Portfolio Day 10

You may bring your portfolio in book form, or load your images on a laptop and bring that with you.

There will be wifi available in the rooms.

Portfolio Day Schedule
8:45 AM - Pick up your list of review sessions
9:15 AM - Introductory remarks and keynote address from Ben Davis and Carl Bender
10:00 AM - Morning Reviews and Student Peer Reviews begin (four sessions)
12:40 PM - Lunch (lunch provided by AIGA SF)
1:40 PM - Afternoon Reviews and Student Peer Reviews begin (four sessions)
4:20 PM - Portfolio Day ends
4:30 - 8:00 PM - After Party at Thee Parkside

After-Party at Thee Parkside
We invite you to join us at the Official Portfolio Day After Party! Continue the conversation and relax after a long day. Please head on over to Thee Parkside at 4:30 pm for some beer on us. All ages welcome, you must be over 21 to drink, and you will be carded at the door. Thee Parkside, 17th Street @ Wisconsin · San Francisco, CA

Keynote Address
In keeping with the theme "New Order of the Ages" our presentation will be encouraging the designers of tomorrow to think big.  As designers we need to appeal to people's highest aspirations. We are the storytellers, the conduit between ideas and action. We not only make things to look good, but have the capacity to decide the ingredients. Our country and our world face intense and immediate challenges. We must rise to meet them. It starts with our philosophical core, emanates  through our ideas, and manifests itself through our actions. As designers we must believe in and act on our ability to shape a broader destiny.

Bio: Ben Davis
Ben Davis runs two SF-based graphic design and communication firms. In 1995 he founded Words Pictures Ideas with the guiding mantra of “Do Good. Have Fun. Learn. Make a Living.” In 2008, he opened a firm dedicated to purpose-driven design with the unlikely and unwieldy name I Shot Him Because I Loved Him, Damn Him with the simple mission “Changing Hearts, Minds and Habits.”

Ben has a passion for legacy projects—major civic and social projects that will create generational positive impacts. His firm has developed the naming, visual identities and outreach materials for public and private projects totaling more than $20 billion worth of investment. Active projects include the Bay Bridge Seismic Safety Project, TransBay Transit Center, Presidio Parkway, and Stanford Medical Center Renewal Project. Recent acknowledgements include a International Webby Award for best website in government, a sweep of four Compass Awards from the Transportation Marketing and Communications Association, listing in Communications Arts 15th Interactive Design Annual, and multiple "Site of the Day" listings from Adobe, CommArts and FWA.

Bio: Carl Bender
Carl graduated from the Academy of Art University's MFA graphic design program in 2009 and is currently working as a Senior Designer at I Shot Him Because I Loved Him, Damn Him, a purpose-driven firm with the mission of “Changing Hearts, Minds and Habits.” Prior to and during grad school Carl worked for over five years as a Senior Interactive Designer at firms in Philadelphia and San Francisco, where he put his time into projects for corporate clients like General Electric, GM, Cartoon Network, Adobe, Ten Thousand Villages and Time Warner.

Carl believes strongly in having fun, being curious and enjoying what you do: and when not “Changing Hearts, Minds and Habits,” Carl spends his free time and energy creating artwork for bands and record labels, and collaborates with various friends on a and a handful of other side projects.

