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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. 

 

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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

Graphic poster depicting a hand pushing down a thumb tac

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

Charles Barsotti Poster featuring cartoon man walking with his hands in his pockets.

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

Poster featuring figure balancing on tip of pencil.

2000-2005

Spring 2000­ 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 

Poster featuring illustration of an obstructed face

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

Poster featuring American and European flags masked into typography.

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
 / Matthew Shlian
 / Ben Livingston / Dawn Brown / Mark Klett  Fall 2014  James Koval / Matthias Plessinig / Erik Marinovich / Rania Matar / Bill Carman / Ben Ferencz / Vivian Beer 

Two posters that feature photographs; one of a structure tinted green and another of a family seated at a table.

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

Poster featuring blue vintage illustrations and typography.

2020-2024

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 Spring 2024  Angela Sung / Spandita Malik / Polymode Studio / Harlan Bozeman / Frank Norton / Alan Tipp  / Travis Millard 

Poster Featuring John Hendrix Artwork