UNIQUEWAYS WITH THOMAS GIRARD
By Thomas Girard
UNIQUEWAYS WITH THOMAS GIRARDMay 16, 2024
195 Irene Au, Partner
I am an operating partner at Khosla Ventures, working with portfolio companies to make their design and UX great. I build high performing teams, establish design practices, mentor and grow the next generation of great designers, and design interfaces and experiences.
194 Barry Gu, Designer
I’m Barry Gu, an interaction design professional, brand designer, illustrator, social media blogger, I have extensive experience in visual advertising, illustration, and brand design.
193 Josh Brewer, Designer
I'm a designer, founder, coach/advisor to early-stage startups, husband to the most extraordinary Dana Brewer, and father to two amazing kids. Previously, I was Principal Designer at Twitter, co-founder, CEO, and Executive Chairman at Abstract, and the co-creator of 52 Weeks Of UX.
192 Lex Wilson, Design Leader
I'm a designer from Cambridge, UK. I started creating 3D typography sometime in 2012. I'm fascinated by semantics, visual cues and symbolism. I'm fascinated by cognitive biases and the readiness of the human brain to be fooled by optical illusion.
183 Sarah Boris, Artist & Designer
Sarah Boris is an artist and designer based in London. She is a regular speaker at festivals around the world and in universities and was a guest lecturer at LCC, University of the Arts London, London Metropolitan University and University Hertfordshire. She was judge president for D&AD Professional Awards and has been a judge for D&AD New Blood, Design Week Awards, Latin American Design Awards to name a few.
191 Aaron Poe, Designer
With over 18 years of experience in the design industry, I strongly believe that being in the work defines creative leadership.
My passion for craft remains as strong as ever, and I actively contribute to the creative process, infusing projects with hands-on expertise. As a seasoned design leader, I find joy in both guiding my team and rolling up my sleeves to create.
190 Stephen Coles, Typographer
Stephen Coles is an editor and typographer living in Oakland. He is Associate Curator at Letterform Archive and co-publishes Fonts In Use and Typographica.
189 Mira Malatestinic, ART COMMITTEE MEMBER
ART COMMITTEE MEMBER Working on Art and Healing in the Hospital environment.
188 Paloma Rincon, Photographer
Madrid-based and Mexican-born, Paloma shoots imaginative still life that dazzles and provokes. Her art emerges at the intersection of photography with sculpture, design, installation and illustration. Paloma has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid
187 Bill Buxton, Design Legend
Bill Buxton has had a 50+ year romance with human aspects of technology, interaction design, telepresence, multi-modal adaptive designs, access, and the nature of innovation. Morphing from musician to designer/researcher he has practiced his craft at the University of Toronto, Xerox PARC, Alias Research, SGI and Microsoft Research. Awards include four honourary doctorates, co-recipient of an Academy Award for scientific and technical achievement, ACM/SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award, and Fellow of the ACM. In Dec. 2023 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Writer, speaker and consultant, he is also an Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto, and Distinguished Professor of Industrial Design, TU/Eindhoven. He is currently largely occupied curating his collection of over 900 artifacts documenting the history of interactive technologies. Outside of work, he has a passion for his family, books and the outdoors.
186 Diana Varma, Curious Human
I'm a curious human who helps other curious humans connect their creative right brains, technical left brains and entrepreneurial hearts
185 Cheryl D. Miller, Graphic Designer
Cheryl Miller is an American graphic designer, Christian minister, writer, artist, theologian, and decolonizing historian. She is known for her contributions to racial and gender equality in the graphic design field, and establishing one of the first black-women-owned design firms in New York City.
184 Laura Pol, Founder
olio.studio is an independent design practice specializing in branding, typography and digital content. We deliver effective solutions driven by creativity, imagination and humanity.
182 Lisa Strausfeld, Designer
Strausfeld became a partner in the New York office of Pentagram,[11] the distinguished international design consultancy in 2002. At Pentagram, Strausfeld and her team specialized in digital information projects, including the design of large-scale media installations, software prototypes and user interfaces, signage and websites for a broad range of civic, cultural and corporate clients.
