Hello, it’s nice to meet you!

For as long as I can remember, I've ​been driven by optimism and curiosity - and as a​n artist & designer, that curiosity has ​taken me ​on an incredibly fun journey.

From ​making zine​s, and creating products for major global brands, to leading ​a team of world-class engineers​, ​and designing with Bruce Mau​, I am constantly on the hunt for creative problems to solve. I now focus my experience on Ford Motor Company, where I lead Strategic Comms for Ford Design.

Outside of my ​day job, I continue to ​explore illustration and typography, as well as my ongoing curatorial projects​. I am also expanding my ​practice with ​a focus on Life-Centered Design, ​while I grow my design leadership ​skills as a mentor with Design For Good.

I hope you'll take a moment to explore the links above and click here to see my full resume. ​If you have any questions or would ​just like to say hi, ​please reach out! ✌️

Selected Clients

• Commercial Artwork: PBS, Converse, Havas, Mountain Dew, Case-Mate, Poketo, Motorola, Martini & Rossi, Scion, Fuel TV, Skittles, MTV, MTV-Tr3s, Upper Playground, Casio G-SHOCK, The Webbys, Johnson & Johnson / Merck, ETNIES, Burton, Verizon, Air America, Toshiba, Nokia, American Eagle, Kid Robot, XLarge, and Sims Snowboards.

• Editorial Illustrations: The Washington Post, Wired, Newsweek, Seattle Stranger, Portland Mercury, GQ, Institutional Investor, Flaunt, Anthem, Men's Health, XLR8R, BusinessWeek, ReadyMade, Rockpile, Anthem, Swindle, Clamor, RE:UP, Rap-Up, IRT, Honest, EGM, WYWS, Art Prostitute, BPM, Marmalade, Made, Make, Craft, Animal NYC, Beautiful Decay & Arthur.

• Curatorial Projects: Threadless, Diesel/55DSL, Scion/Toyota, SXSW, The Toledo Museum of Art, You Are Beautiful, The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, The Lucas County Public Library, and The Toledo Zoo.

Selected Exhibitions

• Consuming Culture (2024)
  Group show - Collaborating with James Dickerson / 20 North Gallery / Toledo

• Chicago’s Tomorrow, Today (2023)
  Group show / Chicago Graphic Design Club / Hosted by MMNL / Chicago

• Kind Words: 20th Birthday Show (2022)
  Group show / You Are Beautiful HQ / Chicago

• You Are Beautiful: 2nd Anniversary of YAB HQ (2020)
  Group show / YAB HQ / Chicago

• Launch: Art in The Age of Solidarity (2020)
  Inaugural group show / Toledo Black Artist Coalition / Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery / Toledo

• Hallways of Hope (2020)
  Group show / Celebrating Frontline Workers during the Pandemic / Curated by The Toledo Arts Commission for ProMedica / Toledo

• You Are Beautiful: HQ 1st Anniversary Group Show (2019)
  Group show / YAB HQ / Chicago

• Great Ideas of Humanity: Chicago Design Museum (2016)
  Group show / Hong Kong Design Week / Hong Kong

• You Are Beautiful: DIY Sticker Show (2016)
  Group show / Galerie F / Chicago

• You Are Beautiful: 3rd Anniversary DIY (2015)
  Group show / Galerie F / Chicago

• Wish List (2015)
  Group show / The Gallery Project / Toledo & Ann Arbor

• You Are Beautiful: The Next Chapter (2013)
  Group show / Galerie F / Chicago

• SPACE! The Gallery Show (2013)
  Group show curated by Mike Mitchell / Gallery 1988 / LA

• Walking with The Dutch Giant: (2013)
  A Benefit for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Honoring Justin Van Hoy / Group show / Space 1026 / Philadelphia

• Tokyo Love Show (2012)
  Group show for K-A-B / Omotesando Hills Grand Stairwell / Tokyo

• I thought we'd have more time (2011)
  Solo show / Bozarts Gallery / Toledo

• Face Off (2011)
  Portrait swap group show / Benjamin Benjamin Gallery / Portland

• KATAMARI (2010)
  Benefit group show for Join PDX / Floating World Comics / Portland

• Toledo Museum of Art 92nd Toledo Area Artist Show (2010)
  Juried Group Show / Toledo, OH

