List of Women Speakers for Your Conference
Making a list is just a start, but what a freaking list it is. I am psyched.
Many thanks to all the contributors to comment threads here on Personism, and over on design*sponge. Marc and Sara over at Wooster Collective also provided some excellent suggestions.
The list is a work in progress. I’m sure that there are errors and omissions and we’re going to keep refining it, so please post your additions and comments below. HUGE SUPER MEGA THANKS to intern Alice Wells (referred to me by the excellent Brian Ulrich) for her intrepid (and quick) researching and to Alison Grippo for making Alice’s excellent list web-ready.
As for Tokion (aka “Tokenion”, thanks Greg) It’s been a while now and last I checked they’ve confirmed just one woman four women. Creativity? No. Not so much.
| WRITER/CRITIC | Director of the University of Minnesota Design Institute | |
| DESIGNER | Furniture and Household Designer | |
| DESIGNER | New York-based fashion designer | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based visual artist | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion designer and active cinephile | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of Green Street Hooligans | |
| GALLERIST | Director of Luhring Augustine | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of "Mi Vida Loca" and "Gas, Food Lodging" |
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| MUSICIAN/ARTIST | Experimental Musician and Performance Artist | |
| ARCHITECT | Co-founder of WORKac architecture firm | |
| WRITER | Science writer for the New York Times | |
| MUSICIAN | Parisian/New Yorker Musician | |
| CURATOR | MoMA Department of Architecture and Design | |
| ARTIST | Tokyo-based visual artist | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| EDITOR/DESIGNER | Designer in Residence for IDEO and Former Editor of Dwell Magazine | |
| GALLERIST | Founder of Portland’s Motel Gallery | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Portrait and reportage photographer | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| WRITER | The Handmaid’s Tale, The Blind Assassin, Oryx and Crake | |
| MUSICIANS | Heather D’Angelo, Erika Forster, and Annie Hart | |
| ARTIST | San Francisco-based visual artist | |
| EDITOR/DESIGNER | Trendspotter and Senior Editor/Designer of NOTCOT | |
| ARTIST | Russian-born, LA-based artist | |
| MUSICIAN | Superchunk bassist and co-founder of Merge Records | |
| DESIGNER | Designer, Illustrator, and Typographer | |
| DESIGNER | Product Designer and producer of the Gourmet Collection | |
| DESIGNER | Los Angeles-based product designer | |
| DESIGNER | London-based fashion designer | |
| ATHLETE | Snowboarder and activist | |
| ARTIST/WRITER | Creative Entrepreneur and creator of the Girl at Play blog | |
| DESIGNER | Illustrator and Graphic Designer | |
| DESIGNER/WRITER | Interior Decorator and Founder of décor8 | |
| ILLUSTRATOR | Boston-based illustrator and assembler | |
| GALLERIST/WRITER | Founder of jen bekman and the mind behind Personism | |
| GALLERIST | Co-founder of New York Gallery Rivington Arms | |
| EDITOR | Editor-in-Chief of ReadyMade Magazine | |
| LIBRARIAN/WRITER | aka Rogue Librarian and Director for Education Outreach with NYPL | |
| ARTIST | Mississippi-based Photographer | |
| MUSICIAN | Icelandic Singer/Songwriter/Composer | |
| ACTOR | Cruel Intentions, A Dirty Shame, Legally Blonde | |
| CRAFTER | Co-creator of Rengade Craft Show | |
| DESIGNER | Designer/Creator and Founder Blissen | |
| CURATOR | Curatorial Director of Cooper-Hewitt Natl Design Museum | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| EDITOR | Founder and Editor of design*sponge | |
| ARTIST | New York-based installation artist | |
| THINKER | Social Media Researcher | |
| ARTIST | San Francisco-based visual artist | |
| ARTISTS/ACTIVISTS | Performance Art Collaborative: Maria Dumlao, Elaine Kaufmann, Danielle Mysliwiec, and Anne Polashenski | |
| DESIGNER | Belgian Fashion Designer | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of Fat Girl, Romance, A Real Young Girl | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| MUSICIAN | Guitarist and Vocalist for Sleater-Kinney. | |
| DESIGNER | Paris-based Fashion Designer | |
| MUSICIAN | ||
| ENTREPRENEUR | Co-founder/owner of fashion boutique Kirna Zabete | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer | |
| WRITER/EDITOR | Author of Strip City: A Stripper’s Farewell Journey Across America | |
| ATHLETE | Top Female Skateboarder and Women’s activist | |
