Speakers
& Panels

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  Kelli
  Anderson

  artist, designer & tinkerer

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  Kelli Anderson is an artist and designer in every sense of the meaning — from photographs, to drawings that bounce off the pages with life, to illustrations and letterings that grace the covers of books, invites, and logos, down to the nitty gritty of coding websites — Kelli does it all. She is a tinkerer who never backs down from the opportunity to experiment with new ways to create images and experiences. In everything she does, Kelli strives to make her work come alive, pushing the limits of normal, and making art interactive for her audience. Kelli has worked with a variety of clients including Airbnb and teaches Art History at Pratt University.

  • kellianderson.com
  • @kellianderson

  ThursdaySession 2 - 10:15AM

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  James
  White

  visual artist & designer

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  James White began his career as a visual artist and designer at the age of 4 years old. While his career began with stealing his parent’s typewriter paper to sketch out images, it didn’t end there. Upon graduating high school, the Canadian artist found himself developing his skill-set at a local Graphic Design course. After learning the ins and outs of Photoshop and Illustrator, James’ career as a designer took off and he began diving into the world of web design and print campaigns. His love for side projects kept him active, and later paved the way for James to found Signalnoise Studio where he gained recognition in the design industry and was able to come alongside of companies such as Nike, Google, MTV, and Universal Music in order to create designs for pop culture.

  • signalnoise.com
  • @signalnoise

  ThursdaySession 4 - 3:15PM

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  Danielle
  Evans

  letterer & dimensional type

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  Danielle Evans is a lover of typography and lettering. While many artists are confined by pen, paper, and computer screens — Danielle, a well-rounded artist, has found her niche outside of the norm. With a love for baking and exercising creativity, Danielle desires to create experiences for people through her work by using edible objects as her tool to create breath-taking lettering. Danielle’s unique line of work has given her the opportunity to art direct, food style, and collaborate with a variety of brands in order to create authentic, evocative, and approachable designs. With creative awards in her back pocket, Danielle has been able to work with well-known brands such as Target, Ramano’s Macaroni Grill, and Kellog just to name a few.

  • marmaladebleue.com
  • @marmaladebleue

  FridaySession 2 - 10:15AM

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  Eight Hour
  Day

  Katie Kirk & Nathan Strandberg

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  Eight Hour Day is the studio of Katie Kirk and Nathan Strandberg, a husband-and-wife design team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most often found at the studio, the dog park or an antique shop, EHD is always in the mood to scheme, collaborate and create. With a love of illustration, branding, and iconography they have worked with such clients as Target, Real Simple Magazine, Chronicle Books, Williams Sonoma, Old Navy, and the Walker Art Center, among others.

  • eighthourday.com
  • @eighthourday

  FridaySession 4 - 3:15PM

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  Helena
  Price

  photographer & adventurer extraordinaire

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  Helena Price is a photographer based out of San Francisco, California. Her career as a photographer started off at the age of six with disposable 35 mm cameras she found lying around her house, compliments of her father. After college, Helena moved to California and began a career in the Tech and PR industry working with start-ups as the head of communications. However, Helena soon ventured off from the corporate world to pursue her love for photography. Helena merged her love for humanity and capturing moments that people can relate to. Helena has worked with brands such as Nike, Uber, Dropbox among many others.

  • helenaprice.com
  • @helena

  ThursdaySession 3 - 11:25AM
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  Tad
  Carpenter

  Designer & Illustrator

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  Tad Carpenter is a designer, illustrator and teacher hailing from Kansas City, MO. Carpenter runs his studio, Tad Carpenter Creative with a focus on bringing messages to life through branding, packaging and illustrative based design. Tad has worked with the great people at Target, Macy's, Old Navy, Chronicle Books, Conan O'Brien, Adobe and MTV among others. Carpenter has also written and illustrated several children's books in the current market place including his most recent titles the I Say, You Say series , Sad Santa and Ninja, Ninja Never Stop.

  • tadcarpenter.com
  • @TadCarpenter

  FridaySession 5 - 4:25PM

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  Shawn
  Blanc

  writer & designer

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  Shawn Blanc is writer and designer based out of Kansas City. In 2007, Shawn began his writing career on ShawnBlanc.net. As the years passed, Shawn’s passion for writing grew and so did his audience. In the spring of 2011, Shawn quit his day job and began writing full-time. Creating his dream job, Shawn continues to write daily, offering a monthly membership to his readers which includes perks such as behind-the-scenes podcasts discussing technology and design, a monthly member journal which is full of hypertext tidbits, and his secret coffee recipes! Through his writings, Shawn is helping creatives bridge the gap between good work and great work.

  • shawnblanc.net
  • @shawnblanc

  ThursdaySession 1 - 9:15AM

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  Larry
  Hubatka

  creative director @ Elevation Church

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  South Korea. Las Vegas. SoCal. Seattle. Portland. And finally Charlotte. Growing up in a military family took Larry around the world, and now he’s in a position as the Creative Pastor at Elevation Church serving under the leadership of Pastor Steven Furtick to help deliver the Gospel around the world.

  With a background that includes both corporate and non-profit experience, he enjoys the challenge of building one of the fastest growing churches in America.

  Larry, his wife Kelly, and their 4 girls have been at Elevation Church from the beginning in 2006, and he currently oversees Creative – design, media, marketing, and branding.

  • larryhubatka.com
  • @larryhubatka

  FridaySession 1 - 9:15AM

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  Dan
  Cassaro

  illustrator & letterer

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  Dan Cassaro is a native New Yorker who runs a one-man design studio, Young Jerks. His unique brand brings a new level of excellence to custom type, lettering, illustration, and logo design. Among his many accomplishments and accolades from the New Yorker, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, New York Times Magazine, is the Rolling Stones — which goes hand in hand with his heavy influence from powerful 70s rock and roll!

  • youngjerks.com
  • @dan_cassaro

  FridaySession 3 - 11:25AM

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  Jeremy
  Cowart

  photographer & founder of Help-Portrait

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  Jeremy Cowart is a celebrity photographer, entrepreneur and humanitarian. Recently named as "the most influential photographer on the internet", he is also the founder of an iPhone app called OKDOTHIS and also the founder of the global photography movement Help-Portrait. Jeremy lives in Nashville with his wife.

  • jeremycowart.com
  • @jeremycowart

  ThursdaySession 5 - 4:25PM