Design Symposium Lecture Series Speaker Archive
For 40 years, the KU Design Symposium Lecture Series (formerly Hallmark Symposium) has enriched educational experiences by introducing KU students to designers and artists working in a wide range of disciplines and professional fields.
1983-1989
Fall 1983 Alan Cober / Richard Gangel / Tim Hamil / James McMillan / John Muller / Ron Sullivan Spring 1984 Charles Barsotti / Vivienne Fletcher / Dagmar Frinta / Judy Garlan / Milton Glaser / Philip Meggs / Don Trousdell / Carol Wald Fall 1984 Marshall Arisman / Lou Dorfsman / Steven Heller / Rudi Hoglund / Marvin Mattleson / Howard Paine / Fred Woodard Spring 1985 Mary K Bauman / Alexa Grace / Will Hopkins / Michael Vanderbyl / Robert Weaver / Galian Wilson Fall 1985 Edward Booth-Clibborn / Richard Danne / Teresa Fasolino / Walter Bernard / Duane Michaels / Robert Parker / Elton Robinson Spring 1986 Tom Allen / Robert Benton / John Collier / Tomie DePaola / Richard Hess / Elwood Smith / Deborah Sussman Fall 1986 Ralph Caplan / Seymour Chivas / Etienne Delessert / Cipe Pinliss-Burton / Chris Pullman / Henry Wolf Fall 1987 Guy Billout / Ivan Chermayeff / Alan Cober / Denice Cronin / Frances Foster / Alfred Knopf / Bruce McIntosh / Bruno Monguzzi Fall 1988 Marshall Arisman / Barry Moser / John Newcomb / Peter Sis / Don Trousdell / Saul Wurman Spring 1989 R.O. Blechman / Stavros Cosmopulos / Keith Godard / Steven Guarnaccie / Cheryl Heller / Dugald Stermer / Ann Willoughby Fall 1989 Judy Garlan / Robert Grossman / Anita Kunz / Paul McKenna / John Muller / Jack Summerford / Nick Vedros
1990-1995
Spring 1990 Tom Allen / Brandy Bralds / Ron Campisi / Stavros Cosmopulos / Mo Lebowitz / Duane Michaels / James Miho / Tyler Smith Fall 1990 Henrietta Condak / Heather Cooper / Henrik Drescher / Woody Pirtle / Ken Raglin / Victor Skrebneski / Mark Sottnick / Don Trousdell Spring 1991 Walter Bernard / Alan Cober / Paul Davis / Nancy Rice / Virginia Sith / Massimo Vignelli Fall 1991 Jacques D’amoise / Steven Heller / Maria Kahlman / Tony Palladino / Fred Woodard Spring 1992 Guy Billout / Patricia Bradbury / Louise Fili / Lane Judd / Art Kane Fall 1992 Marshall Arisman / Ralph Caplan / Richard Danne / Milton Glaser / Stewart McBride / Robert Parker / Paula Scher / Brad Sneed Spring 1993 Sam Antiput / Bob Ciano / Gene Federico / Steven Johnson / James McMillan / Robert Parker / Skolos & Wendel Design Spring 1994 Sheila De Bretteville / Etienne Delessert / Mick Haggerty / Anita Kunz / Mo Lebowitz / Stephen Sidelinger / Henry Wolf Fall 1994 Don Assmussen / Michael Bierut / Howard Brown / Greg Garvey / D.K. Holland / Michael McCoy / Julia Maudlin Spring 1995 Mark Fox / Lance Hidy / Michael Hoeflich / Julie Lasky / Simms Tadback / Lowell Thompson / Todd Waterbury Fall 1995 Gail Anderson / Gary Baseman / David Carson / Grace Colby / Patrick Coyne / Dikko Faust / C.B. Mordan / Ester Smith / Glynis Sweeney
1996-1999