| ARTIST | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| ARTIST | French Conceptual Artist | |
| actor | Star of Scream Trilogy | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of The Piano, An Angel at My Table, Sweetie | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based visual artist | |
| DESIGNER | Co-Founder of FLAT | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | PR Rep/Writer | |
| MUSICIAN/ARTIST | Member of X and The Knitters | |
| JOURNALIST | The New York Times | |
| WEB DESIGNER/ARTIST/ENTREPRENEUR | Co-founder of JPG Magazine | |
| CRAFTER | Creator of deliciously distinct scarves | |
| DESIGNER | Founder of Project Alabama | |
| ARTIST | aka Flower Face Killah | |
| DESIGNER | Art Director for Tokion Magazine and MU | |
| ARTIST | Creator of The Dinner Party and Founder of the Women’s Art Education collective | |
| JOURNALIST | Founder of popandpolitics.com | |
| ARTIST | Writer, Teacher, Artist, and Participant in ‘How Communities are Reusing the Big Box’ | |
| EDITOR | Editor and Co-founder of Gothamist | |
| RESEARCHER/DESIGNER | PARC | |
| ARTIST/DESIGNER | Creator of Rehabilitated Dishware | |
| EDITOR/STYLIST | Editor of Lula Magazine | |
| ARTIST | Graff Queen, Stylist, and Fashion Creator | |
| ENTREPRENEUR/DESIGNER | Founder of the Glasshouse | |
| EDITOR | Co-editor of Gawker.com | |
| ARTIST/MUSICIAN | Co-founder or SoundLab/Cultural Alchemy | |
| WRITER/GALLERIST | Co-owner of Sixspace and Editor of art.blogging.la | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Boston-based photographer | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Photojournalist specializing in art and anthropology | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of the Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, and Marie Antoinette | |
| ARTIST | Illustrator/Designer | |
| DIRECTOR/CURATOR | Founder and Executive Director of Rhizome.org | |
| DESIGNER | Founder of her own Textile/Accessorie Label | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| WRITER/ARTIST | Los Angeles-based writer and author of ‘Wide Eyed’ | |
| GALLERIST | Owner of Paris-based Magda Danysz Gallery | |
| DESIGNER | Editor-in-chief for Boxes and Arrows and Director of Experience Strategy for AIGA. | |
| ARTIST | Creator of Meatcake comics | |
| WRITER | The ‘writer’s writer’ and Author of Break It Down, Samuel Johnson is Indignant | |
| WRITER/ARTIST | Author of That Summer in Paris, Babyji, and Miniplanner | |
| MUSICIAN/ARTIST | Singer/Songwriter and member of The Moldy Peaches | |
| WRITER | Village Voice, The New York Times, The Wire, Bookforum, Wired, Seattle Weekly, and other publications. | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based visual artist | |
| POET | Poet and Co-editor of ‘Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry’ (Copper Canyon Press) | |
| COMPOSER | Brazilian Contemporary Composer | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Los Angeles-based photographer | |
| EDITOR | Founing Partner and Editor of VISIONAIRE and V Magazine | |
| WRITER/ACTOR | actor/Playwright and recipient of tbe MacArthur Fellowship | |
| WRITER/RESEARCHER | Publisher of the blog we make money not art | |
| COMEDIAN/ACTOR | Star of The Ellen DeGeneres Show | |
| ARTIST | Chicago-based Video Artist/Photographer | |
| ARTIST | aka 629W, Melbourne-based Illustrator/Artist | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based Video Artist/Photographer | |
| ARTIST | Avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist | |
| EDITOR/ACTIVIST | Founder of ROCKGRL Magazine and Music Conference | |
| ARTIST/EDITOR | Founder/Editor of zingmagazine | |
| ARTIST/ARCHITECT | New York-based architect, of Diller and Scofidio | |
| WRITER/ATTORNEY | Tattoo-snob and editor of tattoo culture blog Needled | |
| ARCHITECT | Principal of New York’s Archi-Tectonics | |
| ARTIST | Ohio-based Illustrator | |
| ARTIST/ACTIVIST | Member of The Brainstormers | |
| WRITER/CRITIC | Los-Angeles based critic and writer/director of ‘The History of Glamour’ | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| ARTIST | Chicago-based Video Artist/Photographer | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Co-founder/owner of fashion boutique Kirna Zabete | |
| ARTIST | Los Angeles-based visual artist | |
| TREND FORECASTER | Style Oracle and Founder of the Edeljoort Group | |
| ARTIST | Portland-based Illustrator | |
| ARTIST | London-based visual artist | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| ARTIST | Swedish Painter/Illustrator | |
