Design of Business | Business of Design

Dana Arnett is a vice chairman and a founding partner of VSA Partners, a branding and marketing company based in Chicago. Patrick Palmer leads the strategy practice at VSA.

Khoi Vinh is a principal designer at Adobe.

Robert Brunner is a founder of Ammunition, a design firm based in San Francisco. He has designed products from the Apple PowerBook to Beats by Dre headphones.

Ashleigh Axios is the design exponent at Automattic and a former creative director for the White House’s Office of Digital Strategy.

Teddy Blanks is a co-founder of CHIPS, a Brooklyn-based design studio, who specializes in film titles.

Grace Jun is the executive director of Open Style Lab, a nonprofit that aims to make fashion accessible to people with disabilities.

Michael Rock is founding partner and creative director of 2x4, a global design consultancy. He has worked with brands including Nike, Prada, Target, and Kanye West.

David Rockwell is the founder and president of the architecture and design firm the Rockwell Group and a theatrical set designer.

Lee Moreau is a principal at Continuum, a global innovation design firm.

Bobby C. Martin, Jr., is a founding partner of the agency OCD | The Original Champions of Design.

Neri Oxman leads the Mediated Matter research group at the MIT Media Lab.

Audrey Gelman is co-founder and CEO of The Wing, a social club and co-working space for women. Pentagram partner Emily Oberman worked on the brand identity.