Michael Braunlin resides in St.Paul, MN with his fiancé and their cat and dog. He has a BFA with an emphasis in Architecture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He did the Peace Corps in South Africa , where his focus was on rural development. After his Peace Corps experience he returned →
My name is Claudia Davelman. I immigrated from Ukraine to New York in 1994. I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in 2006. I majored in Fashion Design and graduated cum laude and with critics award. Prior to attending the FIT I worked at Jane Suttell Fashion Atelier as a pattern maker. While →
Allison Hendricks earned her BFA in Fashion Design from Kent State University. She has since worked in Design and Patternmaking roles, first at high end fashion labels in New York, and later at an outdoor brand in California that better aligns with her values and interests. She is passionate about creating purposeful products, and leading →
Taylor is currently a research scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle, studying optical engineering for the noninvasive, interferometric detection of neural signals in the retina (Sabesan lab). He previously worked in a synthetic biology lab at Columbia in NYC (Danino lab), and received his B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Chinese studies from the University of →
Since graduating MCAD in 2011 with a BFA in Illustration, Sarah has been a Senior Creative for a Minneapolis-based retail consulting firm, bringing strategic shopping experiences and compelling brand stories to life for mass retail. She is also an active Sustainability Advocate, passionate about living a sustainable lifestyle. Leading by example, she is a plant-based →
Audrey Hunt graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Fibers. As a fiber artist, her specialties are in weaving, natural dyes, and screen printing. Since graduating, she has worked many jobs, including screen printer, pattern designer, seamstress, and funeral assistant, to name a few. She is passionate about sustainability →
I am a creative problem solver. I started off drawing and painting as a child and moved into the computer aided design world my senior year of high school. I have been designing professionally for almost nine years now, and I absolutely love it. I currently work as a Creative Designer for General Motors and →
Kate loves learning about how things work and deconstructing her assumptions to cultivate resilience. She’s a photographer and sound artist who has exhibited in Australia, China, Germany, Spain, and throughout the UK, as well as in New York and Montana. Her work has been featured in Next Level Magazine, Royal Photographic Society: Contemporary Photography, The →
Tica Lubin earned a BA in Fine Arts and Biology from CU Boulder. Moving to NYC after college she completed a certificate in Botanical Illustration at the New York Botanical Gardens and embarked on a career in museum exhibit design, fabrication, content creation at the American Museum of Natural History. She was instrumental in starting →
Angelina Malizia earned her BS in Product Design from the University of Oregon. Upon graduation, Angelina began working with heritage leather goods in Portland, OR. This led her to designing and developing up–cycled bags and accessories from pre and post consumer salvage. She now works as an independent softgoods designer and developer, primarily working with startups to establish →
Whitley Mike is an avid graphic designer and art director working at a top Minneapolis advertising firm. Throughout her career she has a been at the core of major campaigns gaining understanding of the social impact advertising has on consumers and the environment. With a passion for environmental conservation, minimalism and animal rights her career goals are centered →
Ethan Mitchell is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he received his Bachelor’s in Industrial Design and Philosophy. While in school, he engaged with the debate team, the Industrial Design Society of America (ISDA), Engineers without Borders (EWB), and the National Organization of Business and Engineering (NOBE). He currently lives →
Michele Moore is an art director with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), where she strives to communicate to more than 9.6 million people every day. She has been part of Metro’s award-winning in-house Design Studio since 2005, designing everything from billboards to belt buckles in both print and digital formats. Prior to →
I earned my BS degree in Electrical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. I currently work as an electrical design engineer with the main focus in analog circuit design. I enjoy robotics, origami, kirigami, and crafts. I joined the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge from 2015 to 2018 in which I devoted my time to →
Lena Niemi is a designer, writer and concept developer based in Oslo, Norway. With a degree in communication and multimedia design she has worked in global advertising agencies, design agencies and for the Norwegian Design Council. Lena is also a published author with a collection of short stories, a book length essay and a staged play under →
Akshaya Patrachari has a Masters in Textile Technology and Management from NC State and over 7 years of product marketing and category management experience in Apparel, Non-woven and Footwear. Most recently, she worked at a Fortune 500 company where she led customer insight and strategy efforts to support launching a new fiber product into performance →
Anabel Sinn earned a BFA in Communication Design from Parsons School Of Design in New York. She is the co-founder of Addtothenoise, a design studio in Los Angeles which specializes in branding, art direction and design. Over the course of her career, Anabel has worked as an Art Director at major record labels including Warner Brothers →
Dawn Suiter graduated with a BA in Screen Arts and Cultures and minor in International Studies from the University of Michigan in 2010. Over the past 6 years, she has worked as an AmeriCorps member for local nonprofits, PA on film productions, and as a Specialist at Apple. A proponent of environmental conservation and social justice →
Alex Wong is currently a senior instructor in the Engineering Drafting and Design department at Dunwoody College of Technology. He earned an Associate’s degree from Dunwoody in Engineering Drafting and Design, and a Bachelor’s degree from UW-Madison in Art. Prior to teaching, Alex worked as a mechanical designer in the Twin Cities, and he helped →
Stephanie Wyler received her BFA in Integrated Design at Finlandia University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is interested in the implications of modularity in the realm of furniture and product design. Stephanie worked her way through college as a restaurant/bar manager and later gained experience in her field as a project coordinator in the →
