Desktop web  design is the earliest and the most profound, landmark of user interface design, but now with the proliferation of mobile devices and tablets – how do we adapt design? Join Kellis Landrum (Meat & Potatoes), Chevon Hicks (Heavenspot), and Brian Wood (Adobe) as we discuss moving beyond the desktop experience and designing for integrated digital platforms. How do we articulate the web-design needs and evaluate and integrate these needs with new technologies?  Join us and mingle with the LA design community beforehand while enjoying food and drinks with us at the Downtown Independent Theater prior to the seminar and sign up to win a free copy of Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium.

Our panel:

Kellis Landrum is Digital Art Director at Meat & Potatoes, an Art Center College of Design Alumni, and former Art Center Instructor. He is also a member of the AIGA, and member of the Los Angeles AIGA Interactive Committee. Kellis is a co-Founder of the online style & culture magazine, NeuBlack.com. He has designed, developed and directed award-winning projects for a variety of clients including NBC, Scion Motors, Kia Motors, American Apparel, Guess Clothing, Symantec, and Aiwa. He has worked with agencies and studios including Ogilvy, David and Goliath, Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo, M&C Saatchi, The Groop and Amauta Tech. Chevon Hicks started working at Kresser/Craig, a top 5 west coast ad agency, in high school. He knew he wanted to communicate his ideas to as many people as possible and, like Warhol, he found his voice in advertising. Chevon went on to receive his BFA from Otis Art Institute and began working in interactive media shortly thereafter. A talented art director and eventual creative director, Chevon has held top positions at Universal New Media, Sony Online Entertainment, Attitude Network, and MGM Creative Advertising. Chevon began freelancing under the moniker of Heavenspot in 1997 and by 2000, had his first commercial space. Heavenspot was incorporated

in 2003. In addition to maintaining his current client roster, Chevon has directed music videos and completed work as design director on various film, television, and commercial projects. Brian Wood is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Dreamweaver CS5, Acrobat X Pro, Illustrator CS5, and the author of five training books (Illustrator, InDesign), all published by Peachpit Press, as well as numerous training videos and DVDs on Dreamweamver & CSS, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, including Acrobat multimedia and forms, Expression Web and others. In addition to training clients like Nordstrom, REI, Boeing, Costco, Starbucks, Nintendo, NBBJ and many, many others, Brian speaks regularly at national conferences, such as Adobe MAX, CSS  for Designers tour, The InDesign Conference, The Web Design Conference, The Creative Suite Conference, as well as events hosted by AIGA, GAG, STC, CASE and other industry organizations.

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