Appleton Coated convenes 2011 Design Council

Appleton Coated announces the 2011 Design Council, a panel of leading designers and print communications specialists. Each year, the Council gathers from across North America to share their observations from their geographical and professional areas. Appleton Coated will host the Design Council’s first 2011 meeting in Chicago this January.

The 2011 Appleton Coated Design Council members include:
* Bill Thorburn, founding principal at The Thorburn Group in Minneapolis;
* Bryan Peterson, owner and principal at Peterson Ray & Company in Dallas;
* John Connolly, principal and creative director at Ideas On Purpose in New York;
* Justin Ahrens, principal at Rule29 in Geneva, Ill.;
* Kathleen Turaski, co-founder and principal at Resonance Marketing in Decatur, Ga.;
* Michael Eads, principal and director of production at Sametz Blackstone Associates in Boston;
* Ray Talamo, director of design at Roger Williams University‘s Department of Marketing Communications in Bristol, R.I.; and
* Tim Hale, senior vice president of design management and marketing at Fossil, Inc. in Richardson, Texas.

“Now in its 16th year, we meet to learn first-hand about issues and trends that they observe in their practice and to share trends that we see in paper and print. Engaging designers in a dialogue about their business and ours helps us to shape a relevant marketing program that supports our customers’ success,” says Ferkó Goldinger, advertising and promotion manager at Appleton Coated.

Along with discussing industry issues and trends, the Appleton Coated Design Council reviews the entries for the U360 Design Competition. The Council’s selections recognize the effective, creative role that printed communication plays in marketing mix. The 2011 winners will be announced in the second quarter of 2011. The U360 submissions produced in 2010 were printed all, or in part, on Utopia and/or Curious Collection papers. Entries for the 2012 competition will be accepted through December 2011.

For more information about the 2011 Appleton Coated Design Council, U360 Competition, Utopia and Curious Collection, visit appletoncoated.com and curiouspapers.com.

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Fact Sheet – Appleton Coated 2011 Design Council

Bill Thorburn
Founding Principal; The Thorburn Group; Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bill Thorburn opened up Thorburn Design in 1994 with the pioneering vision that a design firm could take a greater role in brand development. He has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious brands: Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, Disney, Formica, United Colors of Benetton, Nike, Porsche, LaCoste and Capital Records. His work has been exhibited worldwide and within the permanent collections of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and of Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution and Library of Congress.

Bryan Peterson
Owner & Principal; Peterson Ray & Company; Dallas, Texas

Bryan Peterson founded PR&C, a visionary branding communications firm, in 1985. Since then, his work has appeared often in leading design journals. Clients include some of the nation’s most prestigious schools and Fortune 500 companies. His best-selling book is used as a design textbook on campuses nationwide. In addition to his passion for design, Peterson pounds out boogie-woogie piano for a Texas-based singer-songwriter and relishes the quality of life creativity brings in any format.

John Connolly
Principal; Creative Director; Ideas On Purpose; New York City, New York

John Connolly, along with two partners, formed design studio Ideas On Purpose in 2000. He is responsible for creating and managing ongoing brand expressions for clients, particularly when it comes to communicating complex ideas. His expertise in typography and information design has guided branding programs, identity work, interactive projects and annual reports for clients ranging from Moody’s, Black & Decker and Tyco, to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Connolly has taught at School of Visual Arts in New York and is currently on the faculty of the graphic design department at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His work has been awarded and published in Communication Arts, HOW, AIGA’s periodicals, Black Book’s AR100, I.D. and Graphic Design: USA.

Justin Ahrens
Principal; Rule29; Geneva, Illinois

Justin Ahrens is the principal of Rule29, a strategic creative firm located in Geneva, Ill. His work has been recognized by leading publications, including Communication Arts, HOW, Print, Graphis, Create, Rockport Publishers’ books and STEP. In 2004, Graphic Design: USA chose him as one of the top designers to watch. He frequently spreads his “making creative matter” mantra while speaking at various events, and has served on the AIGA and the HOW Advisory Board, as well as on the Appleton Coated Design Council.

Kathleen Turaski
Co-founder & Principal; Resonance Marketing; Atlanta, Georgia

As principal of Resonance, Kathleen Turaski helps organizations communicate more effectively. For more than 15 years, she has applied imagination and vision to identity design, print communications, interactive experience design and more. Turaski is active in the International Association of Business Communicators and has served on the board for the Atlanta chapter of AIGA. She also has taught design at Creative Circus, an advertising and design school, and shares her insights at conferences and through the Resonance blog, Re)verb.

Michael Eads
Principal & Director of Production; Sametz Blackstone Associates; Boston, Massachusetts

Michael Eads is principal and director of production with Sametz Blackstone Associates, a Boston-based consultancy offering brand strategy, design and digital media to local, national and global clients. He has produced projects with clients including MIT Sloan School of Management, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Harvard University and Mt. Sinai Medical Center. His work has been published in Communication Arts, Print and Graphic Design: USA. When he’s not on press, Eads can be found (or sometimes lost) walking his faithful dog, Moxie, in Boston’s Arnold Arboretum, just steps from his home.

Ray Talamo
Director of Design; Roger Williams University, Department of Marketing Communications;
Bristol, Rhode Island

Originally from New York, Ray Talamo has applied his corporate and identity experience to higher education through strategic publication redesign and institutional rebranding efforts. He has been an active member of the University & College Designers Association, American Marketing Association, various AIGA chapters and was a member of the inaugural Board of AIGA Rhode Island. His work has been recognized by the City of Rochester, the Rochester Advertising Federation, Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Higher Education Marketing Report’s Educational Advertising Awards. Talamo has a wife, a son and a sizeable comic book collection.

Tim Hale
Senior Vice President of Design Management and Marketing; Fossil, Inc.; Richardson, Texas

Tim Hale joined Fossil, Inc., in 1987 to start and lead the fashion accessories company’s in-house design department. He now oversees a staff of 100+ members who are responsible for the design and production of packaging, graphics and on/off-line marketing collateral for six divisions of Fossil-branded products. Hale’s work frequently has appeared in Communication Arts, Print, HOW, Graphis, Black Book’s AR100, Graphic Design: USA, and STEP. He has served as a competition juror and speaker for numerous events, including AIGA, HOW Design Conference, I.D. magazine, North Texas Business Committee for the Arts, Type Directors Club of New York and the Design Management Institute. Some of his packaging design is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Architecture and Design in Chicago. In his downtime, Hale enjoys touring the country with his wife on their motorcycle and working on a photo journal of five years of her photography from the back of the bike.

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