ted davis . new works from basel and beyond


	ted davis, b. USA 1983 ted [at] teddavis.org

	_EDUCATION
2007–2009	University of Illinois at Chicago + The Basel School of Design – FHNW HGK MFA + MAS in Visual Communication
2001–2006	California State University, Chico BA in Communication Design (option in Graphic Design) Minor in Studio Arts

	_WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 FALL – PRESENT DATE	[Interaction Docent + MFA Coordinator + Design Researcher] FHNW HGK The Basel School of Design, Switzerland Teachings focused in interactive media for both MFA and BA levels. Coordinator between Basel « » Chicago MFA program. Design lead for “Visual Search+” SNF funded research project.
2010 – 2011	[Interaction Docent + BA Thesis Mentor] FHNW HGK The Basel School of Design, Switzerland Developing curriculum and teaching wide range of interaction courses for 1st year BA as intro., 2nd year BA interactive, MA/MFA tools. Mentor for 3rd year BA thesis projects.
2009 – 2010	[Design Researcher] FHNW HGK Basel, Switzerland Responsible for the SNF federal funding submission “Visual Search +”. Including research project development, partner network building and application formulation.
2004–2007	[Designer] Viola Design, Healdsburg, CA Pre-press, digital photo retouching, web-design, format corrections, and business illustrations.
2005 SUMMER	[Advertorial Graphic Design Internship] Rolling Stone Magazine (Wenner Media LLC), New York, NY Developed logo concepts + advertising design, built compositions, and digital photo manipulation.
2004 SPRING	[Image Catalogue Assistantship] Professor Byron Wolfe, CSU Chico, CA Scanned, retouched, printed, and catalogued a series of Guatemalan prints by Edward Muybridge from 1875, for a rephotography project Prof. Wolfe pursued on sabbatical.

	_RELATED SKILLS
	Adobe Creative Suite – Lightroom – Isadora – Final Cut Pro – Keynote – Office Suite – iOS WebApp/XCode/Appstore Publish – HTML – CSS – JAVASCRIPT – PHP – MySQL – Flash Actionscript – Processing – Digital audio hardware/software

	_LANGUAGES
FLUENT	English as mother tongue
INTERMEDIATE	Deutsch/German [Niveau/Level B2]

	_SELECT PUBLICATIONS
2011	[‘Precise Mishandling of the Digital Image Structure’] HCII 2011 DUXU Conference Proceedings, Springer Verlag
	[‘Programmed Ellipse’ used for cover of online journal] Rheinsprung 11 - Eikones FHNW/HGK - rheinsprung11.ch
2010	[Golden Bee 9 Moscow International Biennale of Graphic Design, for TEXT2IMAGE thesis project] Moscow, Russia
2009	[One of numerous blogs to write about MFA thesis TEXT2IMAGE] information aesthetics – www.infosthetics.com
	[Reflections photo series selected for publication cover] NOVARTIS CAMPUS – Hatje Cantz
	[Patented Ornament as part of ImageLab Workshop] Ornament und Bildentwurf - Eikones FHNW/HGK

	_GUEST LECTURES + PRESENTATIONS
2011	[‘Precise Mishandling of the Digital Image Structure’] HCII 2011 – DUXU, Orlando, Florida
	[‘Pushing Pixels through Precise Mishandling’] SGKM 2011 - Bild–Kommunikation–Medien, Basel, Switzerland

	_HONORS + AWARDS
2009	[FABRICA Residency Trial] Portfolio accepted for trial residency. Treviso, Italy
	[Honorable Mention - AIGA XCD “Culture in Design”] MFA thesis project TEXT2IMAGE selected in juried competition.
2006	[Silver Place in Poster Design] The 31st Annual Student Graphic Design Invitational Meriam Library, California State University Chico, CA
	[Honorable Merit Award - Juried Exhibition] The 11th Annual Student Printmakers’ Invitational Janet Turner Print Museum, CSU Chico, CA
	[EMMA’06 – INVITATIONAL INTL. ARTIST COLLABORATIVE] BIG RIVER, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

	_SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006	[Subway Sleepers] May 15th – Sept. 30th Bell Memorial Union Art Gallery, CSU Chico, CA

	_SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011	[FILE Tablet – TEXT2IMAGE iOS App] São Paulo, Brazil
	[Computational Aesthetics 2011 with TEXT2IMAGE] Vancouver, Canada
2009	[FHNW Diploma Exhibition] Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland
	[Image of Research] Daley Library, University of Illinois Chicago, USA
2008	[Ornament and Image Making] Eikones NCCR Iconic Criticism, Basel, Switzerland
2006	[11th Annual Student Print Invitational] Janet Turner Print Museum, CSU Chico, CA
	[31st Annual Student Graphic Design Invitational] Meriam Library, CSU Chico, CA
	[Digital Dialog] Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
	[51st Annual Juried Student Exhibit] The University Gallery, CSU Chico, CA

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