Ray and Charles Eames were a husband and wife design team known for their innovative contributions to the development of modern architecture and furniture. They also made short films as a way to experiment and explore their creative ideas, designed showrooms, and invented toys. Through their work, they demonstrated how good design can fulfill practical needs while also bringing pleasure to people’s lives.
Alvin Lustig was a graphic designer who conveyed a ton with small gestures, perfect type, and great flair. He used whimsical shapes and colors in his designs for virtually all the design disciplines, including book covers, magazines, advertisements, and office spaces. His work forms the basis for a great many contemporary book jacket designs that use fragmented images, photo-illustration, minimal typography, and rebus-like compositions.
Kristin Texeira is an abstract painter from Brooklyn, NY. Her compositions are inspired by remembered experiences and sensations, coupled with hand- written details. She combines colors with specific memories when creating her artwork.
Chris Uphues is a painter, street artist and designer best known for his signature hearts that can be found wheat pasted and in murals throughout Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. His art is inspired by a range of popular references including comics from the 1950s and 1960s, Walt Disney, Osamu Tezuka, chinese opera, persian calligraphy, and hindu art.
Megan Whitmarsh is a painter (even when she's embroidering) who likes to be neat, doesn't have a favorite color, and loves yetis!
Misaki Kawai is a Japanese artist known for her playfully childlike work. She has a passion for world travel and much of her work contains a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor. She creates colorful pieces across all mediums, including installation.
Kindah Khalidy is a painter and textile designer from the Bay Area. Her paintings are supposed to be open to interpretation and she loves to experiment with different surfaces. She gets inspiration from listening to music and loves to evoke happiness with her colorful work.
Ann Marie Coolick is an impasto painter who paints exclusively with pallet knives and heavy body paint straight from the tube. Her artwork is unique in texture and color, and she focuses her paintings on geometric abstractions and expressionist landscapes.
