Tina Mansuwan

Children's Illustrator

Skills: Illustrates, kicks ass, plays chopin, but not all at the same time| Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand| Resides: Bangkok, Thailand | Notables: Had my illustrations on London billboards that are bigger than my house| Influences: Classic cartoons, fairytales, folk arts, jewelries, dogs| Music: I listen to almost everything non tweenie pop or rap related| Site: TBA


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Natalie Sklobovskaya

Designer + Illustrator

Name: Natalie Sklobovskaya | Skills: Illustration, web design, animation, programming, music, geeking out | Hometown: Obninsk, Russia | Resides: Chicago, United States | Notables: Authors & Illustrators of the Octonauts childrens book series. Designers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic mascots. Creators of the Cloudseeders book and art series. | Influences: Harvey T. Dunn, Jason Lutes, Tomer Hanuka | Music: Film soundtracks and electronica | site: http://www.sklobovskaya.com


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Jared Nickerson

Owner of Jthree Concepts

Jthree Concepts is a Seattle-based design studio owned and operated by Jared K Nickerson. The studio's main focus is character, logo, videogame, editorial, and textile design.  They also specialize in art direction and branding. Their client list includes Nike, Adidas, Coca-cola, Activision, K2 Snowboards, and CultureClub to name a few.


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Marius Bauer

Designer + Illustrator

Name: Marius Bauer | Skills: I love to cook and lay out the meals on nice dishes, unfortunately I always have to eat cold … oh yeah and I am an Illustrator and Interaction Designer | Hometown: Somewhere between Austria and Germany | Resides: Munich, Germany | Notables: I started the Gaian Community (www.gaian.me)  in 2007 and did some great projects with clients such as Blackberry, LG, Google Android, Mercedes Benz and some more. | Influences: Nature, Youth-Style, Everyday life | Music: Acoustic guitars and wonderful Jazz voices like Norah Jones, Lizz Wright and Jesse Harris are my favorites. Sometimes I run some rounds while listening to Daft Punk, Jamiroquai and Jamie Cullum | Design Philosophy: It turns out that simplicity is actually way more complex than we thought | Site: www.sublevel.us


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Kelly Mah

Creative Director of Division Agency


Talented and highly creative leader with experience in ideation, web, graphic design, 
creative direction, and project management. Skilled at visually communicating 
through multiple cross media solutions. Articulate and energetic, thrives on 
collaborative team environments where exchange of ideas and pushing beyond 
traditional design boundaries achieve the harmonious integration of media

Bio Coming Soon...

www.swimminglions.com



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Meomi

Design + Illustration

Name: Meomi - Vicki Wong & Michael Murphy | Skills: We make things. | Hometown: Vancouver, Canada & Milford, Michigan | Resides: Vancouver & Los Angeles | Notables: Authors & Illustrators of the Octonauts childrens book series. Designers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic mascots. Creators of the Cloudseeders book and art series. | Influences: 60s childrens books. squirrels in walnut trees. coffee. | Music: Ukuleles. accordions. parlour guitars. glockenspiels. autoharps. | site: www.meomi.com, www.octonauts.com


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Leigh Christian

2d + 3d Designer

Name: Leigh Christian | Skills: Graphics, illustration, 2d, 3d , Game Design, Creative direction, DJ etc | Hometown: Coventry,UK | Resides: London,UK | Notables:Worked on streetfighter in 1987, held two lectures on video games. | Influences: House Music, Graffiti, Sci Fi. | Music:New York Garage, Chicago House, Detroit Techno | site: www.3dleigh.com,www.djleigh.com


