Check out the latest talk from UIUC’s Design Matters lecture series. This sounds like a good one!

Jon Kolko of frog design: How to graduate from college and get a sweet job making boatloads of money
 and building really cool products
Monday, March 1 at 5:30pm
Krannert Art Museum Auditorium, 
Room 62
500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign

It has never been a better time to be a designer, and even in the present economic state of the world,
it’s a wonderful time to be joining the design workforce. Jon Kolko will discuss the state of design 
and HCI talent in the United States, and will describe the specific methods, capabilities, 
and portfolio materials necessary to secure a high paying job at a leading product design consultancy.

Jon Kolko is an Associate Creative Director at frog design in Austin, developing interaction design 
solutions ranging from consumer products to design management strategies. He has worked for 
AT&T, HP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ford, IBM, Palm, and other Fortune 500 clients.
His current research investigates the process of design synthesis and the creation of meaning.

All designmatters3 events are free and open to the public.

For more information contact Traci Pines at ude.sionillinull@senipt

Designmatters3 is a lecture series to promote design thinking that integrates design, business and technology in the creation of innovative products, services and experiences. Organized by the School of Art + Design, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Colleges of Engineering and Fine and Applied Arts; School of Art + Design, Technology Entrepreneur Center; College of Business, Department of Human Factors, Autodesk. and the MS in Technology Management Program.

• « Ellen Lupton coming to Champaign this Thursday!
• » Design Matters lecture :: Julian Dibbell of Wired magazine