181 Jonathan Barnbrook, Graphic Designer
Jonathan Barnbrook (born 1966) is a British graphic designer, film maker and typographer.[1] He trained at Saint Martin's School of Art and at the Royal College of Art, both in London.[2]
180 Grant Gibson, Writer
Grant Gibson is a UK-based design, craft and architecture writer and podcaster whose work has been published in The Observer, New Statesman, The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, FRAME, Dwell, House & Garden and quite a few others.
179 Jim Williams, Author
His book Type Matters! was published by Merrell Publishers and has been translated into German and Dutch editions.
178 Azmina Poddar, Chief Creative Officer
With over 25 years of experience in design and creative fields, is a Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer at Accenture Song, a leading global provider of digital transformation services.
177 Kevin Hawkins, Design Leader
Kevin Hawkins is a UX Research & Design leader with 17 years of experience based in Barcelona, Spain. He loves to solve complex problems, delight users, and amplify business value. Currently designing the future of hospitality at Amenitiz.
176 Alfredo Enciso, Graphic Designer
Peruvian graphic designer based in Costa Rica. After almost 5 years working as art director for the internationally awarded advertising agency JWT Costa Rica, I decided to start my own design firm, Pupila Estudio.
175 Nigel Holmes, Graphic Designer
Nigel Holmes (born 15 June 1942, Swanland, England) is a British/American graphic designer, author, and theorist, who focuses on information graphics and information design. Graduating from Royal College of Art in London in 1966, Holmes ran his own successful graphic design practice in England
174 Veronika Burian, Type Designer
Veronika Burian born in Czech Republic, is a product and type designer running the international indie foundry TypeTogether with partner José Scaglione since 2006.
173 Don Norman, Legend
The author of Design of Everyday Things, and Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered, among other titles. A distinguished professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego.
172 Josh Higgins, VP ECD
VP, Global Creative for Atlassian leading a multi-disciplined team of Creative, Brand, Design, Ops and Production. Previously, he was Global Chief Creative Officer for Reality Labs at Meta.
171 Nick Longo, Creative Executive
Creative Executive and Strategist helping businesses establish their brand, increase sales, and promote loyalty through effective creative leadership.
170 SNASK
WE ARE SNASK and we are your future romance. A creative agency of misfit geniuses conquering the world through fine lookin' design and real emotions. To worry about what people think of us is a waste of time. As long as we stay true to ourselves, we are living our dream.
169 Teresa Sdralevich, Graphic Designer
Teresa Sdralevich is a graphic designer, author, illustrator and silkscreen printer. Her work is characterised by boldness, humour and a constant quest for synthesis. Sdralevich likes best to deal with cultural, political and social issues but equally loves nonsense and playfulness.
168 Sadie Red Wing, Graphic Designer
Sadie Red Wing is a Lakota graphic designer and advocate from the Spirit Lake Nation of Fort Totten, North Dakota. Red Wing earned her BFA in New Media Arts and Interactive Design at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She received her Masters of Graphic Design from North Carolina State University.
167 Natalie Nixon, PhD, CEO
Natalie Nixon is "the creativity whisperer to the C-Suite". She's been selected as one of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World.
166 Anthony Burrill, Graphic Artist
Graphic artist who frequently collaborates with forward-thinking creatives in music, architecture, curation, education and more; pushing his traditional discipline of choice, letterpress printing.
165 David Lockie, Founder
David’s interests lie in WordPress, open source and future technology trends. He’s the founder and CEO of Pragmatic – a top-tier WordPress agency globally, which he started in 2012.
164 Kevin Poveda, Tattoo Artist
God’s Child & Tattoo Artist since 2013
163 Martina Flor, Lettering Artist
I’m an Award-winning Lettering Artist, Author and Educator. I have worked with several high-profile clients, been on stage at dozens of design conferences, won awards, and built the business of my dreams doing what I love.
162 Irene Pereyra, Designer
Since 2007, I have led the program management and UX initiatives for clients including M+, The Met, Kickstarter, Wacom, Zumtobel, USA Today, EA, Spotify, and Google. My work has been recognized by Cannes, the Webbys, the Emmys, the Interaction Design Association, the European Design Awards, and many more.
161 Jay Grandin, Co-Founder
Jay is Co-Founder of Giant Ant, an animation studio in Vancouver. Giant Ant has been awarded at the Daytime Emmys, ADC Awards, The Clios & One Show, and has been named 4 times on Working Not Working’s list of 50 Companies Freelance Creatives Would Kill to Work for.
