BRETT LOVELADY
CHIEF INSTIGATOR - ASTRO STUDIOS

Brett Lovelady is the founder and driving force at ASTRO Studios, a company he launched in 1994. Brett created ASTRO to be a pure design pop-culture, where he and his talented crew could blend design skills, innovative technologies and lifestyle influences into high impact, supercharged products and brands.

JOHN EDSON
PRESIDENT - LUNAR

John’s role is to build new programs for clients with the right innovation processes led by the right creative team to make a real difference for clients. His experience includes managing the birth of successful products for Philips, Motorola, InFocus, and several startups. He is the host of the industry podcast, “Icon-o-Cast,” and helped launch “Elements,” LUNAR’s sustainable design initiative.

MARK SOLOMON
PRINCIPAL DESIGN - HP INNOVATION OFFICE

Mark Solomon is the Principal designer in the Innovation Office at HP where he is focused on development of future brand, interaction and industrial design experiences.

MICHAEL DITULLO
CREATIVE DIRECTOR - FROG DESIGN

As Creative Director of the global innovation firm, frog design, Michael DiTullo is passionate advocate as well as experienced practitioner of design. In addition to his work at frog he is a contributor for the well-known design resource, Core77.com. He lectures at corporations, universities, and conferences on the effect, value, and how too’s of design. Prior to frog Michael spent nearly a decade developing several product collections at Nike Inc from advanced concept to production and started his career at Evo Design where he worked for a wide array of clients. DiTullo holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and also studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art. His work has garnered international awards and has been featured in many media outlets and publications. Earlier this year the book "Analog Dreams: The sketches of Michael DiTullo" was published and he will be featured in the upcoming book "As Little Design As Possible: The Work of Dieter Rams" by Sophie Lovell.

ANTHONY GRANT
ARTIST / GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Artist, graphic designer, DJ, wiffleball legend. As a designer, Anthony has created advertisements, supplied art direction and design for some of the worlds best brands such as Electronic Arts, Virgin America, Starbucks, Mobi TV, Gordon Rees, San Francisco Business Times, Mitsubishi, Nike and more. When he is not doing commercial work, Anthony works on his personal art & design projects that explore the effects of messages ( advertising ), the value of objects ( money ).