An event series from Diversify by Design
DISCOVER THE JOURNEYS OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS
Our “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) event series was developed to provide a platform for designers who champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to answer questions about their journey to design, their experiences as a professional designer, or the things they create.
Upcoming Ask Me Anything Events
Experiential Design Executive | 20+ Years Experience | Design Thinking Leader | Visual Design | Working at the Intersection of Design & Business
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Pilar Newton is the Program Director of the EDM Program in the Art department of The City College of New York, where she also teaches digital animation. She has contributed work to companies such as Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Sesame Workshop, among others. Her animated short “Last Class”, completed in 2023, is making the festival rounds. Pilar is currently finishing her second independent short that she is excited for the world to see. She recently released “Just Pilar”, a darkly observant and hilarious autobiographical comic collection. She spends her free time listening to opera and doing pixel art. Pilar is based in Brooklyn, NY, where she is proudly originally from.
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Professor, Design Researcher, Podcaster, Author, Change Maker
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Catch Up on Recent AMAs
Ask Me Anything with Liz Ott
Ask Me Anything with Jasmine K Burton
Ask Me Anything with Anosh Gill
Ask Me Anything with Omari Souza
Ask Me Anything with Corey Dangel
Ask Me Anything with Anne H. Berry
Ask Me Anything with Alfredo and Lara Alsoudani Weeks
Ask Me Anything with Shawn Williams
Know someone?
If you have someone in mind you’d like to see on D×D’s AMA series, drop us a line at hello@dxd.design with subject line: AMA Speaker.
