Dana Tanamachi

Dana Tanamachi is a Texas-bred, Brooklyn-based graphic designer and letterer who enjoys living a quiet life and working with her hands. After designing Broadway show posters, Dana opened her own design & lettering boutique, Tanamachi Studio. She has been commissioned by clients such as Google, Yahoo!, Ralph Lauren, The Ace Hotel, Tommy Hilfiger, West Elm and Bloomingdale's. In 2011, she was named a Young Gun by the Art Directors Club and a Young Creative to Watch by HOW Magazine. In 2012, Dana had the unique honor of creating custom cover art for O, HOW, and TIME Magazines.

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Jason Santa Maria

Jason Santa Maria is the founder and principal of the design studio Mighty, creative director for Typekit, a faculty member in the MFA Interaction Design program at SVA, co-founder of A Book Apart, former vice president of AIGA/NY, founder of Typedia, and creative director for A List Apart, a magazine for people who make websites. Jason recently spoke at Creative Mornings/New York as part of the Kickstarter benefit to create an archive of of every video from every speaker from every chapter.

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Aaron James Draplin

Aaron James Draplin has been called a badass in the same sentence as a big softie. He's a big, loud and shamelessly big-hearted graphic designer who is probably the most sincere designer on this planet. He's done sleeves for Richmond Fountain, is one of the founders of Field Notes brand and has done more logotype's than David Hasselhof has done cheesy smiles.

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