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.

Christopher Simmons (born April 10, 1973) is a Canadian-born, San Francisco-based graphic designer, writer and educator. He served on the board of directors of the San Francisco chapter of the AIGA from 1996-1999, and again as president (2004-2006). On completion of Simmons' tenure in that position, mayor Gavin Newsom issued an official proclamation declaring San Francisco to be a city where "design makes a difference." Simmons is the principal creative director of the noted San Francisco design office, MINE(tm)

With over 300 awards of excellence, she has

been recognized by virtually every organization

in the field of visual communication. She is the

recipient of design’s most honored awards:

the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

National Design Award and the AIGA Medal.

Her work has been published extensively, most

notably in Meggs’ History of Graphic Design.

Clients include Levi Strauss, Herman Miller,

Stanford University, SculptureCenter, and Design

Within Reach. Her work is part of many permanent

museum collections including the Museum of

Modern Art in New York (MoMA), the San Francisco

Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) and the

Smithsonian Museum. She has been honored with

solo design exhibitions at the SFMoMA and the

DDD Gallery in Japan.

She served on the National Board of Directors of

AIGA, is on the Accessions Board for Architecture

and Design at SFMoMA, and has been judging the

Webby Awards for over a decade.