About the Author

David Gardener has worked as an illustrator and graphic designer across a broad spectrum of companies, from large international organisations to small agencies. In 2003 he was awarded a Masters in Media from Nottingham Trent University in the UK. The following year he (along with his family) jumped on a plane and headed to New Zealand to lecture in design at the School of Media Arts at Wintec. Since 2011 is he a Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Andrea Wilkinson has worked in a variety of design positions, including in-house art departments, agencies and Internet start-ups, as well as utilising design in an arts context. Originally hailing from the American state of Missouri, she received her Masters in Transmedia from Sint-Lukas in Brussels, Belgium before moving to New Zealand in 2004 to lecture in design at the School of Media Arts at Wintec. Since 2010 is she a Design Lecturer and Researcher at the LUCA School of Arts, Genk, Belgium.