Humanity, Connection and Vulnerability

Enjoy our welcome from 2017 AIGA Design Conference Chair, Tina Essmaker. Tina is a New York City-based editor and writer. She is cofounder and editor-at-large of The Great Discontent, a magazine and live event series that features inspiring conversations with today’s artists, makers, and risk-takers. Prior to her current pursuits, she earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Wayne State University in Detroit and spent over a decade working with runaway and homeless youth in Michigan.