Featured Speakers:

Tommy Perez, designer, doodler & frequent paper krafter

Tommy Perez is a freelance multidisciplinary maker based out of Southern California. With a love for storytelling and collaboration, Tommy crafts compositions with paper, produce and various props. He’s a self-described “designer, doodler & frequent paper krafter” who works with unusual materials in the making of his diverse portfolio of work.

From bacon bits and wonton wrappers to paper and glue, the mediums used are worked into vibrant compositions and colorful creations.

Tommy has had the great pleasure to collaborate with clients such as 20th Century Fox, adidas, Benefit Cosmetics, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Ford Motor Company, Fossil, Marvel Entertainment, Nickelodeon, Sparkling Ice, Specialized Bicycles, Target and Too Faced Cosmetics.

When he’s not making fun stuff, he enjoys skateboarding and root beer floats.

ZIPENG ZHU, designer, art director, illustrator and animator

Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born designer, art director, illustrator and animator in New York City who wants to make everyday a razzle-dazzle musical. After he graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he has worked at Pentagram and Sagmeister & Walsh. He was one of the Art Directors Club Young Guns 13 winners and has been recognized as Print magazine’s New Visual Artist and The One Show Young Ones. His work has been exhibited all over the world including New York, Barcelona, Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai and other major museums and institutions.