| WRITER/PERFORMER/ACTIVIST | Creator of The Vagina Monologues | |
| ARTIST | Creator of Functional Ceramics | |
| WRITER | Author of GIRLBOMB: A Halfway Homeless Memoir | |
| EDITOR | Editor of Blindspot Magazine | |
| ARTIST | French Graffiti Artist | |
| ARTIST | New York-based fiber artist and animator | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Co-Founder of Ludicorp/Flickr | |
| ARTIST | San Francisco-based visual artist | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Head of Public Relations company Emilia Fanjul Communications | |
| FILMMAKER | Music video master and Co-director of Little Miss Sunshine | |
| WRITER/ACTOR/COMEDIAN | Head Writer of SNL, Director of Mean Girls | |
| STYLIST | New York Fashion icon and stylist to the stars | |
| ART LOVER | Co-creator of Tiny Showcase | |
| ARTIST/CRITIC | New York-based New Media Artist/Inventor/Activist/Teacher | |
| DESIGNER | Owner of fashion boutique Lyell | |
| GALLERIST | Co-owner and Co-director of Wallspace Gallery | |
| ARTIST | New York-based artist | |
| ENTREPRENEUR/EDITOR/DESIGNER | CEO of Adaptive Path | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter of The Fiery Furnaces | |
| FILMMAKER | Documentary Filmmaker and Director of The Girl Next Door | |
| DESIGNER | San Francisco-based fashion designer of Isda | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| ARTIST/MUSICIAN | Avant-garde performance artist, vocalist, and composer | |
| TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHER | ||
| ARTIST/MUSICIAN | Cartoonist | |
| CURATOR | Founder and Director of Participant, inc | |
| ARTIST | Los Angeles-based visual artist | |
| DESIGNER | Fine Artist and rug designer, former Editor-in-Chief of PHYS.COM | |
| COMEDIAN | Comedian/Actor/Activist/Writer and former co-host on Air America Radio’s The Majority Report. | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Fashion Director of Gen Art | |
| ARTIST | Los Angeles-based visual artist and designer | |
| DESIGNER | Index/I-D magazine | |
| ARTIST | San Diego-based Illustrator, Musician, and Stuff Maker | |
| MUSICIAN | Lead Singer of Portishead | |
| DESIGNER | Owner of the Lower East Side’s fashion boutique TG-170 | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Founder, President, and CEO of Blurb | |
| TEACHER | English Professor | |
| COMEDIAN/EMCEE/THINKER | San Francisco-based comedian of The Heather Gold Show | |
| GALLERIST | Owner of Los Angeles’ New Image Art Gallery | |
| CURATOR | Chief Curator of the Studio Museum Harlem | |
| MUSICIAN | Lead Singer of the Mercury Music Prize nominated English electronica duo, Goldfrapp | |
| DESIGNER | Designer, writer, and researcher | |
| ART COLLECTOR | ||
| WRITER | Contributor to New York Magazine | |
| MUSICIAN/ARTIST | Bass and Guitar player for Sonic Youth | |
| ACTOR | Star of the WB’s Gilmore Girls | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | San Francisco-based photographer | |
| ARTIST | Portland-based visual artist | |
| CURATOR/WRITER | Gallery Director, Deitch Projects | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | President/Buyer for Louis Boston | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Los Angeles-based photographer | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Eye behind ‘Girl Culture’ and ‘Fast Forward’ | |
| ACTOR | Comedian/Writer and self-proclaimed "D-list Celebrity" | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based Photographer | |
| DESIGNER | Founder of Pushmepullyoudesign | |
| INTERVIEWER | NPR’s Fresh Air Host | |
| CRAFTER | Co-creator of Rengade Craft Show | |
| ENTREPRENEUR/DESIGNER | Co-founder of Hable Construction | |
| ENTREPRENEUR/DESIGNER | Co-founder of Hable Construction | |
| ARCHITECT | British architect and the first woman winner of Pritzker Prize |
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| WRITER | Writer for Metropolis, Wallpaper, New York Times, and others | |
| MUSICIAN | Lead Singer of her own band, The Nina Hagen Band and often referred to as "the mother of punk" | |
| GALLERIST | Co-owner and co-director of Wallspace Gallery | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| DESIGNER/WRITER | Co-Founder of Mule Design | |
| ARTIST | Los Angeles-based Painter | |
| WRITER | Author of "A Girl’s Guide to Geek Guys" | |
| MUSICIAN | Member of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown | |
| MUSICIAN | Frontwoman of Blondie | |
