Jon Kolko is the founder of Austin Center for Design, a

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. He is also a partner at Modernist Studio. Kolko has held the positions of Vice President of Design at

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; Executive Director of

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at Thinktiv, a

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in Austin, Texas; and both Principal Designer and Associate

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, a global innovation firm. He was also a professor of interaction and

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. 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. Kolko is the author of the following books: * ''Thoughts on Interaction Design'' (Brown Bear Press, 2007; Morgan Kaufmann, 2011) * ''Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis'' (Oxford University Press, 2011) * ''Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving'' (Austin Center for Design, 2012) * ''Well Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love'' (Harvard Business Review Press, 2014) * ''How I Teach'' (Brown Bear Press, 2017) * ''Creative Clarity: A Practical Guide For Bringing Creative Thinking Into Your Company'' (Brown Bear Press, 2017)

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How I Teach Design
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Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving
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