Jon Kolko
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.
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 Jon Kolko | |
| Born | 1978 (age 41–42) 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 |
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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
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