Seattle Sims is a designer, illustrator, animator, and educator focused on educational and community-based design. She has created work for organizations including the Seattle Aquarium, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Seattle’s Uptown Arts & Culture District. She currently works in multimedia communications for the city of Seattle and teaches systems at Cornish College of […]
Jeff Brice works across multiple disciplines exploring the creative possibilities of new technologies. He has worked as Creative Director on Gemspinner II Waterquest by Tiny Bite Games. He was an early Creative Developer for Microsoft’s Hololens mixed-reality goggles, helping develop student projects for the first ever large scale exhibition of this new technology. His illustration […]
Jesus is a Mexican-American graphic designer and educator. He is the Founder of the Mandrake-Voraz studio. He has experience with identity systems, typography, motion, apparel, UI/UX, and layout design. In his free time, he likes to play guitar, experiment with his creativity, and have fun with friends!
Abigail Platter represents ideas through technical craft, conceptual thinking, and visual storytelling. She teaches at multiple institutions in the Seattle area, and has been an illustrator and educator for 10 years. Grief House, her first solo show, opened on Feb. 12, 2022 in the Nickerson Studios at Seattle Pacific University. She is currently pursuing her […]
Simran Jagnik is a Creative Technologist from New York City with an MFA in Design Technology from the Parsons School of Design. She explores experimental mediums for storytelling and interactive play experiences, pushing the boundaries of how technology shapes engagement and expression. Simran focuses on humanizing technology, making it more intuitive, accessible, and emotionally resonant. […]
Gala Bent is a Professor of Design with a specialization in Illustration. Over the course of her career, Bent has worked as an illustrator and a collaborator with scientists and musicians, with a parallel practice in studio-based drawing and painting. She is a project-based illustrator whose recent work includes illustrations for a biochemistry book (A […]
Susan Boye’s practice centers on drawing and exploring perceptions of time, space, and object. Originally from Denmark, Boye has worked professionally as a printmaker at Stone Press Editions in Seattle, where she collaborated with noted artists Jacob Lawrence and Dale Chihuly in processing and printing lithographic editions of their work. Boye has also worked as […]
I am a designer and educator using my several decades of industry experience to create realistic and challenging curriculum. I maintain a consultancy practice through which I engage in professional work throughout the year. Through my corporate and studio experience I have filled research, strategy, and design roles on software and hardware programs for Blink […]
Lorena is a Mexican American graphic designer with a background in publishing and a sweet tooth for type and lettering, together with more than twenty years of experience as an educator. She grew up in Mexico City, where she earned her degree and gained experience in illustration, advertisement, packaging, film production and even a little […]
Natalia Ilyin is a design critic, teacher, and writer. Professor of Design, Design History, and Criticism at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, she has also taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Yale University, the Cooper Union, and the University of Washington. She is a founding faculty of the MFA in Graphic Design […]