Small Talks  Mike Hicks

Small Talks is a forum for Austin’s creative community to share and exchange ethical and practical discussion relevant to the local design industry.

About Mike Hicks

GENERAL: Consulting Designer 1976-present, President of Hixo, Inc. Austin, Texas. 1979-1984 Faculty Instructor, Senior/Graduate Design at the University of Texas, School of Art, 1990 Visiting Faculty, Kent State University. 1992 Visiting Faculty, University of Montana. Work featured in permanent archives of the Smithsonian Institute; Cooper-Hewitt Museum and Museum of Modern Art, Cali, Colombia. Founding President of AIGA/Texas. Past board member of the Texas Fine Arts Association. Board of Trustees, Humane Society, Advisory Board, Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife, Expo. Co-Chair, AIGA National Conference, Miami. Advisory Board Member, How magazine.

AUTHOR: "How To Be Texan" and "Yankees Made Simple/The South Made Simple". Articles published in Texas Monthly, Step x Step, AIGA Journal, How, Eye, Communications Arts, Graphis, The New York Times and others.

FEATURED SPEAKER: Los Angeles Art Directors Club, Art Directors and Designers Association (New Orleans), Art Directors Club of Phoenix, International Association of Business Communicators, Texas Public Relations Association, Art Directors Club of El Paso, Art Directors Club of Denver, Art Directors Club of Sacramento, University & College Designers Association, Western Art Directors Club, ADAC "Envision" Conference, ADAC "Business of Design" Conference, AIGA National Conference, Designers Club, Madison, Wisconsin and various college seminars.

AWARDS & SHOWS: New York Art Directors Club, American Institute of Graphic Arts shows and annuals, Los Angeles Art Directors Club shows, Print Magazine regional issues, Communication Arts annuals, Chicago STA show, Dallas Society of Visual Communicators shows, Houston Art Directors shows, AIGA/Texas show, American Advertising Federation shows (local, regional, national) Cooper-Hewitt American Poster show (NYC), Graphic Poster Annual, Stars & Stripes Invitational Show (San Francisco), Society of Publication Designers shows, Broadcast Designers Association shows, Society of Illustrators shows, Poster Show-Museum of Modern Art/Colombia. TFAA Invitational Shows.

SHOWS JUDGED: Communication Arts Design Annual, AIGA Humor Show, AIGA Cover Show, Communication Arts Photography Annual, Clio Awards, numerous Art Directors Clubs and Ad Club shows.

PRINT INTERVIEWS & FEATURES: Communications Arts magazine, Texas Posters book, AIGA Texas Design Annual, Ad Age, Print magazine, Annual Report Design, Adweek magazine, Designing With Illustration book, and various others.

BROADCAST INTERVIEWS: NBC Today Show, ABC Good Morning Houston, CNN News Live, NPR Radio and numerous live interviews, call-in and talk radio shows across U.S.