Spark Speak – Designers Developing Additional Revenue Streams

Have you ever thought about moving from the client services side of design to creating your own design projects and products? Join Jennifer Rittner, design business consultant and educator, as she moderates an all-star panel of designers who have developed thriving business models outside of the consultancy sector.

Angela Voulangas - Angela is an award-winning designer with clients including: The New York Historical Society, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, HarperCollins publishers and Ralph Appelbaum Associates. She is also a frequent contributor to Print magazine. In May 2009, she co-authored the book, Artistic Printing : A Collection of Letterpress Examples, with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corners, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, Printer’s Devils, and Other Freaks of Fancy.

Stuart Constantine/Core 77 – As a Founding Partner of Core 77, Stuart leads the media design studio focusing on content-driven internet products. He is also the original designer and developer of CORE - Industrial Design Network, an award-winning portal catering to the industrial design profession. Stuart and the Core 77 team have worked with clients including Fortune 500 companies, design and advertising agencies, universities and manufacturing companies.

Tina Roth Eisenberg/SwissMiss - Tina started her blog and design studio, swissmiss in March of 2005. Recent clients include the Museum of Modern Art and the Food Network. Her blog has become essential reading for designers and generates ad revenue with an average of 600k unique visitors a month.