Jon Kolko

Jon Kolko is the founder of Austin Center for Design, a progressive educational institution teaching interaction design and social entrepreneurship.[1][2] He is also a partner at Modernist Studio.

Jon Kolko
Jon Kolko
Born	1978 (age 42–43) Rochester, NY
Occupation	Designer and Author
Language	English
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University
Genre	Non-fiction
Subject	Design
Notable works	Creative Clarity; How I Teach; Well-Designed; Exposing the Magic of Design; Wicked Problems; Thoughts on Interaction Design;
Spouse	Jess Kolko
Website
jonkolko.com

Kolko has held the positions of Vice President of Design at Blackboard and at MyEdu; Executive Director of Design Strategy at Thinktiv, a venture accelerator in Austin, Texas; and both Principal Designer and Associate Creative Director roles at frog design, a global innovation firm. He was also a Professor of Interaction and Industrial Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design.[3] Kolko has also held the role of Director for the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), and Editor-in-Chief of Interactions magazine, published by the ACM.[4]

Kolko is the author of the following books:

• Thoughts on Interaction Design, published by Morgan Kaufmann
• Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis, published by Oxford University Press
• Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving, published by Austin Center for Design
• Well Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love, published by Harvard Business Review Press
• How I Teach, published by Austin Center for Design
• Creative Clarity, published by Brown Bear Press