| ARTIST/DESIGNER | Founder of Sublime Stitching | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter | |
| EDITOR | Co-Founder of Paper Magazine | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based visual artist | |
| PUBLISHER | Founder of Dwell Magazine | |
| DESIGNER/WRITER | Partner at Winterhouse Studio | |
| EDITOR | Creative Director of BUST | |
| MUSICIAN | Lead vocals for The Grates | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Freelance Creative Director | |
| FILMMAKER/TELEVISION | "Friends with Money" 2006 | |
| ARTIST | "Artist of Truisms" | |
| DESIGNER/WRITER | Web Designer/Teacher/Author of over 30 books | |
| WRITER | Author of ‘The End of Alice’ and ‘This Book Will Save Your Life’ and recipient of numerous awards | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | VP Interactive Media at Entertainment Media Ventures and Enabler at Hustler Of Culture | |
| WRITER/CRITIC | Feminist Music and Culture Critic | |
| CURATOR | New Museum, MOMA, Carnegie | |
| DESIGNER | Art Director and Co-Founder of Studio Sans Nom | |
| ENTREPRENEUR/WEB DEVELOPER | Co-Founder Blogger.com. Web developer 10+ years. | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based visual artist | |
| ARTIST | Lesbian performance artist and playwright | |
| EDITOR | Editor of PDN | |
| DESIGNER | aka Christian Joy - Fashion Designer known for her fashioning for Karen O | |
| ILLUSTRATOR | New York-based Illustrator | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| WRITER | New York-based freelance writer | |
| ACTOR | ||
| ARTIST | Portland-based visual artist | |
| MUSICIAN/ARTIST | Singer/Songwriter and ex-member of Rodan, Retsin, and Sonora Pine | |
| WRITER/BLOGGER | Co-editor of weblog Boing Boing | |
| ARTIST/BLOGGER | Author of popular blog Art Fag City | |
| NEW MEDIA SCHOLAR/CURATOR | Researcher for the Curatorial and Conservation departments at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | |
| DESIGNER | Dutch product designer and founder of Jongeriuslab | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based artist | |
| EDITOR/WRITER | Editor of Believer Magazine | |
| ARTIST | Performance artist, writer, musician, filmmaker, and the mind behind ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’ | |
| WRITER/EDITOR | Editor/Interviewer of ‘Angry Women in Rock’ and other books |
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| DESIGNER | Founder/Owner of Elizabeth Kairys Design | |
| ARTIST | Illustrator, Author, Reporter, Muralist, Choreographer, and all-around creative mind | |
| DESIGNER | Owner and Chief Designer of the Donna Karen label | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Creator of The Sampler | |
| MUSICIAN | Lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |
| GALLERIST | Founder and Owner of the Los Angeles-based Merry Karnowsky Gallery | |
| ARTIST/ACTIVIST | Member of The Brainstormers | |
| ARCHITECT | Founder and Design Principal of Michelle Kaufmann Designs | |
| DESIGNER | Japanese Fashion Designer behind the Comme des Garcons label | |
| ARTIST | Los Angeles-based visual artist | |
| ACTOR | Academy Award winning Actor/Director/Producer/Writer | |
| ARTIST/CRAFTER | Founder of My Paper Crane | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Brooklyn-based photographer and 2005 Baum Award Winner | |
| FILMMAKER | Academy Award-winning Writer, Director, and Producer | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer known for her use of color and patterns | |
| ACTOR | Actor/Comedian/Writer and Director of award-winning documentray ‘60 Spins Around the Sun’ | |
| ARTIST | Philadelphia-based visual artist | |
| EDITOR/DESIGNER | Publisher, creative director, and editor-in-chief of Theme magazine | |
| DESIGNER | Creator of Uglydolls | |
| AUTHOR | Award winning Japanese author of ‘Out’ and ‘Soft Cheeks’ | |
| ARTIST | Illustrator and Partner in Kozyndan | |
| DESIGNER | Scottsdale-based Fashion Designer and blogger | |
| DESIGNER | Paris-based Fashion Designer | |
| ARTIST | Conceptual Artist | |
| CRAFTER/PROGRAMMER | Founder of Craftster, organizer of Bazaar Bizarre, and owner of Boston’s boutique Magpie | |
| ARTIST | NY/LA-based visual artist known for her collage of image and text |
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| ARTIST | German first-generation sound artist | |
| CRAFTER | Creator of Cut+Paste | |
| WRITER | New York-based fashion journalist | |
| FILMMAKER | Award winning Director/Produce/Writer and the creative force behind MTV’s Sex in the 90’s and MTV Rockumentary | |
