Pathfinder

Gabi Searles lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, where she's the Design Director for SMAKK studios. She shares her journey from taking a comic drawing class in 3rd grade to designer and how a Craigslist ad changed her career.

Konyin was born in Nigeria and moved to America at a younger age. She shares honesty about her family's conversation about moving away from the traditional view of success to become a designer. Konyin has remarkable insights into how to approaches new work opportunities.

Ana & Tiago are the co-founders of the award-winning Studio Humana based in Lisbon. Their work ranges from branding, strategy, print, packaging to exhibition design. Studio Humana believes in other human beings, no matter what's your dream, you deserve the right to pursue it.

Kim shares with us her personal journey to starting Parsons with her husband Craig. She talks about how Parsons is a brand strategy & design studio creating identities and experiences that connect people, and what qualities they look for to make that mission a reality. 

Craig shares about his journey from being a young designer based in London to now being a keynote speaker at design conferences. He shares how his hard work and self-belief have served him to now being a sort after designer and lettering artist. 

Zipeng was born in China where he wanted to be a Manga artist, he was then introduced to graphic design where he fell in love with poster design. He now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York where he dazzles his clients like Netflix, Adidas, The New Yorker, and Poster House NYC where his work was displayed in Time Square. Zipeng shares his journey from China all the way through till now and the lessons he's learned along the way. 

Emily comfort is a designer and artist living in Brooklyn. She has spent over a decade working in design, most notably as a visual designer for Xbox. Emily shares her journey to Xbox and all the way through to her life in New York. She shares some of her greatest lessons as a designer and shares her personal insight on how she navigates when she’s feeling overwhelmed or unfocused when creating.

Luke Bone is the Founder of  Bone Design Studio in New York. He shares about how he chose which area of design to pursue through to his journey to now running his own studio.