Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born designer, art director, illustrator and animator in New York City who wants to make every day a razzle-dazzle musical. His clients include Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Netflix, Viacom, The New Yorker, Fox, CNN, Refinery29, Chobani, and Samsung. After he graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he has worked at Pentagram and Sagmeister & Walsh. He was one of the Art Directors Club Young Guns 13 winners and has been recognized as Print magazine’s New Visual Artist and The One Show Young Ones. His work has been exhibited all over the world including New York, Barcelona, Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai, and other major museums and institutions. He has recently started his own creative studio Dazzle to make everything dazzling.

Jeff is an artist, designer, and illustrator whose work is heavily influenced by his background in music, painting, and fun. In 2011, after working many years as a designer and art director at various studios and agencies around Dallas and NYC, he opened the doors of his own studio in Brooklyn. Since then he’s been working on a variety of projects including everything from small spot illustrations to full branding assignments. His work has attracted an impressive client list that includes Google, McDonald's, Nickelodeon, Ford, Nike, Diet Coke, The New York Times, and many others. He has received awards and accolades from the likes of Print Magazine, Communication Arts, The One Show, Type Director’s Club, and American Illustration.

Natasha is a Creative Director for Sony Music Entertainment, residing in NYC. She is a content creator, designer, videographer, editor, and photographer. She has created for fortune 500 brands like Pizza Hut, Sony Music, Jamba Juice, Samsung, Doritos, 7 Eleven and more. Throughout all of this corporate creative work, she spent her first 5 years producing AUSTERE. A fashion, art and music print magazine where she led a team of 30+ creatives to build 19 print issues. Natasha's main goal is to create captivating visual stories and identity for brands and musicians. Artist Uprising: Top 25 Most Influential Creatives of DFW - 2017.

Lily is a native Texan, designer, illustrator, printmaker and all around maker. She has a gift for problem solving and her passion for craftsmanship result in one-of-a kind solutions for logos, print collateral and packaging. After graduating from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Lily honed her skills in New York at Tsang Seymour and Bergdorf Goodman. She is currently Associate Creative Director at Banowetz + Co. in Dallas where she and her partner share a studio that is filled with paintings, presses, cacti and their dogs Leica and Wilma. Lily is also proud to serve as Co-Vice President for ICON11: The Illustration Conference.

Photography is about telling a story. Whether it be through one frame or a series of images, Tadd loves making photographs that speak about the subject. He's drawn to location choices that complement a subject yet recede enough to allow the subject to dominate the image.

Since growing up in Houston, TX in his father's printing company, he's always enjoyed the meticulous nature of my business. From operating an offset press at the age of 15, Tadd learned the importance of quality craftsmanship that has remained an important aspect throughout my life. What he truly loves about photography is both the technical and artistic sides. He feels it's the balance of both of these that create interesting images that resonate with the viewer.

In this day of digital media and our constant bombardment by visual clutter, it is so important to make imagery that tells a story in an elegant and unique way. Whether it's a still photograph or a motion video, Tadd enjoys making images that successfully communicate his client's vision.

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