“The Johnny Cash of AIGA,” English studied design

at Massachusetts College of Art. He began his career

in Boston working for a number of studios on

projects in communication design for Fortune 500

clients, broadcast design for ABC-TV’s Boston affiliate,

and creating museum exhibits for national

and international clients, before opening his own

studio in 1993.

He is the author of Designing Identity: Graphic

Design as a Business Strategy, a series of

industry-specific case studies providing insight

into the role design plays as part of a strategy for

success. English has picked up a stack of awards

that are sitting in boxes in his garage for work in

any number of given areas, and has been recognized

by the AIGA, the American

Center for Design, American Advertising

Federation, American Corporate Identity, the New

York Art Directors Club, the Broadcast Design

Association, the Society of Publication Designers,

International Typographic Design, Print,

Communication Arts, Graphis, I.D., HOW, and a

few others that have thrown him a bone.

Bryan Hynecek, from California, is VP of Design at Speck. Speck is a California born company and a leader in impeccable design, durability and style for iPhones, iPads, smartphones, laptops and e-readers. Bryan oversees all of the design processes taking a design from its very first concept right through to production.

On a day-to-day bases Bryan spends his time considering any of the limitations within a manufactures design and tries to bridge the gap between devices and the ways it will actually be used in everyday life. Bryan also experiments with ways in which Speck can inspire consumers to use their devices to make everyday tasks easier.

Bryan and the design team are constantly trying to evolve Speck’s products to differentiate them from the competition. They have to constantly meet the challenge of being innovative and different, while acting as quick as or quicker than everyone else to stay relevant.

A professional photographer now since the early ‘90s, Sebron's current focus is on editorial and advertising portraiture. He also creates conceptual images, anchored in just the right amount of truth; constantly searching for ways to bend reality in creative and subtle ways. He is known to capture the essence of his subject's personality and exposes the cleverness and beauty of the profound and the mundane. Sebron has also served as a freelance Art Director and Designer for local creative firms. This experience as a former art director, has allowed Sebron to bring his vast commercial art experience to his present work.