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Kurt Haiman Drew the Long Line Between Commerce and Art
For nearly three decades, advertising paid Kurt Haiman to look closely. He spent the rest of his life returning the favor - to young designers, to pen and ink, and to the small New Jersey museum he helped keep in public view.
Priya Sathiyam Wants the Future to Pass the Child Test
She began in software, discovered design at 25, and has spent the years since teaching companies, children, and AI teams to notice the people behind the interface.
Julio Cotorruelo
Julio G. Cotorruelo is the co-founder and CEO of Domestika, the global online learning community for creative professionals. Starting in 2002 as a modest Spanish-language forum for designers in Madrid, Domestika grew under his leadership into a unicorn valued at $1.3 billion, with over 8 million members, 2,000+ courses, and a presence in six languages. A notoriously press-shy entrepreneur, Cotorruelo built one of the world's largest creative education platforms by championing affordable, pay-per-course learning and the belief that creativity is best learned through doing - not just reading.
Steve Schoger
Steve Schoger is a Canadian visual designer and partner at Tailwind Labs, best known for co-authoring Refactoring UI with Adam Wathan - a book and video course that generated over $2.5 million in sales by teaching developers how to design beautiful interfaces. He built a 127K+ Twitter following by sharing meticulous, practical design tips, and created widely-used free resources including Heroicons, Zondicons, and Hero Patterns. His work sits at the intersection of design education and developer tools, making professional UI design accessible to programmers worldwide.