Christopher Grant Ward

Current

• Product Design Manager at Topspin Media
• Managing Partner at BASECAMP, LLC

Education

• Art Center College of Design
• Carnegie Mellon University
• California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Recommended

1 person has recommended Christopher Grant

Connections

66 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• an interaction design study
• my published article
• my experience and resume

Christopher Grant Ward’s Summary

Christopher Grant Ward’s Specialties:

interaction design, information architecture, user interface design, user-centered design, design research, usability testing, visual-verbal communication, visual rhetoric, digital rhetoric

Christopher Grant Ward’s Experience

• Product Design Manager

  Topspin Media

  (Design industry)

  December 2008 — Present (8 months)

  Product and design strategy for Topspin's web applications, artist web presences and marketing of creative content.

• Managing Partner

  BASECAMP, LLC

  (Music industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years)

  BASECAMP, LLC is a writing, publishing and promotion company for musicians :: Home to BASECAMP, a modern folk music collective residing in San Francisco, CA featuring the original songs and vocals of Christopher Grant Ward and a revolving lineup of incredible players on electric guitar, bass, cello, piano and lap steel. ::

Additional Information

Christopher Grant Ward’s Websites:

• an interaction design study
• my published article
• my experience and resume

Christopher Grant Ward’s Interests:

writing and performing music, long-distance running

Christopher Grant Ward’s Groups:

National Communication Association
Rhetoric Society of America
Popular Culture Association

•    Interaction Design Association

Christopher Grant Ward’s Honors:

Semifinalist, Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2008

Scholarships, Art Center College of Design, Carnegie Mellon University

Publication: “Stock Images, ‘Filler Content’ and the Ambiguous Corporate Message.” M/C Journal 10.5 (2007).

Semifinalist, Adobe Design Achievement Awards, 2008

Selected Speaking Forums: Electronic Media Session, PCA, Boston, MA., 2007 • "Derrida and Foucault", NCA, Chicago IL., 2007. • Visual Rhetoric Panel, RSA Summer Institute Sessions, Rensselaer University, NY., 2007.

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