Seth Johnson—Past President, 2010-2012 February 19, 2014
Most certainly a favorite moment of mine must have taken place sometime in early-to-mid 2010. Outgoing director of programming Brent Stickels had invited Jen Soik and I over to his lovely home for dinner. We ended up staying all night — drinking plenty of wine, listening to records, and strategizing how to split the overworked programming director position into three new board positions. To this day, I still remember Brent hearing the newspaper hit the front door and realizing that it was probably time to call it a night (or a morning).
That evening cemented a deep and productive friendship between Jen and myself, paved the way toward being able to offer even more and stronger programming to our members, and demonstrated how valuable it is to form lasting relationships with fellow leaders. It also produced three enormous hangovers and made clear how awesome it was to party at Brent’s house. Thanks, Brent!
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He started his own design studio, Oryx & Moth, doing branding, art direction and design for clients big and small. Meanwhile he was the chair of the Solopreneurs Committee for AIGA MN (2022-2023) and served on the Design Student & Alumni Board at the University of Minnesota (2010-2013). Prior to that he worked at TSG, a design agency in Robbinsdale, for clients including: Target, HealthPartners and Crate & Barrel. He's also had a short stint designing for financial institutions (PNC Bank, Citibank and BBVA Compass). He started out designing and art directing photo shoots for multiple national salon chains throughout the US and Canada. And has had mediocre hairstyles since.
His interests vary widely with the season but he always willing to chat about DIY projects, soccer, LEGO, minimalism, FIRE, AI, technology, saunas, traveling, camping, parenting, etc.