HOW partners with leading creative entrepreneurs, business consultants and design experts to bring you HOW Design University–online courses and design workshops. Our design instructors are sought-after teachers, authors and leaders in the creative community, and they’re dedicated to sharing their knowledge to help guide your career.
We’re seeking experienced designers to lead future education programs. Interested? Send a resume to howdesignuniversity@fwmedia.com.
With more than a decade of experience working on some of the world’s best known brands, Jennifer Tausch is the creative director for LPK Beauty in Cincinnati, leading a creative team in brand and design strategy. She’s also taught design at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and worked as an independent design and brand strategist. Available Workshops: Introduction to Package Design
Brian Wood is Adobe certified in Acrobat X Pro, Illustrator CS5, Dreamweaver CS5 and the author of InDesign CS2 Hands-On-Training, published by Peachpit Press, Illustrator CS5 CIB, as well as numerous training DVDs including InDesign CS2, Illustrator CS2 and Acrobat 8, Acrobat 9, Acrobat forms, Expression Web and more. In addition to training many clients, including Nordstrom, REI, Boeing, Costco, DDB Seattle, Starbucks, Nintendo, NBBJ and many, many others, Brian speaks regularly at national conferences, such as Adobe MAX, Getting …
Margaret Hartwell is a strategy consultant, coach, educator and writer. Her 20 years of experience chronicle a career of effective brand and business solutions at the intersection of creativity and business.
Dr. Bill Haig has worked in branding for more than forty years, and is considered the authority in the application of source credibility principles to the design of company logos.
Amy Peck (formerly known as Amy Hawk) was the art director of HOW magazine from 1998 to 2001. She has 18 years of experience working in the graphic design field ranging from a small design studio, a large publication house and a nationally recognized advertising agency. Peck has worked for a wide range of clients including Nestlé, Wal-Mart, Goodyear, Kimberly-Clark, Interweave Press, Humana, University Hospitals, and more. In May, 2012, she earned her MFA in Visual Communication Design and her …
Jim Krause lives in northwest Washington state and, since the 1980s, has been working as a designer, a photographer, an illustrator and a writer. Krause has worked for a wide range of clients, including Microsoft, Kodak, Cingular Wireless, Seattle Public Schools, Levi Strauss, Washington Apples and more. In 1999, he started authoring books aimed toward designers, photographers and other creative professionals. He has had more than a dozen titles on these subjects published with great success—some have been translated into …
Chris Converse is a versatile, award-winning designer who integrates creative strategy with sophisticated design. His expertise is a perfect balance between traditional and interactive mediums, including print, interactive, DVD and CD-ROM production, animation, corporate identity, branding and photography. He has worked with a long list of reputable clients, including: Adobe Systems, AOL, Comcast, Pepperidge Farm, Pfizer, Accuvue, and many more. Available Workshops: PSD to HTML: The Missing Link of Web Design
For the past 10 years Douglas Davis has been a Freelance Art & Creative Director specializing in multi-channel solutions. Douglas began his interactive advertising career as a digital designer for various media properties and agencies including CondeNet, ESSENCE Magazine, JWT/Brouillard, Tribal DDB, Deutsch, Greater Than One and G2 Direct & Digital.
Denise Bosler is a graphic designer, illustrator, and professor of communication design at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. She earned a B.F.A. from Kutztown University and an M.F.A. from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Denise has focused her design work on print collateral, product packaging, and identity development in both print and digital projects.
As the Director of Strategic Design Management at The University of Texas at Austin, Dave is responsible for the development and management of the university’s brand as well as leading a nationally recognized design team in the creation of print and Web collateral, marketing research, advertising, brand and identity management, news communications, social networking campaigns and Search Engine Marketing initiatives.