Communication Arts - 2011 Design Annual Jurors

Matteo Bologna

Founder/President

Mucca Design

Matteo Bologna is the founder and president of New York-based Mucca Design Corporation, where he also serves as creative director. Born and raised in Milan, Italy, Bologna's grounding in architecture, graphic design, illustration and typography facilitated his early business successes and inspired his decision to create a New York agency. Under Bologna's direction the Mucca Design team has solved numerous design challenges and created uniquely successful identities for widely varied brands. Bologna frequently accepts invitations to participate in judging panels for industry competitions and as a speaker to audiences of design professionals. When he isn't obsessing over typeface and design details, he can be found obsessing over his lovely wife and their adorable young daughters Olivia and Sofia.

Earl Gee

Partner/Creative Director

Gee + Chung Design

Earl Gee is partner and creative director with Fani Chung of Gee + Chung Design in San Francisco, an award-winning multidisciplinary design consultancy creating successful branding, environmental and interactive programs for leading clients including Apple, Adobe, IBM, Lucasfilm and Chronicle Books. As one of 50 US designers named to the international edition of Who's Who in Graphic Design, he has served on a U.N.-sponsored design delegation touring China, lectured widely and serves on the AIGA SF board. He received his BFA in graphic design with distinction from Art Center College of Design. His work has been honored by virtually every major design competition including AIGA, Communication Arts, Graphis, the Art Directors Club, Type Directors Club and SEGD, and is in the permanent collections of several museums

Allyson Lack

Partner/Co-founder

Principle

Allyson Lack is a partner and co-founder of Principle, a multi-disciplinary design firm. Together with her partner, Pamela Zuccker, the two have created dynamic brand communications, identities and packaging for a diverse range of nationally recognizable clients. Lack received her BS in marketing from the University of Maryland Smith School of Business, but discovered her true passion for graphic design while surveying a design fundamentals class. Upon graduation, Lack sharpened her skills at Portfolio Center and joined Rigsby Design in Houston and later, Rutka Weadock Design in Baltimore. In 2007, she was lured back to Texas after she married childhood sweetheart Randy Lack, whose work (in renewable energy) is centered in Houston.

Tim Larsen

Founder

Larsen

In 1975, Tim Larsen founded Larsen, a design, branding, marketing, and interactive agency with a staff of 40 and offices in Minneapolis and San Francisco. He was instrumental in the formation of the Minnesota chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design, and has served on the national AIGA board of directors. Larsen has been featured in national design and business publications, has received numerous design awards and was named an AIGA Fellow in 2007. He serves on the design advisory boards of the University of Minnesota College of Design and Minnesota State University Moorhead, and is a former chair of the board of directors for College of Visual Arts. Larsen also taught graphic design at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He received a BS in art education/graphic design from MSU Moorhead.

Yolanda Santosa

Founder/Creative Director

Ferroconcrete

Yolanda 'Yo' Santosa began her career designing main titles for projects like Zack Snyder's 300 (2007), Ugly Betty (2006), Herbie Fully Loaded (2005), The Triangle (2005), Desperate Housewives (2004) and Hulk (2003). Although she loved storytelling, she couldn't ignore a growing fascination for branding. She founded Ferroconcrete in 2006 with the Pinkberry account, and has been managing the company's brand since. She has taught at Art Center and is an active national guest speaker. She's earned several awards, including three consecutive Emmy nominations and the ADC Young Guns 6 Award.