| DESIGNER | EVP/ Creative Direction + Brand Strategy for kate spade | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Creator and Founder of Married to the Mob | |
| ARTIST | Artist and Cultural Chameleon | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer | |
| ARCHITECT | Head of London’s architecture and design firm Future Systems |
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| ARTIST/CRAFTER | Milwaukee-based artist and creative organizer of Flying Fish Design and Art vs Craft | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Photographer of New York, "The Photographer’sPhotographer" | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter with the Watson Twins | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based graphic designer and street artist | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Owner and Founder of Paper Source | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of ‘Paris is Burning’ | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Make-up Artist and Founder of Stila | |
| ARTIST | New York-based artist and filmmaker | |
| ARTIST | Louisville-based Painter, Animator, and Artist-at-Large | |
| ANIMATOR/ARTIST/SKATER | ||
| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter/Actor/Celebrity | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter | |
| WRITER/CURATOR/DESIGNER | Curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Author, and Editor of Design-your-life | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| MUSICIAN | Sri-Lanka raised singer and artist | |
| MUSICIAN | Melbourne-based MACROMANTICS MC | |
| ARTIST | Canadian Designer/Illustrator | |
| ACTOR | Actor/Performance Artist/Nightclub performer | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Photographer known for her images of her children | |
| GALLERIST | Rivington Arms | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | ||
| ENTREPRENEUR | Owner/Chocolatier of Vosges Haut-Chocolat | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter Cat Power | |
| DESIGNER | Designer and NoLita Boutique owner | |
| ARTIST | San Francisco-based visual artist | |
| DESIGNER | English Fashion Designer | |
| ARTIST | Visual Artist/Designer/Political Activist | |
| ARTIST | Half of the Pants Avengers Team | |
| DIRECTOR | Senior Director of Information Architecture for Razorfish, Inc |
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| WRITER | Award-winning author of Hinge & Sign: Poems 1968-1993 and Eyeshot |
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| WRITER | Writer of Grey’s Anatomy | |
| EDITOR/DESIGNER | Editor and Art Director of Stay Free Magazine and Designer | |
| ARTIST | Painter and Illustrator | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based street artist | |
| ARTIST | French Visual Artist | |
| DESIGNER | Co-founder of Brooklyn’s Hivemindesign | |
| ARTIST | The Re-Arranger -street art collage-creator | |
| WRITER/DIRECTOR | Novelist, Director, Screenwriter, and Actor | |
| DESIGNER/WRITER | Managing Partner and President of the Design division at Sterling Brands |
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| DIRECTOR | Director of Word of Mouth Marketing for Brains on Fire and Director of the WOM Marketing Association |
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| ARTIST | French Street Artist | |
| ARTIST | Comic Artist/Illustrator/Designer behind Hell Babies | |
| DESIGNER | Co-founder of California’s AdamsMorioka Design Firm | |
| ARTIST | New York-based photographer | |
| ARCHITECT | Founder and Director of London’s Award winning firm Foreign Office Architects |
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| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer and Founder of Built by Wendy | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist often working with collage | |
| ARTIST/ACTIVIST | Member of The Brainstormers |
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| ARTIST | Poketo co-founder | |
| WRITER | London-based Playwright, Screewriter, and Director | |
| ARTIST/ORGANIZER | aka Faile - Artist Collective | |
| ATHLETE | USC Women’s Golf Team | |
| PRODUCER | HBO Executive Producer | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer, Songwriter, Harpist, Pianist | |
| WRITER/EDITOR | Literary Blogger | |
| MUSICIAN/ARTIST | Japanese Musician and Sound Artist | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER/WRITER | Photographer and Art Journalist for Juxtapoz | |
| WRITER | Award winning Author and Associate Editor of Ontario Review |
