Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

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Designer Profiles

Derick Usher

Class of:
2007

Designing anything is a very personal process that's made very impersonal by being intended for as many people as possible; it's the nature of the beast. It's like having forty thousand people in the shower with you, except the shower is a website and you're fully dressed. You let them stare and hope they don't laugh.

Chris Van Nyugen

Class of:
2007

Christopher Van Nguyen can be best described by the following words: thoughtful, analytical, imaginative, dedicated, intuitive, a “quick study”, and - most of all - hard-working.

Keith Miks

Class of:
1996

As of 2007, Keith is the head of the interactive group at Sterling-Rice Group in Boulder, CO. He is an Interactive Creative Director.

To see some of Keith’s recent projects go to:
http://www.miksdesign.com

Duane Wood

Class of:
1974

Duane is a principle in WDG Communications Inc. and WDG Publishing a 27 year-old full service graphic design firm and specialty publisher of fine books, calendars, stationery and interactive products for institutional and corporate entities. The company is located in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Kalene Rivers

Class of:
2002

In 2007 Kalene and Dan Wise (GD '99) opened the Open Space gallery http://www.openspacebeacon.com in Beacon, NY. The space is also home to their studio, Thundercut http://www.thundercut.com, and Sherbert magazine http://www.sherbertmagazine.com.

Amanda Salazar

Class of:
2003

Amanda was married in May 2005 and runs her own creative business called Nine Ten Creative, LLC.

She also worked at Ayers Advertising as the head graphic designer in Colorado.