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My.S

Design Trio

Name: Maira Fukimoto, Yara Fukimoto e Stephanie Marihan - My.s | Skills: Handpainted murals, interior design, sculpture and illustration | Hometown: São Paulo - Brazil | Resides: São Paulo | Notables: We have projects and illustrations published in magazines from Editora Abril and Editora Globo (both from São Paulo, Brazil) and Mao Mao Publications ( from Barcelona, Spain) with Cutting Edge Patterns and Textures. We've participated in some exhibitions in São Paulo, where we could show our individual and authorial work. | Influences: Contemporary design, nature, people, daily, pretty and exciting things. | Music:Elliott Smith, Jose Gonzales, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Feist, Joanna Newsom, Pinback, Cat Power, Smashing Pumpkins, The cure, Smiths, Emilie Simon, Kraftwerk, Mum, Hot Chip, Los Hermanos... | site: www.my-sss.com


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Jen MacCormack

Owner of HipBaby.com

Name: Jen MacCormack | Skills: Fastest designer in the west, company branding, print design & children's graphics | Hometown: Vancouver | Resides: Vancouver | Notables: re-branding the Telus Ski & Snowboard Festival, the "No War, Shoot for Peace" t-shirt that Steve Nash wore at the All-Star Conference right before the US went to war in Iraq, starting my clothing lines: Fig organic kids fashion & Twice Shy. | Influences: My youth, travel and all art. | Music: Fleetwood Mac, Bon Iver, David Bowie | site: www.hipbaby.com


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Xenos Mesa

Designer + Illustrator

Name: Xenos Mesa  | Skills: graphic artist, children's illustrator and concept artist | Hometown: San Francisco | Resides: Los Angeles | Notables: Xenos is greek for warrior or stranger. He has as a small clothing line with his wife cathleen padua called xenos designs and has created artwork for mtv, loopt, eric stromer, and more... | Influences: golden books, vinyl toys, mid century modern design, street graffiti, comic books, my dogs, japanese street fashion and kids. | Music: hip hop, punk, and alternative | site: www.xenosmesa.com , www.xenosdesigns.com


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Hanna Hedin

Designer

Name: Hanna Hedén | Skills: Interior designer | Hometown: Borlänge, Sweden | Resides: Stockholm, Sweden | Notables:Took part in the TV programme "the Designhouse" | Influences: architecture, fashion and people | Music: Amy Winehouse, Robyn, A Camp | site: www.hannaheden.se


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Chris Powell

Owner of Dead Bug Creative

Name:Christopher Powell | Skills: Maya, Illustrator, Photoshop, Unity, Flash, iPhone | Hometown:Vancouver, Canada| Resides: Borlänge, Sweden | Notables: Attended PSQ and Hyper Island Schools in Sweden, 5 years in a New York Design Agency, 2 years in Sao Paulo Design Agency | Influences: Renzo Piano, Santiago Calatrava, Darren Aronofsky, Jean Pierre Jeunet, Edgar Poe, Philip Dick, Andy Kaufman, Che Guevara, You Tube | Music:pop/indie : Modest Mouse, The Faint, Pixies, Beatles, R.E.M., Nirvana, Amon Tobin, Radiohead, Muse, Tricky, Massive Attack | site:http://www.hula.ca, http://www.deadbug.net


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Ryan Thibault

Illustrator + Designer

Name: Ryan Thibault | Skills: Sleeping late, waking in a panic, ingesting copious amounts of caffeine, designing till dawn, repeating  | Hometown: North East Kingdom, Vermont | Resides: Hyde Park, VT | Notables: I once quit my job, packed up all my belongings, left my homeland, and moved 3200 miles on a quest for better design | Influences: TV, magazines, billboards, bus benches, and the internet. Oh... and nature  | Music: www.wefunkradio.com all day everyday |  site:www.bohausdesign.com 


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Brock Ellis

Creative Director of Noise Digital

Untitled Document Name: Brock Ellis | Skills: Can play ‘Panama’ note-for-note on the guitar, successfully navigate class 3 rapids in a canoe, and can illustrate my way out of a paper bag. | Hometown: Campbellville, Ontario | Resides: Vancouver, BC | Notables:Have had my illustrations in diaper and female lubricant ads. | Influences: Jack Davis, Saul Bass, Dan Harrington | Music:Major 7ths, Augmented 4ths, Diminished 3rd | site: www.bushparty.com/b-rock/


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