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Tristan Walker and John Maeda: Redefining Design

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Date:
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Time:
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Inforum at the Commonwealth Club
Location Details:
Inforum at the Commonwealth Club
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA

Tristan Walker, Founder & CEO, Walker & Company Brands, Inc.
John Maeda, Design Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers—Moderator

After recognizing the need for better-designed personal care products for people of color, Tristan Walker, a former entrepreneur-in-residence at Andreessen Horowitz and director of business development at Foursquare, struck out on his own and launched Walker & Company Brands, Inc.

Now, Walker & Company is an emerging leader in the field of product design, and his company's wares are being met with both critical acclaim from health and beauty industry heavyweights and financial backing from celebrities like John Legend and Magic Johnson.

Join INFORUM, Tristan Walker and design industry guru John Maeda for an insightful discussion about how companies like Walker & Company Brands are finding success and redefining product design by making products that are both visually appealing and highly effective available to the masses.

Location: 555 Post Street, San Francisco
Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in and premium reception, 6:30 p.m. program
Added to the calendar on Tue, Jul 5, 2016 11:52AM
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