Flux 2011 Judges
Weston McWhorter
Weston McWhorter is a multi-disciplinary designer and interactive strategist currently living and working in the modern renaissance enclave of New Orleans, Louisiana. Father of two, husband of one. He has served as an adjunct professor at Loyola University teaching UI design, information architecture and the fundamentals of web design to junior and senior design majors. This fall he will be navigating his bicycle through the heartland of America to raise money and awareness for the pediatric cancer foundation, Pablove. Additionally, he is currently serving as president of the New Orleans chapter of AIGA – the professional association for design.
Brian Singer
Brian Singer is the creative director and founder of Altitude Associates, a San Francisco based creative agency that helps consumer brands engage people through inspiration. Altitude has worked on programs with companies such as Apple, Adidas, Stanford Lively Arts, and Chronicle Books, among others.
His work has garnered recognition from Communication Arts, AIGA 365, Print, How, Graphis, Step, AR100, and he has work in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Brian is also the creator of The 1000 Journals Project, a global art experiment where journals are passed from hand to hand. The journals have traveled to 40 countries, and through every US state. They’ve come to rest in hostels, cafes and law offices; been the subject of treasure hunts, brought to remote mountaintops, abandoned at airports and stolen at gunpoint.
The project has been covered in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens and many others. It is the subject of a book published by Chronicle Books, a feature length documentary by Andrea Kreuzhage, and was exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2009, and the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in 2011.
Brian is the former President of the San Francisco chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design, and has taught in both the CCA Extension and Academy of Art University programs. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.
Dawn Zidonis
Co-founder and creative director of Scheme Studio in Cleveland, Dawn is all about collaboration—combining different disciplines and bringing together entrepreneurs to deliver effective design solutions. Dawn’s branding, packaging design, retail environment display, interaction design and marketing experience spans more than 14 years, and she’s even dabbled in fashion accessory design. Her work has been featured numerous times in HOW Magazine and ReadyMade. She is currently serving the design community as President of AIGA Cleveland to further inspire, educate, promote design excellence and innovation. In June 2012 she’ll embark on her new adventure as Presidents Council Chair for AIGA national.
Dawn has an obsession for running, found objects, and random typography in nature.
Past Judges
Leslie Jensen-Inman, assistant professor at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Seth Johnson, Seth Johnson Design
Ellen Lupton, curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution in New York City and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at MICA
Greg Gibilisco, Maya Design
Amanda Otter, Otter: Create
Craig Welsh, GoWelsh
Rachel Elnar, Ramp Creative
Jeffrey Everett, El Jefe Design
Jessica Hische, Jessica Hische Design + Illustration
John Foster, Bad People Good Things
Nolen Strals, Post Typography
Bruce Willen, Post Typography
David Vogin, 314 Design
John Foster, Bad People Good Things
Jean Peterson, Jean Peterson Design
Robert Eckhardt, Interactive Media Auteur