Trevor Basset is a designer and illustrator from Seattle, WA, where he works as a Senior Designer for Starbucks. Trevor comes from a print and digital background, specializing in branding and identity design. In late 2018, Trevor launched a collaborative art project called Throw & Co, and released over 100 limited-edition, artist designed woven blankets. 

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Devin O’Bryan is a designer-educator with an eye for talent and a heart for cultivating that talent. For over 5 years, he has been co-creating within IBM IoT, IBM Corporate HR, and IBM Design’s global education efforts with programs like IBM's Design Bootcamp Experiences, IBM Designweek events, as well as building and maintaining the intensive, award-winning Maelstrom design internship program from scratch. Prior to that, Devin was a Professor of Graphic Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design and Talent Director of Working Class Studio. Currently, Devin is Design Lead for SPSS Modeler for Watson Studio.

Devin’s personal mental health journey has informed huge swaths of his educational and professional curricula. As such, authenticity is the cornerstone of Devin’s design and life philosophies, and his patient wife and two kids keep him genuine every single day.

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Ben is an American graphic designer living in Portland, Oregon where he leads the design studio Nonlinear. Previously, as one of the first communication designers to join Facebook’s team in California, his focus was on developing Facebook’s internal culture, voice and brand. Most notably, he cofounded the Facebook Analog Research Laboratory, an internal print studio and art program. Before Facebook, Ben, a graduate of the University of North Texas, worked for the design firm and screen printing shop The Decoder Ring in Austin, Texas. There he honed his skills working with a range of clients, designing packaging, merchandising and a lot of screen printed posters. He is also an alumnus and advisor of John Bielenberg’s experimental design education program, Project M, where he explores the role designers can play in encouraging social change.

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.

Josh Boston is an American graphic designer, illustrator and creative director working across multiple disciplines to hopefully make stuff you feel in your tummy or at least nod your head. He has previously been an art director for Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, Oregon as well as serving as a design lead at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder, Colorado. His work has been featured in various publications and he's been awarded by Cannes, Andy's, Adobe Site of the Day and apparently has an Appy award but is not sure if that's even a real thing. In 2015 he cofounded the brand design agency Briefcase with offices in San Diego, California and Portland, Oregon. He is tall, happy and lives in Portland, Oregon with his super cool wife.