Jon Kolko Explained
| Jon Kolko |
| Birth Place: | Rochester, NY |
| Occupation: | Designer and Author |
| Language: | English |
| Nationality: | American |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Alma Mater: | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
| Subject: | Design |
| Notableworks: | Creative Clarity
How I Teach;
Well-Designed;
Exposing the Magic of Design;
Wicked Problems;
Thoughts on Interaction Design; |
| Spouse: | Jess Kolko |
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)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Jon Kolko Austin Center for Design . www.ac4d.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110505221934/http://www.ac4d.com/home/people/faculty/jon-kolko/ . 2011-05-05.
- Web site: Austin Center for Design: Change Observer: Design Observer . changeobserver.designobserver.com . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120522053106/http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/austin-center-for-design/13388/ . 22 May 2012 . dead.
- Web site: Kolko . Jon . 2004 . New techniques in industrial design education . 2011-10-23 . 2012-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425084914/http://ead.verhaag.net/fullpapers/ead06_id115_2.pdf . dead .
- Web site: INTERACTIONS: Vol 15, No 1.
