We were excited to pick Professor Mindy Seu’s brain, as full of associations and asides as a Wikipedia page is loaded with hyperlinks, touching on everything from resistance training to how minds work to the effects growing up in a conservative household had on her sexuality to her love of Dries van Noten — read on for all this and more.
Read MoreMeet NYC passerby, Adette Contreras, a web and graphic designer who has become an entrepreneur, founding two companies. Her interest don’t just lie in business and creativity, but including her love for languages, throwing clay, and working on ceramics. There is much to learn about business, finance, and gratitude from this entrepreneur.
Read MoreMeet NYC passerby Noemie Le Coz, graphic designer and illustrator originally hailing form Melbourne.
Read MoreZan Goodman is the design director of Chandelier Creative and a native New Yorker. She has worked on a wide range of fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands, including Adidas, Bottega Veneta, Moda Operandi, Moët Hennessy, and Target, and has designed books for Rizzoli and Penguin. She lives in Greenpoint.
Read MoreVerena is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and art director originally from Austria. Splitting her time working for clients in both New York and San Francisco, she is also the founder of Sand and Such, a blog about sleep.
Read MoreAlaa was born in Jeddah and raised in Montreal. Her passion for art developed with her changing surroundings. She founded the brand Fyunka and is currently working on the launch of a cultural publication she co-founded called Minaa Zine.
Read MoreBorn and raised in LA, Jessica Comingore is a self-taught graphic designer and the founder of The Elysian Edit, a design, culture, and lifestyle website dedicated to the art of refined living.
Read MoreMira was born and raised in Fairfield, Iowa. After receiving her BFA in Visual Communication Design from SAIC in 2013, she moved to New York and now currently lives in Brooklyn. Mira is the graphic designer at CMA and also runs Sanguis Ornatus, her leather body wear line. This fall she will be launching Cixous72 with her business partner Elizabeth Scott, an online boutique and collective that showcases artists and designers.
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Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Lizania Cruz is a New York-based designer working in fashion, arts and advocacy. Before moving to New York she worked at Anthropologie where she helped design their global brand language. She now works as a Graphic Designer for the Language Dept with clients ranging from food startups to nonprofits such as The American Cancer Society. Her work has been recognized by AIGA, Type Directors Club, Communication Art among others. Most recently, she launched her own jewelry line, Bagavundas.
Read MoreLeta is a multidisciplinary designer and art director based in New York City. She combines traditional graphic design elements with photography, art, and styling to create unique visuals. Her client list includes Bloomberg, Google, IBM, Kiehl’s, Refinery 29, Tate Modern, and more.
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