BIO

Jemma Hostetler (née Gura) is an art director and designer working in branding, product, print and interactive. Her work, such as "Prate.com - an aesthetic exploration", has been featured in numerous reviews and books, including one she co-authored challenging designers to push the boundaries of their creative tools. Jemma is co-founder of Sans Nom, a design studio, located in Toledo.

www.JemmaHostetler.com
www.Prate.com

BOOKS

"Tres Logos"
Die Gestalten Verlag
Published November 2006

"FriendsWithYou Have Powers!"
Die Gestalten Verlag
Published October 2006

"Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process"
Curt Cloninger/Peachpit Press
Published October 2006

"Rethink Redesign Reconstruct: How Top Designers Create Bold New Work by Reinterpreting Original Designs"
Mark Wasserman/Plinko
Published 2004

"Brazil Inspired"
Die Gestalten Verlag
Published 2003

"Inspiring Creative Web Design: Past, Present, Future"
Chris Brock
Published 2003

"Coast to Coast, Contemporary American Graphic Design"
Die Gestalten Verlag
Published 2002

"Personal Web Sites: Top Designers Push the Boundaries with Experimental Design and Graphics"
Joe Shepter/Rockport
Published 2002

"Permanent"
DIK/IdN
Published 2002

"800X600" Design Annual
Inertia
Published 2002

Co-Author; "4x4 Photoshop and Illustrator: Light/Dark"
Friends of Ed
Published 2001

MAGAZINE/Annual

ROJO® AIR
"a little less gravity"— a ROJO® special issue with NIKE.
Fall 2006

Communication Arts
Design Annual 2005
46th Annual Design Exhibition
Award of Excellence—Integrated Branding Program

TOCA-ME Magazine
Collaboration with UPSO
November 2005

Computer Arts Magazine
"The Ultimate Portfolio" & "It's a Man's World" October 2005

HOW Magazine
"5 Fresh Designers to Watch" 04/2004

Pol Oxygen Magazine
Australia 04/2004

ZOO Quarterly
Issue 13

IdN Magazine
"Helvetica Heaven" 2002 Vol.8 No.6

IdN Magazine
"Women in Design" 2002 Vol.8 No.4

e-DESIGN Taiwan
June 2002; Issue 121

Vice Magazine
Issue V9N8/September

Faesthetic Magazine
Issues 1,2 & 3

Rojo Magazine
LUX Portada Issue #M

Adobe.com
"Portrait of a Web Designer"

EightPointFive Magazine
Inaugural Issue

EXHIBITION/PRESENTATION

SXSW Interactive. "Maintaining Design Playgrounds". Panelist with Dustin Hostetler and Curt Cloninger. Austin, Texas 2006.

"Some Work" exhibition with Harsh Patel at The Gallery of Knoxville. Knoxville, April 2006.

Flash In The Can. Presented "Gravity—A story about relationships" with Dustin Hostetler and Branden Hall. Toronto 2006.

One of a kind print for "A Room With A Zoo" exhibition at the Resistor Gallery in Toronto, Canada. Opening October 2005.

Speaker with Dustin Amery Hostetler as "Sans Nom" for the Louisville Graphic Design Association, September 2005.

Custom skateboard deck shown at the "Skate Or Die" Show in both L.A. and San Francisco, Summer 2005.

Work Exhibited at the "Eye of the Beholder" show at the Lab101 Gallery in L.A., January 2005.

Judge, HOW Magazine's 7th Annual Interactive Design Awards.

Judge/Panelist, AIGA Minnesota 2005 Interactive Showcase.

IAMSTATIC's Growth & Pattern Exhibition, celebrating their 5th anniversary.

Midwizest Show at Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC.

Presentation of PURPASTOE Installment One (1) during BD4D's second NYC event.

Speaker; MadInSpain Conference held in Madrid, Spain.

Panelist (with Florian Fangohr, Mike Cina, Joe Kral & Joachim Muller-Lance); TypeCon 2003 held in Minneapolis.

Nikao Youth Project One-of-a-kind Tee Exhibit & Auction in San Diego, CA.

Speaker (with Joshua Davis); OFFF (Experimental Audio Unusual Video) in Barcelona, Spain.

Whitney Museum's Artport exhibition of Map Maker, a collaboration with Joshua Davis.

8.5x11 show at 55DSL Store in NYC; Curated by Faesthetic.

Carrara Biennale, Italy; In an exhibit curated by Shockart.net - exhibit of the "Just Close Your Eyes" project.

Juror for Interactive in the AIGA Pittsburgh 100.

Finalist in the Flash Film Festival, NYC, for Net Art.

Speaker; BD4D event in London, UK.

Speaker; PixelDNA an event held during the SMAU conference in Milan, Italy.

Speaker; VIEW:SOURCE event in Chicago, IL.