Andy Hullinger Andy Hullinger is a design professor and the Program Chair for Web Design and Development at Harrington College of Design. His “***coding for creatives***” curriculum is helping to change the way designers work with creative technologies. Creator of...
Dennis Kardys Dennis Kardys is a Chicago based UX designer and author with an affinity for all things mobile. He’s the author of the recently published Mobile Web Triage, and a contributing author to Smashing Magazine’s The Mobile Book. As...
Brandy Agerbeck Brandy Agerbeck believes that drawing is a powerful thinking tool. As a graphic facilitator, Brandy supports clients by mapping out their complex conversations onto giant sheets of paper. Transforming the discussion into a tangible drawing frees your best...
Jason Ulaszek Jason Ulaszek leads the customer experience strategy practice at Manifest Digital. He has worked with some of the biggest and most influential brands in the country, including Allstate, Cardinal Health, Kohl’s and Mattel, helping them identify new business...
Mari Luangrath Mari Luangrath is best known for her dynamic speaking style, in which she shares stories about starting and growing Chicago’s Foiled Cupcakes. Starting the company using social media as its only form of advertising, Mari grew the business...
Max Temkin Max Temkin is a designer from Chicago, Il. He’s worked for good causes like Obama for America and the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation, and makes the games Cards Against Humanity, Humans vs. Zombies, and Werewolf. The Chicago Sun...
Dan Klyn Dan Klyn, co-founder of The Understanding Group (TUG), teaches information architecture at the University of Michigan School of Information and serves on the board of the IA Institute. He does IA work for clients including Herman Miller and...
Dave Kiss Dave Kiss branches from the designer/developer model and is interested in shifting the paradigm that learning always has to be from the top down. He currently writes code and love-emails at Greyscalegorilla. In his free-time, Dave works on...
Smith Schwartz Smith Schwartz is a digital nomad who cascades with style around U.S. and the globe while working as a front-end developer and designer. She also writes about her adventures at Schwartzography.com as well as in the column ‘Well-Designed...
Victoria Pater Victoria Pater is a digitally-focused creative in Chicago. She currently works as a senior mobile designer at Orbitz Worldwide. As a co-founder of Quite Strong, a female collaborative made up of five women, she is a dedicated advocate...