Spring 1996 Alan Cober / Lou Danziger / Forrest Richardson / Valerie Richardson / D.J. Stout / Michael Vanderbyl / Jay Vigon / Richard Wilde Fall 1996 James Cross / Eric Dinyer / Jenny Faw / Louise Fili / Steve Frykholm / Michael Mabry / Shelley Meredith / Jose Ortega / Dan Weig Spring 1997 Aubrey Balkind / Sonia Bretman / Lance Hidy / Bill Mayer / Barry Moser / Douglas Oliver / Bob Price Fall 1997 Bryan Dorsey / Mathew Duntemann / Debra Friday / Mary Grandpre / Kenna Kay / Michael Mabry / Mateo Neri / Vance Studley / Ann Willoughby / James Yang Spring 1998 Richard Branham / Vivienne Flescher / Virginia Geshan / Stephen Johnson / John Sayles / Joe Sorren / Deborah Sussman / Nick Vedros / Matt Walton Fall 1998 Robert Fisher / Douglas Frasier / Kent Oberheu / Billy Pittard / Peter Raine / Terry Shave / David Weightman / Andi Witczak Spring 1999 Chris Bernardi / Rick Cusick / Laurie Demartino / Augusto Grillo / Gary Kelly / Chris Lensch / Clair Van Vliet Fall 1999 John Downer / Ron Fondaw / Carter Goodrich / Wayne Hunt / Tim Jessell / Paul Mazzucca / Ingred Sidie / Michelle Sonderegger
2000-2005
Spring 2000Â Timothy Barrett / Melinda Back / Malcolm Grear / Augusto Grillo / Brock Haldeman / Jordan Isip / Ellen Lupton / Mark Oldach Fall 2000 Paul Sproll / Joseph Fliedler / Armando Milani / Kevin Bradley & Julie Blecher / David Buss / Whitney Sherman / May Tveit Spring 2001 Ziek Bhakti / Achim Weilande & Marion Delhees / Magie Orth / Malcom McCullough / Richard Mawdsley / Bruno Monguzzi Fall 2001 Pat Flynn / Steven Johnson / Christopher Budd / Dorothy Dunn / Anne Wilson / Marc Urkesen / Gus Kayafas Spring 2002 Paul Sahre / Jack Lew / Anne Currier / Tucker Viemeister / Jan Baker / Warren Lehrer / Paul Smith Fall 2003 Karen Fong / Carl Magnusson / Jhane Bards / Nicholas Wilton / Charles Lazor Spring 2004 Tom Huang & David Brackett & Andrea Herstowski / Gary Griffin / Arthur Gonzales / Jean Orlebeke / Cathy Bleck / Jack Williamson / Joshua C. Chen Fall 2004 Dave Master / Kim Fry / Barry Taxali / Mark Murphy / Micah Laaker / Bethanne Knudson / Kim Dickey
2005-2009
Spring 2005 Joe Thiel / Myra Mymlisch / Cheryl Towler-Weese / Andreas Hogan / Peter Beasecker / Tom Ockerse Fall 2006 John Hendrix / Yang Xiao Yin / John Cuned / Kurt Van Dexter / Bazillion Pictures / Denise Gonzales-Crisp / Bruce Branit Spring 2007 Karin E. Borke / John Utgaard / Jeff Zwerner / Andreas Hogan / Joe Wood / Craig LaRotonda / Julia Danahey Fall 2007 Brad Sneed / Marcia Lausen / Lorraine Wild / Jill Bell / Matt Checkowski / Joe Morse Spring 2008 Chuck Owens / Phil Carrizzi / Sean Donahue / Roger Black / Sean Adams / Jerry Bleem / Ann Willoughby Fall 2008 Brian Dougherty / Bruno Monguzzi / Steve Mille / Sharon Werner / Jocob Trollback / Peter Buchanan-Smith / Paul Matthaeus Spring 2009 Thomas Southall / Jennie Frederick / Katie Lee & Ian Curry / Simran Sethi / Travis Millard / Dorothy Caldwell Fall 2009 Brian Dougherty / Bruno Monguzzi / Steve Miller / Sharon Werner / Jacob Trollback / Peter Buchanan-Smith / Paul Mattews
2010-2015
