dream or a wish to work in a certain field or career, don’t give up even if it becomes hard or you think that it is impossible.
I love my job and am so glad that I decided to chase after my dream career!
MIKE
Never say “you can’t do that” and “always be nice” because,
where theres a will, there is a way to achieve any goal...
and no ones wants to work with a jerk.
KURT
JUSTIN Follow your passions in life relentlessly and the rest will eventually take care of itself...Take risks...Be prepared to fail... But always learn you’re your mistakes... Trust your intuition...Relationships trump talent more than you would believe – start building them now... don’t accept mediocrity from yourself or those around you...
YOU alone hold the keys to your future.
SUZY Believe in yourself and your abilities and always learn and grow. Ask What if and What’s Next, and
do not be afraid of CHANGE.
You are young and the world is yours for the taking, so take it.
Trust your gut, do what you want, but be realistic and enjoy the ride!
CHAD You can never have enough studio time! Practicing sketch techniques on a daily basis WILL improve your ability to communicate initial product ideas more clearly, no matter what skill level you are at (admittedly, I don’t even do enough of it). I’ve seen many ideas with good potential thrown out by the client simply because they weren’t explained well enough visually during brainstorm sessions. Try to avoid filler material! Most managers and clients are savvy of thoughtless content...less can be more if those ideas are well researched previous to the presentation. As Ansel Adams once said;
“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.”
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ART SCHOOLS & COLLEGES
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF AR CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE
LOURDES UNIVERSITY
JOHN CARROLL UN
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY MALONE UNIVERSI
DEFIANCE COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY
ASHLAND UNIVERSITY
THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER
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BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY JAMES A. RHODES STATE COLLEGE
KENYON COLLEGE OHIO DOMINION COLLEGE OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
MOUNT
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING ART SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DENIS
KAPLAN COLLEGE
THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
ANTIOCH COLLEGE
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY WILBERTFORCE UNIVERSITY
MIAMI UNIVERSITY
ART ADVERTISING ACADEMY ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI
WILMINGTON COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. JOSEPH
THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNA THE ART INSTITUTE OF OHIO - CINCINNATI
SHAWNEE STATE UN
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY LAKE ERIE COLLEGE LAKELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE HIRAM COLLEGE NOTRE DAME COLLEGE OF OHIO LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE OBERLIN COLLEGE URSULINE COLLEGE
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KENT STATE UNIVERSITY THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON MOUNT UNION UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, WAYNE COLLEGE
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SON UNIVERSITY
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY THE ART INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH
MUSKINGUM COLLEGE
BEIN UNIVERSITY
MBUS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
T VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
MARIETTA COLLEGE
OHIO UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE
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ASHLAND UNIVERSITY ASHLAND, OHIO
PROGRAMS: COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES http://www.ashland.edu/cas/ departments/art Art Education Commercial Art Fine Art Computer Arts & Graphic Programming Students spend the first two years at Ashland taking classes in the Art Foundations Sequence and University core classes. Upper-level work, usually the junior year, is spent at A.I.P studying in one of their areas of concentration • Game art & design • Graphic design • Interior design • Industrial design technology • Media arts and animation • Video production • Photography • Visual effects • Motion graphics
SCHOOLS REPRESENTED TODAY AT CHARTER
CLEVELAND KENT STATE INSTITUTE OF ART UNIVERSITY CLEVELAND, OHIO
KENT, OHIO
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PROGRAMS:
http://www.cia.edu/
Animation Biomedical Art Ceramics Drawing Game Design Glass Graphic Design Illustration Industrial Design Interior Architecture Jewelry + Metals Painting Photography Printmaking Sculpture
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS BOWLING GREEN, OHIO COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN PROGRAMS: SCHOOL OF ART
http://art.bgsu.edu/ Art Education Digital Arts 2-D Studies 3-D Studies Art History Graphic Design
VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Photo Video Interactive Print
COLUMBUS, OHIO
PROGRAMS:
https://www.ccad.edu Advertising & Graphic Design Animation Cinematic Arts Fashion Design Fine Arts illustration Industrial Design Interior Design Photography
SCHOOL OF ART
www.kent.edu/art/ Art Education Art History Crafts Fine Art
SCHOOL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN http://www.kent.edu/vcd/
Visual Communication Design Photo Illustration
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON WAYNE COLLEGE ORRVILLE, OHIO
PROGRAMS: COLLEGE OF CREATIVE & PROFESSIONAL ARTS http://wayne.uakron.edu Art Communication
UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION ORRVILLE, OHIO
PROGRAMS: FINE ARTS PROGRAM
http://www.mountunion.edu/ fine-arts-program Art Major