John Laven's Page

I work at. . .

MayoClinic.com

See our website at. . .

http://www.mayoclinic.com

My Job Title/Role is. . .

Art Director

My primary areas of design management focus are. . .

Brand Identity, Communications, Graphic Design, Information Design, Interaction Design, Marketing, Web Site Design

Short bio?

Illustration Major - Art Center College of Design '76
Various design jobs then till now. Don't have time for details. This is a web form. It's supposed to short and sweet.

My design and business interests are. . .

Social Networking fascinates me. Sure it's useful but its also intrusive, obnoxious, and extremely self absorbing. Look at American Idol, it's related to the social network trend, it's the end of music.No originality needed. But some feel, handled properly, the masses can better define better solutions for our society. I'm definitely interested in that track. I'm also anxiously waiting for the Web 2.0 design 3d-glow-gradient-shadow-highlight trend to come an end.

My Favorite example of a remix is. . .

The hills of Tijuana.

DMI Annual Conference attendance. . .

This is my first time.

DMI Member?

No