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.

James Bland has been showcasing his award-winning craftsmanship as a photographer for over 25 years. His zeal for capturing the essence of the people in front of the lens is evident in each of his pieces of work. He has earned numerous design and photography awards, and his portrait photography work has been showcased in exhibits and shows in Dallas and Washington D.C. His clients include advertising agencies, national and regional magazines, record companies, and corporate leaders.

“Solve the problem. Don’t decorate.”

DJ is a sixth-generation Texan. He studied graphic

design at Texas Tech University, where he was

honored as a distinguished alumni. DJ began his

graphic design career in 1981 working for Robert

A. Wilson Associates in Dallas. In 1987 he moved

to Austin, where he was the award-winning art

director of the nationally respected and critically

acclaimed Texas Monthly magazine. In January

2000 DJ joined Pentagram as a partner in the

Austin office. At Pentagram, DJ’s wide-ranging

expertise encompasses the design and redesign

of a variety of publications including magazines,

books, and catalogs. He and his team also

specialize in identity design, branding, packaging,

exhibitions, and website design. DJ’s work has

been widely published and has won countless

design awards. In 2010 the University of Texas

Press (UT Press) published Variations on a

Rectangle, a retrospective of DJ’s over 30-year

design career.

“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.