Hélène L’Heureux  |  Interaction/design |  Montreal, QC

Hélène was educated in graphic design at l’Université du Québec à Montréal in 1979. She joined the design team of Gottschalk+Ash in 1980, became an associate in 1985 and a partner in 1991. She opened Interaction/design in 2004. Hélène designed many annual reports for some of Canada’s largest corporations, such as Petro-Canada, Imasco, Air Canada and SNC-Lavalin. Furthermore, she has lead many large-scale branding projects: Ciba Specialty Chemicals, a multinational Swiss based company (1996), CGI, Canada’s premier information technology company (1998) and CDP Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Quebec’s Public Pension Fund Manager (2002). Her intimate knowledge of information design and analytical capabilities have enabled her to develop intricate nomenclature systems and branding guidelines for above mentioned corporations and others, such as Investissement Québec, SITQ and Ivanhoé Cambridge. Hélène has been intimately involved with some of Montreal’s important urban environmental projects, providing branding, signage and wayfinding expertise: Lachine Canal, Old Montreal and Complexe environnemental St-Michel. She has been the recipient of many national and international design awards, amongst them a prize from AIGA for Canada Post’s Millennium Stamp Book, which is part of the permanent collection at Columbia University's Rare Books and Manuscript Library. In 1993, Hélène developed the 25-year retrospective exhibition for Gottschalk+Ash, which was shown in Montreal, Toronto, Zürich and Bejing, followed by an exhibit, in 1998, for AGI (Alliance Graphique International) at the Royal Ontario Museum. Hélène is a member of the Société des designers graphiques du Québec (SDGQ) and teaches part-time at Dawson College in Montreal.

Jeff Harrison  |  ReThink  |  Vancouver, BC

When Jeff Harrison came to Rethink as an Associate Creative Director, he was the design group. Alone in the basement with a desk, a computer and a pantone book, he helped grow the department into one of the leading studios in Vancouver. Clients now include Solo Mobile, The Canadian Press, Coast Capital Saving, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Bootlegger, Opus Hotel and Alliance Atlantis. Previous to Rethink, Jeff was the lead designer at Karacters Design Group (a division of Palmer Jarvis DDB). His work has been recognized internationally through awards and publications including Communication Arts, AR100, London International Awards, Ad and Design Club, Applied Arts, New York Festivals, Print Magazine, How Magazine, Lotus Awards, Creativity, Graphis and Coupe. Jeff is a member of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. In his spare time, he lectures at local design schools and teaches his one year old about kerning.

Hovie Hawk  |  Design Hovie Studios Inc.  |  Seattle, WA

Hovie has been working professionally in graphic design since 1993, designing for both print and web environments. Since 1998 he has served as President/Creative Director at Design Hovie Studios in Seattle, growing the company into a firm with an international presence. In January of 2001 he opened the studio's Milan, Italy office and began a series of ongoing collaborations with Winsome Italia, Qwentes Italia, and Giorgio Galli and Partners. Hovie holds degrees from the University of Washington and the Chula Vista School for the Creative and Performing Arts. In addition to his role as Creative Director at Design Hovie Studios, Hawk is an Adjunct Instructor in the Design Department at the Cornish College of the Arts. He has served on the board of directors for Arts Ballard and is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and the Ballard Chamber of Commerce. Hovie's work has been displayed at the Paris and Milan Fashion Weeks, the Superbowl, the NBA finals, the Paris Air Show, the Rose Bowl, and the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo. His awards include those from the Best of Italy, Linea Editorial, Logo Lounge, Neenah Paper, HOW Magazine, Bookbuilders West and the Southern California Exposition. Hawk has been a featured speaker at various events, and a keynote speaker at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for Interlab 2007.