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| DESIGNER | Partner in acclaimed design firm Number 17 | |
| ARTIST | Los Angeles-based visual artist | |
| ARTIST/CURATOR | Artist, Curator, Critic and Editor at Large of Rhizome.org | |
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| ARTIST | San Francisco-based artist | |
| DESIGNER | Princess Tina | |
| ARTIST | New York-based Photographer | |
| ACTOR | Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe winning actor | |
| ARTIST | http://funchicken.com/ | |
| DESIGNER | Director of Colorblok | |
| WRITER | Fashion Journalist | |
| WRITER | Author of NY Times | |
| ARTIST | Painter | |
| ARTIST | Performance artist, musician, and leader of The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black |
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| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter and early indie female crusader | |
| EDITOR | Executive Editor of Style.com | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | LA/NYC-based photographer | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Director of Very Up & Co | |
| ARTIST/ACTIVIST | Member of The Brainstormers |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photojournalist | |
| MUSICIAN | aka Chan Marshall - Singer/Songwriter | |
| EDITOR | Founding Editor of Sassy and Jane Magazine | |
| MUSICIAN | Executive Fashion Director of Style.com | |
| WRITER/CRAFTER | Editor/Publisher of Get Crafty | |
| MUSICIAN | Noise Artist - Fe-mail | |
| ARTIST/CURATOR | Brooklyn-based artist and Founder of Glowlab | |
| DESIGNER | Co-Founder of Modern Dog | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of Old Joy | |
| ARTIST | Swiss video artist | |
| ARTIST/EDITOR/DESIGNER | Thundercut Art/Sherbert/Coney Island Shortcakes | |
| ILLUSTRATOR | Australian Illustrator and Toy Maker | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer | |
| ARTIST/MUSICIAN | aka Peggy Honeywell | |
| EDITOR | Editor-at-large for Daily Candy | |
| EDITOR | Executive Editor of Daily Candy | |
| DESIGNER | Swiss Miss -’Swiss Designer Gone NYC’ | |
| DESIGNER | Fashion Designer | |
| ARCHITECT | Founder of ROY Co. | |
| DESIGNER | Founder of Make Workshop | |
| ARTIST | Illustrator/Designer/Crafter/Photographer | |
| EDITOR | Editor of PRINT Magazine | |
| CRAFTER | Creator of Felt Club Craft Show and SewDarnCute | |
| EDITOR | Photo Editor for the New York Times Magazine | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| ARTIST | San Francisco-based visual artist | |
| LAWYER | Counsel, Software Freedom Law Center | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based Photographer | |
| ARTIST | British Painter | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of True Love, Household Saints, The 24 Hour Woman | |
| DESIGNER | Partner at Pentagram Design | |
| CREATIVE ORGANIZER | Co-Founder of Wooster Collective | |
| EDITOR | Founder and Editor of Venus Magazine | |
| ARTIST | Brooklyn-based painter | |
| ACTOR | Comedian/Writer - Strangers with Candy | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | California-bred editorial, advertising, and fin art photographer |
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| CURATOR | Senior Curator of the London Design Museum | |
| DESIGNER | Founding Partner and Creative Director at 2×4 | |
| WRITER/ACTIVIST | Writer/Activist/Researcher of issues of disability and autism |
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| ARTIST | French Media Artist based in Los Angeles | |
| DESIGNER | Creative Director for Azzaro Paris | |
| ARTIST | Lifelong Mixed Media Artist | |
| DESIGNER | Illustrator, Art Director, Editor, and Book Publisher | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Photographer and MacArthur Awardee | |
| WRITER/PRODUCER | Creator and Executive Producer of Gilmore Girls | |
| DESIGNER | Los Angeles-based Fashion Designer and Winner of 2005’s Ecco Domani Foundation Award for Excellence in Emerging Design | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Co-creator of Head First series and Founder of JavaRanch | |
| DIRECTOR/PHOTOGRAPHER | Film and Video creator and Photographer | |
| ARTIST | ||
| FILMMAKER | Co-director of ‘On the Outs’ | |
| COMEDIAN | Comedian/Actor/Writer and Star of 2005’s Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic |
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| MUSICIAN | Lead Singer of Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Creatures. |
