Wednesday, May 30th
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*When: Wednesday, May 30th 2008 @ 6:00PM - 7:45 PM
followed by drinks at Dad Watsons
*Where: Fremont Library (note our new location!)
*What: Onion, Peeling back the Layers of Design
*Who: Kevin Tamura, Blue Flavor

Schedule
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6:00 PM - Pizza and networking (bring cash if you want some!)
6:30 PM - Kevin Wick's talk followed by Q&A
7:45 PM - Walk over to Dad Watsons for food & drinks

About the Talk
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Design is never as pretty and simple as the end work. It would be
great if we nailed it on the first time but that is hardly the case.
Often,  are rounds and rounds of changes and revisions, each peeling
back a different layer. Mistakes are made and decisions reevaluated
all to get to to that one design.

Kevin Tamura will walk through the redesign of the forthcoming new
Seattle Refresh website, from the initial comps to the finished design
that will launch soon.

About the Speaker
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Kevin published his first website in 1996. It was crude and done with
Adobe PageMill. He quickly learned the limitations of WYSIWYG editors
and began coding by hand, as well as learning HTML properly. His
second site gained praise from the web community and was featured in
the book Cutting Edge Web Design, the Next Generation. He hasn’t
looked back since then.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in Communication Design from
California State University, Chico, Kevin headed up to Seattle and
began working for PhotoDisc/Getty Images. Feeling the need to devote
more time to designing for the internet and less on print, Kevin left
to join the dot com boom on the eve of the bust. Oh well.

Since then he has provided creative solutions for a variety of
clients, large and small, and continued to earn praise from his peers.
He has had the opportunity to work on some great projects including
work for Microsoft, MSN Money, Cranium, eRequester and Nordstrom.com,
and has met some great people along the way.

After the Talk
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Don't forget that we all head over to Doc Watsons for food and
drinks after every Refresh Seattle talk. Hope to see you there!