Join Etsy Creative Director Randy Hunt for an insider’s peek into the "world’s most vibrant handmade marketplace." Randy will touch upon the principles informing the creative behemoth's design decisions, as well as their occasionally surprising outcomes. Beyond the scope of web product design, these principles are applicable to any design process that embraces change and encourages learning from your audience.

Featuring an all-star roster of five Austin-area Etsy vendors, curated by AIGA Austin.

About Randy Hunt
At Etsy, Randy leads a team of designers creating the end-to-end experience, both online and off. He feels strongly that designers must be able to build what they design, a perspective that complements Etsy’s culture of making and the love of craftsmanship. Randy is also co-founder of Supermarket—a curated design marketplace—and previously founded Citizen Scholar Inc. and worked at Milton Glaser Inc. and Number 17. A longtime writer and lecturer about design, Randy has been a visiting designer and critic at many colleges and universities. His first book, Product Design for the Web, will be published in November.

Admission prices:
$10 for members
$15 for nonmembers