31st Annual Design Interaction Symposium
Graphic Design Speakers
Gretchen Coss
Director of Business Development, Gallagher & Associates, Washington, DC
Jordan Craddock, 2007
Designer, Gallagher & Associates, Washington, DC
Past Speakers
Terry Slaughter, 1975
President and Senior Creative Officer, Slaughter Group, Birmingham
Elise Woodward Thomason, 2000
Senior Designer, Iconologic, Atlanta
Carrie Wallace Brown, 1998
Associate, SKY Design, Atlanta
Student Exhibition, November 2 – 16, 2009
An exhibit of Industrial and Graphic Design student work will be on display in the Dudley Gallery.
Gretchen Coss is Director of Business Development for the Environmental Graphics and Branding divisions of Gallagher & Associates. She previously served as Principal of Douglas | Gallagher Chicago. Her experience also includes positions with Gensler/LA as Director of Graphics and Owner/Principal of Coss Creative for 11 years.
Ms. Coss has extensive experience in brand management and experience design, as well as large-scale mixed-use/entertainment projects and museum exhibitions across the country. Gretchen is well versed in the development of comprehensive marketing campaigns and the translation of those marketing messages to the 3-dimensional environment. She has participated on collaborative teams, both nationally and internationally, designing communications systems for mass audiences, whether in retail environments, museum venues, international airports, or the rapidly changing business and entertainment environments. Representative clients includ SONY, Dreamworks/SKG, Disney, ABC Entertainment, and The Smithsonian Institution. She is currently working on Twinbrook Commons Mixed-Use Development with the JBG Companies, National Harbor with Meridian and multiple mixed-use developments with Kettler.
Gretchen served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) for six years and she is past president of the organization. Her involvement in education initiatives over the years includes serving as an Adjunct Professor at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, giving numerous lectures and many writing projects. She has recently completed a book project focused on brand management and its extension to the built environment. Her affiliations also include AIGA, DCBIA, and the ULI Entertainment Design Council. Gretchen received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University in 1982.
Jordan Craddock, originally from Ozark, Alabama, graduated from Auburn University with a B.F.A. in Graphic Design in the Spring of 2007. Upon graduation, she was eager to move to Washington, DC to pursue her career as a graphic designer. She quickly found herself on the doorsteps of one of the largest exhibit design firms in the country, Gallagher & Associates (G&A). Within the last two years, she has been given many opportunities to develop as a young designer at G&A; hence furthering her education and broadening her outlook on the applications of graphics in an immersive environment. She has been a key designer on many projects at G&A — from proposals and concepts to final production, she has seen many projects come to fruition while others are projected to be completed in the years to come. Such projects include the pathways at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and the redesign of The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, GA.