HILLMAN CURTIS is the principal and CEO of hillmancurtis.com, inc., a digital design firm in New York City. The winner of numerous awards, he has appeared as the keynote and featured speaker at design conferences worldwide, and his firm’s work has been featured in the major design publications. Curtis’ first book, Flash Web Design, has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into 14 languages. His second book, MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer, is required reading at design schools worldwide. His latest book, Hillman Curtis on Creating Short Films for the Web, was released in September 2005 by New Riders Press.

Recent work includes major projects for AOL, Yahoo! and the AIGA. He is also producing online commercial documentaries for Adobe, BMW and others, and continues to write, direct and produce personal films. www.hillmancurtis.com

KELLY GOTO is currently a principal at gotomedia, LLC, an online consultancy for user experience and interaction design. She continues to focus on developing new techniques for collaborative development in digital media. With over 15 years of experience in the advertising, design and interactive industry, Goto bridges the gap between utility and aesthetics.

Formerly an award-winning creative director at Idea Integration, she successfully managed the redesign of many sites ranging from independent to corporate levels. In advertising and commercial design since the late 1980s, Goto has acted as creative director, designer and producer for many high-profile clients, including KPMG Consulting, Compaq, IBM, Warner Bros., National Geographic, Adobe Corporation, Paramount Television, Macromedia Corp. and Sony Pictures. She is the coauthor of the highly acclaimed book Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works. www.gotomedia.com

JOE PEMBERTON is a principal and cofounder of Punchcut. He works with design teams to ensure that functional, usable interface design serves brands through intuitive and delightful interaction. He works with clients like Dwell, Yahoo!, Disney, FontShop and select mobile companies to envision and design engaging and relevant experiences across websites and mobile devices.

Prior to founding Punchcut, Pemberton was a creative director at Razorfish, leading multidisciplinary teams in the New York and San Francisco offices for clients like Mattel, Post, Microsoft and Sun. When Mattel aggregated several properties for a “tween” demographic, he provided brand and design insights to ensure the unification it needed. At Omnicom agency Merkley Newman Harty, Pemberton designed JetBlue’s timeless, New Yorkhip aesthetic.

Pemberton cofounded Typophile, the online community for type enthusiasts. True to his typical reductionist approach, he travels primarily on two wheels. www.punchcut.com