April 2012
11 posts
An Interview with Mercy Lomelin
Mercy Lomelin, 20
Give us a brief bio:
Where are you from? Born? Raised?
Born in Corpus Christi, raised in Lewisville and Flower Mound.
Where did you go to school?
Flower Mound High School and the University of North Texas
What did you study, and how did you become interested in design?
Communication Design at UNT. I was introduced to graphic design by an Advertising Design Class at the...
An Interview with Aubrey Klein
Aubrey Klein, 24
Give us a brief bio:
Where are you from? Born? Raised?
From/Born/Raised in Wichita, KS
Where did you go to school?
Kansas State University
What did you study, and how did you become interested in design?
I grew up with a love for drawing and painting, but in high school, I became more interested in problem-solving than self-expression. This prompted me to (excitedly) pursue a...
An Interview with Michèle Wong
Michèle Wong, 28
“it’s tough trying to be a badass and a lady at the same time”
Give us a brief bio:
Where are you from? Born? Raised?
Mauritius, Indian Ocean
Where did you go to school?
University of Dayton and North Carolina State University
What did you study, and how did you become interested in design?
BFA in Visual Communication Design and Masters in Graphic Design
Do you...
An Interview with Lily Smith+Kirkley
Lily Smith+Kirkley, 30
Give us a brief bio:
Where are you from? Born? Raised? I was born and raised in Dallas, TX
Where did you go to school? Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
What did you study, and how did you become interested in design? I studied design. I became interested in design through my parents. My mother and father were in the business and fostered my artistic...
An Interview with Kerry Franz
Kerry Franz, 32
Give us a brief bio:
Where are you from? Born? Raised? El Paso, TX
Where did you go to school?Texas State University in San Marcos
What did you study, and how did you become interested in design? Communication Design. I began drawing when I was really little. When I first began college, I didn’t really know what graphic design was. I discovered it from my best friend who...
An Interview with Samantha Reitmayer Sano
Samantha Reitmayer Sano, 33
Give us a brief bio:
Where are you from? Corpus Christi
Born? Laredo
Raised? Houston
Where did you go to school?Texas Christian University
What did you study, and how did you become interested in design? Graphic design, I’m an artist and needed to make a living, no idea what graphic design even was
Do you find that there are difficulties for female designers to find...
An Interview with Karen Dorff
Karen Dorff Bio // Age: 53
I was born and raised in North Dakota. I went to school first at Moorhead State University in Minnesota and finished my degree at the University of North Texas (North Texas State at that time.) I studied painting and drawing and became interested in design when I was hired fresh out of school to draw digital images with one
of the first digital drawing programs for...
An Interview with Sharon LeJeune
Sharon LeJeune, 45
Give us a brief bio: I was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana – the youngest of 4 children. I went to school at the University of Louisiana where I earned a BFA. I am 45 years old.
Do you find that there are difficulties for female designers to find their place in the design community? How about to become leaders in the field?
I think it can be difficult for women,...
An Interview with Tabitha Bogard
Tabitha Bogard, 42
Give us a brief bio:
Where are you from? Born? Muskogee, Oklahoma Raised? Skiatook, Oklahoma
Where did you go to school?
The University of Oklahoma
What did you study, and how did you become interested in design?
Visual Communications in the School of Art at OU. I’ve always been creative but the truth is I became interested in design because of a movie I saw in the ‘80s. I...
An Interview with Rhonda Camp Warren
Rhonda Camp Warren, 48
Where are you from? Born? Raised? / Where did you go to school?/ What did you study, and how did you become interested in design? Basically my life as a designer is quite by accident. I was artistic at an early age, but only because I was highly competitive with my older sister. My sister had true natural artistic ability and my mother enrolled her in private “art” classes....
An Interview with Meta Newhouse
Meta Newhouse, Age 46
Where are you from? Dallas
Born? Dallas
Raised? Dallas, but now living in Bozeman, Montana
Where did you go to school? Vanderbilt University with a BA in Fine Arts (Art History) and University of North Texas with a MFA in Communication Design.
What did you study, and how did you become interested in design? I studied Art History when I was an undergrad and I didn’t...
November 2011
9 posts
“I would very proudly nominate Liz Burnett, who has worked in Dallas since her...”
– 40’s Nominee: Liz Burnett Nominator: Jeff Breazeale
“Besides being very fond of Liz she continually reaches for the new variation in...”
– Nominee: Liz Bulloch Burnett Nominator: Casey McGarr
“Lover of typography letterpress and point of difference in her design. Lily...”
– 30’s Nominee: Lily Smith-Kirkley Nominator: Casey McGarr
“Robin Ayers @ RBMM
Donna Aldredge @ RBMM
Samantha Reitmeyer @ Swoon
Megan...”
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“Hard to think of a better photographer in town, regardless of gender. I like her...”
– nominee: Allison V. Smith nominator: Jimmy Ball
“Poppy (Poppywriter) was the one you called upon when you needed a big gun. She...”
– nominee: Poppy Sundeed nominator: Meta Newhouse
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Meta Newhouse - 40’s Diana McKnight - 50’s Lori Wilson - Unknown (but 40-50’s) Rachel Castor - 20’s Lily Smith Kirkley - Unknown (but 20-30’s) Sam Reitmayer Sano - 30’s Liz Burnett - Unknown (late 30’s maybe) Donna aldrige
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