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Jon Kolko

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Jon Kolko
Jon Kolko
Jon Kolko
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Rochester, NY
OccupationDesigner and Author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectDesign
Notable worksCreative Clarity;
How I Teach;
Well-Designed;
Exposing the Magic of Design;
Wicked Problems;
Thoughts on Interaction Design;
SpouseJess Kolko
Website
Official website Edit this at Wikidata

Jon Kolko is the founder of Austin Center for Design, a progressive educational institution teaching interaction design and social entrepreneurship.[1][2] He was also a partner at Modernist Studio, and is now a partner at Narrative.

Kolko has held the positions of Vice President of Design at Blackboard and at MyEdu; Executive Director of Design Strategy at Thinktiv, a startup accelerator in Austin, Texas; and both Principal Designer and Associate Creative Director roles at frog design, a global innovation firm. He was also a professor of interaction and industrial design at the Savannah College of Art and Design.[3] Kolko has also held the role of Director for the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), and Editor-in-Chief of Interactions magazine, published by the ACM.[4]

Kolko is the author of the following books:

  • Thoughts on Interaction Design (Brown Bear Press, 2007; Morgan Kaufmann, 2011)
  • Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis (Oxford University Press, 2011)
  • Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving (Austin Center for Design, 2012)
  • Well Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love (Harvard Business Review Press, 2014)
  • How I Teach (Brown Bear Press, 2017)
  • Creative Clarity: A Practical Guide For Bringing Creative Thinking Into Your Company (Brown Bear Press, 2017)

References

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  1. ^ "Jon Kolko | Austin Center for Design". www.ac4d.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-05.
  2. ^ "Austin Center for Design: Change Observer: Design Observer". changeobserver.designobserver.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Kolko, Jon (2004). "New techniques in industrial design education" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  4. ^ "INTERACTIONS: Vol 15, No 1".
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