I will be speaking at the AIGA National Design Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. I am co-speaking with Charles Harrison, the lifetime achievement award winner several years ago from the Cooper Hewitt National Museum of Design. Here is the description of our talk.

Hartford Art School student Ethan Bodnar and industrial designer Charles Harrison will co-present their career and work—a student beginning in an age of blogs and InDesign, juxtaposed with a successful designer who began his career as a military cartographer in the 1950s. While focusing on the importance of a formal education, Harrison and Bodnar will share stories demonstrating how their education truly never ends. Expect an engaging and thoughtful look at the differences and similarities of these two uniquely successful designers.

We will be speaking on the mainstage, Saturday morning, with each of us talking for around ten to twelve minutes. I am very excited and honored to be speaking and look forward to seeing some of you there. You can follow me on Twitter for updates about the conference, and check out the official conference live blog.