Since leaving the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, The Netherlands with a degree in Graphic Design, Tyler has made an indelible mark on the design world. After a stint as Senior Designer with the San Francisco based interactive firm Thunk Design and then a move as Art Director to Scenic Design, he decided to start his own design firm. He successfully lead his firm, RTMOOREDESIGN for 4 years before joining up with fellow Midwesterner Peter Markatos to launch MM 3 years ago. Tyler believes in the strength of telling authentic stories through design.

Since 2000, Peter Markatos has engaged in a wide variety of Interactive and Brand Identity projects for clients of all industries. He has worked on high-profile projects for companies of all sizes, providing design expertise in a variety of disciplines. He started his own design firm, Markatos Design in 2003, which he ran successfully for 3 years.

In July 2006, he joined up with Tyler Moore and cofounded MM in San Francisco. He hails from Kansas, where he graduated from KU with a degree in Religious Psychology. He spends his free time as a visual artist, and collecting music from many different genres.

Chen Design Associates is a place for collaboration, education and dynamic invention. Founded in 1991 by Joshua C. Chen, the design firm partners with a diverse range of clients, from start-up ventures to established corporations, local to global, the artistic to the analytic: Verve Coffee Roasters, SFMOMA, Chronicle Books, The North Face, Public Policy Institute of California, Timbuk2, Pottery Barn, Stanford University, Yoshi's Jazz Club, San Francisco Symphony, EMI Capitol Records.

Over the years, Josh and his team have received national and international recognition for their ambitious yet relevant design thinking. Nods from not only industry leaders like AIGA, Communication Arts, Graphis, Metropolis, Novum, and Type Directors Club, but also from the broader mass media including A&E Cable, San Francisco Chronicle, dwell and Organic Style confirms that good design isn't just for a select few rather, it has the ability to speak and connect to everyone. Most recently, CDA was one of twelve firms hand-picked to be part of San Francisco Graphic Design, an attendance record-breaking exhibition at the SF Museum of Craft + Design, showcasing the rich and varied SF graphic design community.

CDA's passion for connecting meaningfully with humanity has fueled the writing and designing of two books, Peace: 100 Ideas (CDA Press) and Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design (HOW Books). A followup to Fingerprint is currently in the works, along with a couple of other surprises.

Kit Hinrichs studied at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California. He served as principal in several design offices in New York and San Francisco before spending 23 years (1986-2009) as a partner of Pentagram, the international consultancy. In 2009 Hinrichs opened an independent design firm in San Francisco called Studio Hinrichs. Hinrichs’s design experience incorporates a wide range of projects, including identity design, corporate communications, promotion, packaging, editorial and exhibition design.

Hinrichs is a recipient of the prestigious AIGA medal in recognition of his exceptional achievements in the field of graphic design and visual communication, and his work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress. He is co-author of five books, including Typewise, Long May She Wave and The Pentagram Papers.

Hatch, co-founded by Katie Jain and Joel Templin, is a branding and graphic design firm centered on one powerful idea; the best design is honest, hands-on and human. Hatch helps new products and business get off the ground, and helps existing brands take on new life. Since opening our doors, Hatch has created brand identity, packaging, collateral, advertising, promotional and interactive design for global companies.

Hatch Design's work has been recognized for excellence in virtually every major branding and design competition around the world. Our principals are regularly invited to address design, advertising, educational, and business organizations across the U.S., and are frequent judges of design competitions. We have recently received an important distinction from the graphic design publication, Graphis, as one of the "Top 45 Branding Agencies in the U.S."

In the course of the studio's 20-plus year history, Steve Tolleson can count among his clientele a notable group representing a broad range of industries and interests. From Applied Materials and Genentech in science and technology to Levi Strauss and Liz Claiborne in apparel, Mattel and Godiva in the luxury consumer segment and Nike and The North Face in sporting goods, Tolleson Design commands a breadth of experience uncommon for a studio of its size.

In 1999, Princeton Architectural Press published a monograph on the Tolleson studio titled SoakWashRinseSpin. The book has become an industry standard as it chronicles the studio's unique problem-solving methodology as evidenced through examples of its exceptional creative work in the categories of corporate and brand identity, packaging, environments, interactive media and annual reports.

Character is a design agency based in San Francisco. Partnering with numerous eminent companies, Character helps create, extend and rejuvenate brands. Character has collaborated with such clients as Nike, Levi's, Restoration Hardware, Kohler and Pottery Barn.

Established in 1999 by Benjamin Pham, Patricia / Tish Evangelista, and Rishi Shourie, Character employs a dedicated team of art directors, designers, project managers, brand strategists and writers.