CLAUDIA CHRISTEN
Senior Communication Designer

Claudia Christen is a Senior Communication Designer and Photographer at Smart Design. Claudia has over 12 years of experience creating innovative solutions in the areas of visual design, art direction, and brand strategy. She has created strategic design solutions in packaging, identity, print and interactive for clients like HP, Reebok and New York Taxi & Limousine Commission.

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www.smartdesignworldwide.com
www.claudiachristen.com

GLEN JACKSON TAYLOR
Core77

Glen is a caffeine-fueled, photo-taking, music-streaming, sushi-loving Australian obsessed with collecting airline safety cards and has only destroyed one laptop in 7 years of riding to work every day. With formal training in both Industrial Design and Interactive Media at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, he was the online art director at lomography.com for almost 5 years before joining the team at Core77.

MARK FOSTER GAGE
Principal, Gage / Clemenceau

Mark Foster Gage is the founding partner of Gage / Clemenceau Architects, known for its synthesis of aesthetic innovations with advanced technologies. Gage’s work has been exhibited widely, at venues including the MoMA in New York and the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is an Assistant Professor of Architecture and chair of the design curriculum at Yale University, and recently received a MacDowell fellowship to continue research on operative aesthetic theory, the subject of his forthcoming book. Gage has also taught at the Columbia School of Architecture and lectured internationally.

TRISTAN EATON
Creative Director, Thunderdog Studios

Born in Los Angeles in 1978, Tristan Eaton began pursuing street art as a teenager, painting everything from billboards to dumpsters in the urban landscape wherever he lived, including London, Detroit and New York. He designed his first toy for Fisher Price at the age of 18 and has since become a driving force in the world of 'Designer Toys'. A creative leader in advertising, Eaton regularly consults for such brands as Hasbro, Pepsi and Nike on projects that span the globe and cross all mediums. His work can be seen at the Cooper Hewitt Museum and in the permanent collection of the MoMA in New York. He is currently the President and Creative Director of Thunderdog Studios and happily resides in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

JOHN FIORELLI
Founder

After eight years of working in tech marketing, filmmaking, community development, and public speaking, John finally realized what gets him excited is the creative exchange of ideas. Working on Cut&Paste just makes sense.

CHRISTINE AHN
Communications Director

Chris likes to throw words
at the world and see what sticks,
in this form or that.

JOY SIAN
Operations Manager

Joy loves having an online identity, offline she has been told she suffers from FOMO (fear of missing out.) You can find her rigging solar panels, networking instead of hitting the gym, eating 2 dinners a night, and enough energy left to dance 'til dawn.

E2K
Event Producers

From the stadium to the symposium, from a cast of thousands to a single inspirational speaker, e2k applies creativity, state-of-the-art production systems, and technical expertise to every project. We strive to transform events into experiences, shows into magical moments, and clients into partners.

http://www.e2k.com/