CREDITS, KUDOS & CAVEATS

Spark brand and graphic design by Kit Hinrichs, Pentagram Design in San Francisco
Website created by Scot Refsland and team at RedClay in Seattle.
Award Celebration Host and Design Communications Director, Clark Kellogg, CollectiveInvention.com, San Francisco
Technical Director, Otis Brown, Billingsly & Brown, Oakland
Press Officer, Mark Charmer, MovementDesign.com
Video Overture by Drew Takahashi, Funjacket Enterprises, San Mateo
Musical Score: Samba Drum by Funk n’ Latin, courtesy John Carlin, Funny Garbage, NY
Spark Design Awards produced by Peter Kuchnicki, Cyllabus Network and Encenta, LLC

EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

David Meckel, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Marc Holzer, Rutgers University (NCPP), Newark
Harrison Fraker, University of California College of Environmental Design, Berkeley
Douglas Kelbaugh, University of Michigan Taubman College, Ann Arbor
Richard Wilde, School of Visual Arts, New York
Tom Montano, Academy of Art, San Francisco

SPONSORS

Founding Sponsor, Hewlett-Packard, Vice President of Design, Sam Lucente

MEDIA PARTNERS

Automobile Magazine, Publisher, Brad Gerber, Editor & President, Jean Jennings
ArchNewsNow, Editor and Publisher, Kristin Richards
California Magazine, Kerry Tremain, Editor in Chief
Bravo Media, Mari Katsunuma, VP Digital Strategy

HOME PAGE IMAGES

ICON, a new taxi concept for Designtrust.org, New York. Bob Brunner, Industrial Designer, Pentagram Design
Weight Forward Hammer, Estwing Manufacturing and Farm Product Development, Jack Harkins, Farm Design, Inc, www.farmdesigninc.com
Hewlett Packard Printer, designed by Montgomery Pfiefer, http://www.mp.com/
Eames Aluminum Management Chair, courtesy Design Within Reach, www.dwr.com (Eames is a licensed TM of Herman Miller.)
BMW Streetcarver long board, winner of the Good Design Award in 2000. Designers: Stephan Augustin, Rudi Mueller, and Mike Nimic, BMW Design Team, BMW AG, Munich
Lotus Elise S2, courtesy Group Lotus PLC, http://www.lotuscars.com/
OrangeX Ojex Manual Juicer, Smart Design, http://www.smartdesignusa.com/
Dubai Sun Tower, Michael Kirchmann, architect, SOM NYC
Personal Information Dirigible, product concept for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, by Michael Vanderbyl, Vanderbyl Design
Typography Calendar, by Kit Hinrichs, Pentagram Design

West Earth image on What's New page, courtesy NASA

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