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| EDITOR/WRITER | Media & Special Projects Editor for the Huffington Post and writes and edits the site’s Eat The Press |
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| MUSICIANS | Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, and Janet Weiss |
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| PROGRAMMER/WRITER | Author of various Visual QuickStart Guides and Publisher and ListMom for the Wise-Women’s Web organization | |
| ARTIST | Author/Illustrator/Guerilla Artist and creator of the Wish Jar blog | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer, Songwriter, and "punk rock’s poet laureate" | |
| WRITER | Author of On Beauty, The Autograph Man, and White Teeth | |
| PRODUCER | Senior Producer of Public Radio’s This American Life | |
| ARTIST | Brazilian-born, Brooklyn-based visual artist | |
| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist | |
| DESIGNER | Founder of the designer brand Kate Spade | |
| ARTIST | Artist/Gallerist/Curator/Teacher and Founder of Philly’s own Spector |
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| MUSICIAN | New York-based singer and pianist | |
| GALLERIST | Director of 303 Gallery | |
| FILMMAKER | Director of The Decline of Western Civilization, Waynes World, and Black Sheep |
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| EDITOR/WRITER | Publisher and Editor of DealBreaker.com and previously the founding editor of Gawker.com | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | New York-based photographer | |
| DESIGNER | Design Researcher and Co-founder of the webzine Maxi | |
| MUSICIAN | Singer/Songwriter and original member of No Doubt | |
| PRESIDENT | Senior Vice President of National Promotions for New Line Cinema | |
| EDITOR | Creator, Owner, and Editor-in-Chief of BUST Magazine and author of Stitch ‘n Bitch Books | |
| DESIGNER | Founding partner of 2×4 Inc. | |
| DESIGNER | Partner with Pentagram and original founder of Perspecta | |
| PRODUCER | President of HBO Entertainment | |
| WRITER/EDITOR | New York Magazine Editor and Travel Journalist | |
| ARTIST | New York-based Street Artist | |
| MUSICIAN | Noise Artist - Fe-mail | |
| ARTIST | Japanese Artist/Illustrator | |
| EDITOR/WRITER | Editor for Home Magazine and former editor of metropolismag.com | |
| ARTIST | YBA - Video artist and Photographer | |
| EDITOR/WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER | Editor-at-large of Communication Arts Magazine, founding boardmember of the Illustration Conference, and board member of Watershed Media | |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Orange County photographer of Skateboarding culture | |
| DESIGNER | Owner of Brooklyn boutique Rare Device | |
| MUSICIAN/ACTIVIST | Executive Director of the Future of Music Coalition | |
| DESIGNER | Chief Creative Officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia | |
| PROGRAMMER/WRITER | Web Programmer, technology writer, and Editor of Lifehacker.com | |
| DESIGNER/WRITER | Special Projects Editor of Wallpaper*, Designer with Bernhardt, and published author | |
| PRESIDENT | President and Co-founder of Six Apart, creator of Movable Type and TypePad |
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| URBAN GEOGRAPHER | Director of Marketing for Project for Public Spaces | |
| MODEL/YOGINI | Creator of the NUALA Yoga-influenced fashion line | |
| DESIGNER | Milan-based furniture designer | |
| PRODUCER | Founder of Killer Films and a leader in the independent film and queer cinema world | |
| ARTIST | Print maker, illustraor, and comic artist | |
| WRITER | New York-based writer and television producer | |
| WRITER | Author, Social Observer, and Contributor to NPR’s This American Life |
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| ARTIST | New York-based visual artist exploring issues of race, gender, and sexuality |
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| WRITER | TV Guide Channel, VH1 - Co-Founder of NY Chapter of the Glasshouse | |
| DESIGNER | Second Life content creator and designer of virtual clothing line PREEN | |
| DESIGNER | Brookyln-based designer | |
| LIBRARIAN | Librarian and blogger ‘putting the rarin’ back in librarian’ | |
| CURATOR | Founder of Mixed Greens | |
| DESIGNER | British Fashion Designer | |
| ARTIST | Los Angeles-based visual artist | |
| WRITER | multi-disciplinary artist and co-founder of subRosa | |
| WRITER/EDITOR | Founder and Editor of the literary annual Noon | |
| WRITER | New York-based blogger of More Than Donuts | |