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Bill Flora | A History of Experience Design

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Bill will show and tell his journey from being a student at Art Center College of Design, to leading design at Microsoft, to starting his own firm, Tectonic.

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Apr 16, 2018 11:30am – 12:30pm

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Rennie Hall | Second Floor

Bill Flora, Chief Creative Officer at Blink, will show and tell his journey from being a student at Art Center College of Design, to leading design at Microsoft, to starting his own firm, Tectonic. He'll share tips, principles and approaches he has learned along the way, as well as ponder the future of the discipline.

Bill is an award-winning design director and user experience strategist with more than 20 years of experience leading teams and shipping products. During his two decades with Microsoft, he led design efforts for Xbox, Windows Media Center, Zune and Encarta, and was the design force behind Microsoft “Metro” design language. Flora’s influences can be found in the design of software that lights up millions of screens around the globe every day.

Before joining forces with Blink, Flora founded Tectonic, a strategic experience design firm, where he worked with the world’s leading companies envisioning next generation content platforms and expressing brand through software. Clients include HBO; Microsoft; Bang & Olufsen; Amazon; Beats by Dre; Cisco, Samsung; NBC and others.

This is event is free and open to public, please join us!