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Add Boston to the list of cities people will be coming in from to attend Phoenix Design Week. Our second keynote has been confirmed: Chaz Maviyane-Davies

Chaz Maviyane-Davies has been described by the UK’s Design magazine as “the guerrilla of graphic design”. For more than two decades the award-winning, controversial designer’s powerful work has taken on issues of consumerism, health, nutrition, social responsibility, the environment and human rights. He has studied (MA, the Central School of Art and Design in London) and worked in Britain, Japan, Malaysia, the US and Zimbabwe, his country of origin. From 1983 until recently he ran the renowned design studio in Harare, Zimbabwe, The Maviyane-Project.  Due to adverse political conditions in his homeland, Maviyane-Davies moved to the USA in 2001, where he is currently a Professor of Design at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. As well as being published in numerous books, international magazines and newspapers, his work has been exhibited extensively and is included in several permanent collections at various galleries.

Eric Hillerns from Portland based design firm Pinch will be coming to Phoenix for Design Week.

The Creative Director at Verse Digital Design Group prior to forming Collective Incorporated in 1997, he later evolved that concern to become Pinch. A Design Office in Portland, Oregon. Hillerns studied journalism at Blair Academy and Princeton University and architecture at The University of Idaho at Moscow.

His experience in working with startups to Fortune 100 firms has defined his counsel in approaching business issues through the considered development of brand identity, information systems, exhibit design, and social media.

He currently serves on the executive board of directors for AIGA Portland and is the chapter’s representative to AIGA’s Center for Sustainable Design. An advocate for regional design, he created Designspeaks, a small-talks series dedicated to advancing the conversation about design in the Pacific Northwest.

He teaches digital media at Portland State University, and is a collective founder of The New Communicators; a collaborative convergence intended to explore the evolution of discussion. Hillerns writes extensively about design as a process and contributes to juried exhibitions and panel discussions on the subject of speculative work.

And while he’d much prefer being on the river to writing about it, Hillerns is the Conservation Editor for Westfly, an online journal serving the western fly fishing community. He lives on the property adjoining Pinch House with his wife, Lisa, and their three sprouts.

We’re extremely excited to announce that Debbie Millman will be a keynote speaker at Design Week.

Debbie Millman has been in the design business for 23 years fulfilling her dream of working in branding and furthering the meaning, purpose and stature of brands in our culture. Millman is a managing partner and president of the design division at Sterling Brands, the largest independent brand consultancy in the country. She has been there for 11 years where she has led long-term partnerships with global clients including Gillette, Kraft, Nestle, Pepsi, Campbell’s, Johnson & Johnson, Glaxo-Smithkline, Pfizer and Unilever.

Millman is an author on the design blog Speak Up, a regular contributor to Print magazine, and teaches Creative Leadership at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first live weekly radio talk show about graphic design on the internet. The show is titled “Design Matters with Debbie Millman,”

A complete bio is available at the AIGA website

The first ever Phoenix Design Week has secured its venue for the weekend conference:

The Phoenix Convention Center.

Bluemedia has generously given their support by becoming the Official Large Format Printer for Phoenix Design Week!

Bluemedia is a leading provider of design and printing for use in vehicle, large format and environmental graphic applications for B-to-B and B-to-C organizations. Through our combination of cutting-edge technology, non-traditional approach to ideas and design expertise, bluemedia helps companies get noticed and gain market share through highly relevant communications.

For more information head over to bluemedia.com

O’Neil Printing signs on as a presenting sponsor, solidifying itself as the official green printer of Phoenix Design Week.

O’Neil Printing has a long tradition of caring about the environment, its customers, the community and its employees. As partners with our clients, O’Neil is committed to providing unprecedented service and crafting the highest quality printing communication solutions that consistently exceed all expectations. We strive daily to innovate, implement and improve, recognizing that our clients’ success is our success.

For more information about O’Neil Printing please contact Tony Narducci at 602-258-7789 or www.oneilprint.com.

O’Neil Printing is located at 366 North Second Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003.