Visual Design
Anirban Basu Mallik
At Capgemini, Anirban is specializing in user interface design and information visualization for banking and financial services clients. Previously, as Senior Graphic Visualizer and User Experience Designer at Content and Design Services, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Anirban worked on projects spanning UX strategy, visual design, branding, creative writing, graphic design, user research, information architecture, interaction design, and design documentation. Prior to joining Cognizant, Anirban was Creative Head of Corporate Communications, at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Anirban holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and is a Human Factors International Certified Usability Analyst (CUA). He is also a member of IxDA and HCI India.
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Specialties: Brand Strategy | Information Architecture | Information Design | Interaction Design | UX Strategy | Visual Design
Giovanni Bellocchio
Giovanni has 10 years of experience, working as a freelance graphic artist, photographer, and Web designer in Milano, Italy.
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Specialties: Visual Design
Jonathan Follett
Founding Partner and Creative Director at Hot Knife Design,
Boston MA USA
At Hot Knife, Jon designs Web sites and applications for a variety of private- and public-sector clients, approaching each project with a strong focus on the use of language and clear communication of the client’s message. He has a passion for typography, its history, and its proper use in design. While Jon’s first design job was for Saul Bellow’s literary magazine, “News from the Republic of Letters,” he has also worked for various Web and multimedia firms in Boston. He was, most recently, lead designer for the Massachusetts Pension Plans Regulatory Agency. Jon co-authored two humorous non-fiction books, “Gray Highway: An American UFO Journey” and “Suburbageddon.” In another life, he plays jazz piano. Jon is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), and the Usability Professionals Association (UPA), Boston Chapter.
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Specialties: Brand Strategy | Consulting | Information Design | User Interface Design | Visual Design
Luke Wroblewski
Senior Director Product Ideation and Design at Yahoo! Inc
Principal at LukeW Interface Designs, Silicon Valley CA USA
Formerly, Luke was a Principal Designer on the Search team at Yahoo! Luke is also Principal of LukeW Interface Designs, a user experience design consulting firm he founded in 1996. Luke has authored a book on Web interface design principles, Site-Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability (Wiley & Sons, 2002) and many articles on interface design. Previously, Luke was a Lead User Interface Designer at eBay, where he led user experience strategies for eBay Europe and the eBay Platform. He also worked as a Senior Interface Designer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), birthplace of the first popular graphical web browser, NCSA Mosaic, and taught interface design courses in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Luke has presented his research on Web-based interface design at national and international conferences. He is on the Board of Directors of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA).
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Specialties: Consulting | User Interface Design | Visual Design
Pabini Gabriel-Petit
Principal User Experience Architect at Spirit Softworks LLC, Silicon Valley CA USA
Publisher and Editor in Chief, UXmatters
Founder of Spirit Softworks, a Silicon Valley user experience strategy and design consultancy, Pabini has over 15 years of experience designing Web, mobile, and desktop applications. She is highly skilled in interaction design, information architecture, and visual interface design and has designed innovative desktop and Web applications in product domains that encompass authoring, hypertext, collaboration, and networking and communications. Past clients include Google, Cisco Systems, Tellme Networks, WebEx Communications, Chemdex, Whistle Communications, Kaleida Labs, Apple Computer, and Ashton-Tate. Recently, as VP of User Experience at scanR, Pabini led user experience strategy and design for Web and mobile applications that let users scan digital photos of whiteboards and documents. Formerly User Experience Manager at WebEx, Pabini designed Web applications for online meetings, training sessions, seminars, and remote collaboration, including the award-winning Meeting Center and Training Center. Pabini is a Founder and Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), IxDA Local Coordinator for Silicon Valley, Co-Chair of BayDUX, UXnet Local Ambassador for Silicon Valley, BayCHI IxD BOF (Birds of a Feather) Leader, and a former Interactions Editorial Board Member.
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Specialties: Consulting | Interaction Design | UX Design | UX Management | UX Strategy | Visual Design
