Summary
Jon Kolko is the founder of Austin Center for Design, a progressive educational institution teaching interaction design and social entrepreneurship.[1][2] He was also a partner at Modernist Studio, and is now a partner at Narrative.
Jon Kolko | |
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 Jon Kolko | |
| 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 | |
Official website  | |
Kolko has held the positions of Vice President of Design at Blackboard and at MyEdu; Executive Director of Design Strategy at Thinktiv, a startup 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 (Brown Bear Press, 2007; Morgan Kaufmann, 2011)
- Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis (Oxford University Press, 2011)
- Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving (Austin Center for Design, 2012)
- Well Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love (Harvard Business Review Press, 2014)
- How I Teach (Brown Bear Press, 2017)
- Creative Clarity: A Practical Guide For Bringing Creative Thinking Into Your Company (Brown Bear Press, 2017)
References edit
- ^ "Jon Kolko | Austin Center for Design". www.ac4d.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-05.
- ^ "Austin Center for Design: Change Observer: Design Observer". changeobserver.designobserver.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Kolko, Jon (2004). "New techniques in industrial design education" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "INTERACTIONS: Vol 15, No 1".
External links edit
Media related to Jon Kolko at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- How I Teach Design by Jon Kolko
- Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving by Jon Kolko
