Position:
Co-Founder / Director of Design at Cognition Studio, Advisory Board of Directors at The AIGA LINK Program
Work:
Cognition Studio
- Greater Seattle Area since Aug 2001
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Co-Founder / Director of Design
The AIGA LINK Program
- Greater Seattle Area since Jun 2012
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Advisory Board of Directors
Brand Envy
Aug 2007 - Nov 2007
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Senior Designer
Hughes Design | Communications
Aug 1998 - Aug 2001
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Designer
University of Chicago Hospitals
Aug 1995 - Aug 1996
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Staff Artist (Illustration & Design)
Education:
University of Illinois at Chicago 1996 - 1998
MAMS, Biomedical Visualization
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1991 - 1995
BFA, Biocommunications
School of Visual Concepts 2004 - 2007
Interests:
user experience, global health, information design, typography, cross-cultural design, information design, visual cognition, data comprehension, branding
Honor & Awards:
Co-author with David Ehlert "Art is Science is Art, Elucidating Science Through Visual Language"; ARCADE 31.3 "Science, Art and Inquiry" Summer 2013
Gallery Show at Design Commission, Seattle WA (June 2013)
Guest Lecturer Seattle Pacific University (SPU), Seattle, WA (April 2013)
Guest Lecturer and Gallery Show at Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA (Nov 2012)
Event Coordinator, AIGA Design for Good Summit in partnership with Pepsico Nutrition Ventures, Seattle (Aug 2012)
Delegate, TEDMED 2012
Presenter at AIGA Seattle's HIVE11
Guest Lecturer at University of Washington, Human Centered Design and Engineering (2011, 2012)
Guest Lecturer and Gallery Show at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Guest Lecturer for Association of Medical Illustrators
Guest Lecturer at University of Illinois BVIS program
Awards:
Best User Experience
Startup Weekend "Women's Edition"
Five Joys mobile app
Best Market Validation
Startup Weekend "Rise of the Designer"
Street Codes mobile + web app
Silver ADDY® Award
AAF Seattle
AIGA Seattle "Into the Woods" Branding & Marketing
Regional Design Annual
PRINT
Campaign for AIGA Seattle's "Into the Woods"
Design Annual Gold
Graphis
Branding for Akasha Restaurant in Culver City, CA (work done while under employment at Brand Envy)
American Graphic Design Award
GDUSA
2012: My46.org Website
2012: Natural Molecular Testing Corporation Website
2012: SH/FT Movement & Healing Arts Branding
2012: Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (NWABR) Annual Report
2012: Nelleen Berlin Branding
2012: Ecosystem Photo Look Book
2012: Dinnette Restaurant Email Marketing
2012: Centers for Priority Based Budgeting Conference Marketing
2009: Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (NWABR) "Student Bio Expo" Branding
2009: Cognition Studio "Cardament" Self-Promo
2008: Bellacure Marketing Brochure