Jon Kolko
Jon Kolko | |
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Born | 1978 (age 45–46) Rochester, NY |
Occupation | Designer and Author |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Subject | Design |
Notable works | Creative Clarity; How I Teach; Well-Designed; Exposing the Magic of Design; Wicked Problems; Thoughts on Interaction Design; |
Spouse | Jess Kolko |
Website | |
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Jon Kolko is the founder of Austin Center for Design, a progressive educational institution teaching interaction design and social entrepreneurship.[1][2] He is also a partner at Modernist Studio.
Kolko has held the positions of Vice President of Design at Blackboard and at MyEdu; Executive Director of Design Strategy at Thinktiv, a venture accelerator in Austin, Texas; and both Principal Designer and Associate Creative Director roles at frog design, a global innovation firm. He was also a Professor of Interaction and Industrial Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design.[3] Kolko has also held the role of Director for the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), and Editor-in-Chief of Interactions magazine, published by the ACM.[4]
Kolko is the author of the following books:
- Thoughts on Interaction Design, published by Morgan Kaufmann
- Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis, published by Oxford University Press
- Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving, published by Austin Center for Design
- Well Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love, published by Harvard Business Review Press
- How I Teach, published by Austin Center for Design
- Creative Clarity, published by Brown Bear Press
References
- https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Interaction-Design-Second-Kolko/dp/0123809304/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319240264&sr=8-1
- http://core77.com/blog/ux/jon_kolkos_interaction_design_diagramming_19269.asp
- http://www.business-designers.com/jon-kolko-my-heart-is-in-the-work/