Portfolio Day Reviewers

Geoff Ahmann | Partner | Ahmann Kadlec Associates | Website |
Troy Alders | Art Director | LucasFilm | Website |
David Hisaya Asari | Owner | David Asari | Website |
John Barretto | Art Director | Tolleson Design | Website |
Nina Bellisio | Instructor, Graphic Design | Art Institute of California, San Francisco | Website |
Melony Bravmann | Enterprise Business Engagement Manager | Cisco Systems | Website |
Adam Brodsley | Creative Director | Volume | Website |
Jon Chester | GD Instructor/Designer | AICA-SF/Turpentine Design | Website |
Craig Clark | Senior Art Director | Tolleson Design | Website |
Patrick Coyne | Editor/Designer | Communication Arts | Website |
Michael Cruz | Executive Creative Director | Rivet Global | Website |
Nina Dietzel | Founder/ Creative Director | 300FeetOut | Website |
Hugh Dubberly | Principal | Dubberly Design Office | Website |
David Flemate | Brand Strategist | // dadalab | Website |
Mary Foyder | Principal Designer | IDEO San Francisco | Website |
Lee Friedman | Principal | Lee Friedman Studio | Website |
Renaud Garnier | Principal | renaud garnier visual branding | Website |
Thomas Gaskin | Designer | Dubberly Design Office | Website |
Earl Gee | Partner | Gee + Chung Design | Website |
Lindsay Gravette | Graphic Designer | elbow | Website |
Tushar Gupte | Graphic Designer | Consultant | Website |
Amy Gustincic | Principal/Creative Director | Satellite Design | Website |
Nichole Guy | Creative Director | SYPartners | Website |
Holly Hadley | Faculty - Graphic Design | The Art Institute of California - Sacramento | Website |
Doug Hansen | Associate Professor Illustration | California State University Fresno | Website |
Hizam Haron | Principal/Creative Director | Hizam Design | Website |
Tim Harrington | Art Director & Design Instructor | BAYCAT | Website |
Amy Hayes | Design Director | Larsen | Website |
Todd Hedgpeth | Designer | TAWD Design | Website |
Eric Heiman | Principal | Volume Inc. | Website |
Nancy Hunt-Weber | Principal | Hunt Weber Inc. | Website |
Connie Hwang | Creative Director | Connie Hwang Design | Website |
Jenny Ji | Senior Graphic Designer | California Academy of Sciences | Website |
Brooke Johnson | Sr Designer | Chronicle Books | Website |
Ann Jordan | Partner/Creative Director | UNIT design collective | Website |
Bill Kerr | Design Director | Brand Engine | Website |
Deny Khoung | Senior Designer | LARSEN Design + Interactive | Website |
Shardul Kiri | Partner :: Creative Director | UNIT design collective | Website |
Denise Klarquist | Owner | Klarquist | Website |
Amos Klausner | Brand Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Website |
Jared Kozel | Sr. Art Director | Yahoo! Inc | Website |
Raj Kumar | Na | kumarCADD/ETC | Website |
John Ledwith | Senior Designer | Landor | Website |
Christopher Lehmann | Executive Creative Director | Landor | Website |
Eloise Leigh | Designer | Chronicle Books | Website |
Roderick Lemaire | Design Director | Mission Minded | Website |
Josh Levine | Director Of Strategy | Great Monday | Website |
Peter Markatos | Principal | Markatos Moore | Website |
Joe Miller | Principal | joe miller's company | Website |
Allison Milmoe | Senior Designer | Sephora | Website |
Mana Nahavandian | Art Director | Axiom Marketing Solution | Website |
Ed O'Brien | Designer | Hybrid Design | Website |
David Overstreet | Instructor | AiCA-SF | Website |
Rita Parada | Senior Design Specialist, Ui Design | Nokia Design | Website |
Juliana Pennington | Lead Exhibition Graphic Designer | Fine Arts Museums of SF | Website |
Abby Post | Web Designer | Post Design Studio | Website |
Aaron Pou | Principal / Creative Director | Autograph | Website |
Sal Randazzo | Graphic Designer | Sal Randazzo Design | Website |
Heidi Reinfeld | Managing Creative Director | Sequence | Website |
Ryan Reposar | Designer | Dubberly Design Office | Website |
Bill Reuter | Creative Director | Reuter Design | Website |
Chanpory Rith | Designer | Dubberly Design Office | Website |
Barrie Robinson | Creative Director / Designer | Various | Website |
Shawn Rosenberger | Principal/Creative Director | Thermostat | Website |
Linda Sager | Owner | Linda Sager Design | Website |
David Schuemann | Owner - Creative Director | CF Napa Brand Design | Website |
Jason Schulte | Principal - Creative Director | Office | Website
Mary Scott | Chair, School of Graphic Design | Academy of Art Univ. | Website |
Helena Seo | Principal | Helena Seo Design | Website |
Jennifer Serota | Design Director | Serota Designs | Website |
Anna Shaw | Director, Brand Communications | Smart Design | Website |
Tom Sieu | Founder | r3 | Website |
Christopher Simmons | Principal / Creative Director | MINE | Website |
Joshua Singer | Asst. Professor, Coord. Visual Comm. | San Francisco State University | Website |
Leila Singleton | Freelance Graphic Designer/Owner | The Whole Package | Website |
Steven Soshea | Creative Director/Owner | Steven Soshea Design | Website |
Max Spector | Art Director & Senior Designer | Chen Design Associates | Website |
Aaron Stapley | Creative Director | Stapley-Hildebrand | Website |
Aaron Stienstra | Senior Graphic Designer | The Focal Point LLC | Website |
Joshua Swanbeck | Senior Art Director | Apple | Website |
Kento Tanaka | Senior Graphic Designer | Incase Designs | Website |
Lora Tomova | Graphic Designer | Website |
Nico Van Dongen | Creative Advancement Coach  | Website |
Philip VanDusen | Executive Creative Director | ANTHEM Worldwide | Website |
Mark Verlander | Principal | Verlander Design | Website |
Rob Villanueva | Graphic Designer/Photographer | Weymouth Design | Website |
Stephanie Welter | Designer | Celery Design Collaborative | Website |
Cinthia Wen | Creative Director / Chair | NOON / CCA | Website |
Alisha Wilson | Owner | Alisha Wilson Illustration + Design | Website |
Chris Wilson | Art Director | Apple | Website |
Lori Wynn | Design Director | Deutsch Design Works | Website |
Stan Zienka | Associate Creative Director | ATTIK | Website |
Jacob Zukerman | Senior Designer | Nokia Design | Website |