🎏I teach designers how to make things 🔥and how to make things happen.

🍏Professor of graphic design and professional practice at 🍊ArtCenter College of Design
🎙️Online educator though LinkedIn Learning and Chris Do's TheFutur.com, including courses on:
•☕ Freelancing
•🎯Presentation skills
•💡Portfolio development
•📎 Small business practice
•☕ How to land a dream job In the creative services industry
•👻 Working with creative nomads

🚀A leading voice in graphic design, I speak at conferences, schools, and to professional organizations worldwide about 💡creative careers, the business of design, and ⌛the future of the graphic design industry. 

✈️Avid traveler and 🎏visual translator. 🤿 Find me 85 feet underwater photographing 🦈 nice sharks and giant manta rays, ⛰️climbing a steep and rocky slope, or 🧘twisting my body like a pretzel in a yoga class.

💎Received an AIGA Fellows Award for raising the understanding of design within the industry and among the business and cultural communities of 🌅Los Angeles!!!

My philosophy:
“Practice safe design, use a concept.”

Connect with me on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/petrulavrontikis/