160 Josh Clark, UX Design Leader
Josh Clark is a UX design leader who helps organizations build products for what's next. He is founder of Big Medium, a New York design studio specializing in future-friendly interfaces for artificial intelligence, connected devices, and responsive websites. His clients include Samsung, United Airlines, ExxonMobil, About.com, O’Reilly Media, and many others.
159 Bonnie Siegler, Graphic Designer
Bonnie Siegler (born 1963) is a New York-based graphic designer. She is the founder of the design studio Eight and a Half and, before that, co-founded the design studio Number Seventeen. Her clients include Participant Media, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live, HBO, Brooklyn Public Library, Maveron, Random House, The Criterion Collection,[2] The New York Times, Nickelodeon, and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
158 April Greiman, Design Legend
April Greiman (born March 22, 1948) is an American designer widely recognized as one of the first designers to embrace computer technology as a design tool. Greiman is also credited with helping to import the European New Wave design style to the US during the late 70s and early 80s."[1][2] According to design historian Steven Heller, “April Greiman was a bridge between the modern and postmodern, the analog and the digital.”
157 Aarron Walter, Author
I’ve spent 14 years leading teams to success at organizations like Mailchimp, InVision, and Resolve to Save Lives. I’m also a trusted voice in the design industry as an author, consultant, and co-host of one of the most popular design podcasts.
156 Lisa Congdon, Illustrator
Lisa Congdon an internationally known fine artist, illustrator and writer. She makes art for clients around the globe, including Target, Amazon, Google, Schwinn, Warby Parker, Method, Comme des Garcons, REI and MoMa, among many others. She exhibits internationally, including solo shows at Saint Mary's College Museum of Art (California), Chefas Projects (Oregon) and Paradigm Gallery (Philadelphia), along with group shows at Hashimoto Contemporary in Los Angeles, Museum of Design Atlanta and The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. She is the author of ten books, including Art Inc: The Essential Guide to Building Your Career as an Artist
155 Elizabeth Tunstall, Academic Leader
Elizabeth "Dori" Tunstall is a design anthropologist, researcher, academic leader, writer, and educator. She was dean of the faculty of design at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada, from 2016–2023, and the first black dean of a faculty of design anywhere.
154 Jesi Carson, Interaction Designer
Jesi Carson is a design researcher and interaction designer specializing in community engagement and creative facilitation. Her current roles include Co-director and Board President of the Vancouver Design Nerds︎︎︎.
153 Paul Boag, Digital Leader
Paul is a leader in conversion optimisation, digital leadership and UX design thinking. He has over 25 years of experience working with clients such as Doctors Without Borders and PUMA. He is the author of six books and a well-respected presenter.
152 Jeff Gothelf, Author
Jeff helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX (now in it’s 3rd edition) and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond.
151 Jessica Hische, Lettering Artist
Jessica Hische is a lettering artist and author with a tendency to overshare and a penchant for procrastiworking.
150 Alison Rand, Experience Designer
As a seasoned product design leader with over 20 years in the field, my career has recently pivoted towards more impact-driven initiatives. This shift isn't just a change in my professional trajectory; it represents a deeper commitment to creating designs that genuinely make a difference.
149 Rachel Botsman, Speaker and Author
Rachel Botsman is a leading expert on trust in the modern world. Her two critically acclaimed books -What’s Mine is Yours and Who Can You Trust?–have been translated into 14 languages. She has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 and honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Her TED talks have been viewed more than five million times.
148 Alastair Simpson, VP
Father, first. Designer, business leader & enabler of teams, second. Wannabe DJ, third :). Currently leading the design team at Dropbox across all creative disciplines; Brand, Product Design, Research, Content Design and Ops.
147 Barry Katz, Talent Manager
Barry Katz is a television producer, film producer and talent manager. He was the owner and founder of the Boston Comedy Club in New York City and helped launch the careers of many successful comedians
146 Andy Budd, Design Leader
A huge advocate for the design community, Andy is a regular speaker at international conferences like SXSW, Awwwards and The Next Web. He founded and curated the dConstruct, UX London and Leading Design conferences, as well as an online community of over 2,000 design leaders. He's a founding member of the Adobe Design Circle and has appeared on both the Wired 100 and BIMA 100 lists, as well as winning agency of the year several times.