Spring 2010 Sol Sender / Phil Risbeck / Mark Todd and Esther Watson / Scott Thares / Adam Michaels / Sterling Hundley / Roger Wickes Fall 2010 Scott Stowell / Mark Burckhardt / Stephanie Graham / Fredrik Marsh / Julie Beeler / John Bielenberg Spring 2011 Yuko Shimizu / Bobby C. Martin / Stephen Johnson / Timmy Fisher / Chris Budd / Randy Olson / Lance Rake Fall 2011 Bryon Darby / Pedro Ayala / Scott Pobiner / Douglas Sellers / Fernanda Cohen / Bruce Dale / Cheryl Towler Weese Spring 2012 Kate Bingaman-Burt / Elliott Earls / Jim Moran / Alex Nabaum / Terry Lin / Dawn Hancock / Chuck Fischer Fall 2012 Mark Moskovitz / Jeffery Taylor / David Hill / Chris Buzelli / SooJin Buzelli / Frankie Oviedo / Stuart Karten / Terry Evans Spring 2013 Tim Hale / Chris Sickels / Mike Sinclair / Sarah Foelske / Alec Soth / Dan Cassaro / Brandon Murphy Fall 2013 John Bielenberg / Timothy Archibald / Joachim Schmid / Marshall Rake / Emily Martin / Gary Locke Spring 2014 Richard Downes / Angela MonDragon & Matt George / Tim Hossler
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 / Ben Livingston / Dawn Brown / Mark Klett Fall 2014 James Koval / Matthias Plessinig / Erik Marinovich / Rania Matar / Bill Carman / Ben Ferencz / Vivian Beer
2015-2019
Spring 2015 Julie Blackmon / Tom Shields / Ryan Clifford / Greg Manchess / David Emitt Adams Fall 2015 Matt Chase / Dietmar Gotzelmann / Bill Mayer / Deborah Luster / Rania Matar / Ian Gonsher Spring 2016 Timmy Fisher / Aaron Draplin / Arno Minkinnen / Adam Henry / Noah Scalin / Keith Negley / Silvia Ros Fall 2016 John Bielenberg / Jamie Koval / Read Worth / Jeffrey Thompson / Design Distruptors / Greg Castillo / David Plunkert / Silvia Rosenthal / Reed Hansuld Spring 2017 Louisa Bertman / David Hilliard / Natalie Krick / Jon Sueda / David Chung / Mark Moskovitz / Elise Kirk Fall 2017Richard & Vicky Hansen / Dana Fritz / Bob Ebendorf / Eric Heiman / Andy Beall / Rafael Marin / Justin Kimball Spring 2018 Andrew Blauvelt / Troy Scillian / Emily Pilloton / RaMell Ross / Lindsey Yankey / Matt Wegerer / Louisa Bertman Fall 2018 Ben Barry / Lauren Greenwald / John Stamos / Paul Sahre / Christian Helms / Jennifer Morla / Priya Kambli Spring 2019 Lisk Feng / Michael Braley / Steven B. Smith / Rob Forbes / Hoss Haley and Andrew Hayes / Felipe Rocha / Donny Rausch Fall 2019 Cat Coquillette / Scott Starrett / Tucker Trotter / Alisa Wolfson / Jolby & Friends / Zora Murff / Stanley Hainsworth
2020-2023
Spring 2020 Paul King / Kelli Anderson / Drew Voegele / Jenn Ely / Kris Graves Fall 2020 Andy Pizza / Paul King / Paul Conrad / Kelli Anderson / Drew Voegele / Jenn Ely / Kris Graves Spring 2021 Alexis Du Mond Puchek / Geoffrey Holstad / Meg Lewis / Farah Al Qasimi / Jennifer Daniel / Susan Sokolowski / Heather Brantman Torpey Fall 2021 Marshall Vandruff / ClayVon Lowe / Daniel Wong / Rob Smigielski / Diana Markosian / Rodrigo Valenzuela / Liz Jackson & Alex Haagaard Spring 2022 Lea Stewart / Brian Stauffer / Stephen Hassard / Jason Keenan / Tarrah Krajnak / Yuko Shimizu Fall 2022 Marshall Vandruff / ClayVon Lowe / Daniel Wong / Rob Smigielski / Diana Markosian / Rodrigo Valenzuela / Liz Jackson & Alex Haagaard Spring 2023 Hallmark Designer Panel / Janelle "Longanisa" Quibuyen / Donny Rausch / Pixy Liao / Gabriele Fumero / Shawn Brackbill Fall 2023 Kris Kuksi / John Hendrix / April Starr / Ashley Teamer / Rob Saunders / Stephanie Anh / Jason Decker