• The Last Unicorn Art Show (2010)
  Group Show / Tattoo Factory Gallery / Chicago, IL

• Toledo Museum of Art Community Exhibit (2010)
  Group Show reinterpreting pieces from the TMA's permanent collection / Toledo, OH

• Inaugural Show (2010)
  Group Show / THIS Gallery / LA

• 20/10 Vision (2010)
  Group Show / Gallery Hanahou / NYC

• We Haven't Felt This Way In Years (2009)
  Group Show / Double Punch Gallery / SF, CA

• Green Label Art (2009)
  2 man show with Jeff McMillan / Etnies Showroom / Soho, NYC

• Hip Hop Lives Here (2009)
  Group Show / Auckland, New Zealand

• We Are Contributors (2009)
  Group Show curated by Furni & Mumblemagazine / Vancouver

• Park Life (2008)
  Group Show curated by Studio #1 / Subliminal Projects / LA

• The Fine Line (2008)
  Group Show with Damien Correll, Ryan Santos, Julie Hill & Joey Parlett /
  Front Room Gallery / Cleveland

• A Benefit Show (2008)
  Group Show / Fecal Face Gallery / San Francisco

• Electric Windows (2008)
  Group Show / Open Space Gallery / Beacon NY

• I will miss you when I'm gone (2008)
  Solo Show / Wootini Gallery / Carrborro, NC

• Happy Endings (2007)
  Group Show / the Lab 101 Gallery / LA

• I Can See the Future (2007)
  Solo Show / Plastic Chapel Gallery / Denver

• Cereal Killers (2007)
  Group Show / Monkeyhouse Toys / LA

• Want2Bsquare (2007)
  Group Show with Dalek, Sage Vaughn, Maya Hayuk, Matzu & Kelsey Brookes / 
  Presented by SCION / Skylight Studios & Scion Space Gallery / NYC & LA

• We're All Mad Here (2006)
  Group Show / Presented by Disney / Gallery 1988 / LA

• The Paint Ball (2006)
  Group Show / Kid Robot Pirate Store / NYC

• I want to live forever (2006)
  Solo Show / Kid Robot / NYC

• Follow the Munny (2006)
  Group Show / Capsule Gallery / Denver

• Project: C-Note (2006)
  Group Show / Project.BZ Gallery / LA

• Project: Propaganda (2005)
  Group Show / Project.BZ Gallery / LA

• Zoo Room (2005)
  Group Show / I Am Stati & Resistor Gallery / Toronto

• Munny Show (2005)
  Group Show / KidRobot / LA

• Fun with Dead Bodies (2005)
  Group Show / Rotofugi / Chicago / 2005

• Project: Vice (2005)
  Group Show / Project.BZ Gallery & Vice Magazine / LA

• Surf VS. Skate (2005)
  Group Show /Project.BZ Gallery / LA

• Skate or Die (2005)
  Group Show / New Image Gallery & Purple Skunk Board Shop / LA & SF

• Fifty Fifty (2005)
  Group Show / Lab 101 & Powerhouse Gallery / LA & NYC

• Canceled Flight (Book Release show) (2005)
  Group Show / Reed Space / NYC

• ART 4 TIBET (2005)
  Group Show / Juice Gallery / San Francisco

• Bridge (2005)
  Group Show curated by Punkture / Church at Berkley / Toronto

• Vinyl Klash 2 (2005)
  Custom Toy Group Show / C-POP Gallery / Detroit

• Metal Pig (2005)
  Group Show / Gomi Gallery-SXSW / Austin TX

• Row Boats Home (2005)
  Group Show / Old Dominion Gallery / Norfolk VA

• Memento Mori (2004)
  Show with Saiman Chow / the Lab 101 Gallery / LA

• Rubber Rising (2004)
  Group Show / PS: Café Taipei, Taiwan

• Apocalypse Now (2004)
  Group Show / Visual Subject Matter Gallery / Costa Mesa

• By the People, For the People (2004)
  Group Show / Transport Gallery / LA

• 32 Inch Canvas (2004)
  Group Show / Calgary-Vancouver-Toronto

• Better Tomorrow Today (2004)
  Group Show / Co-Lab Projects / Brooklyn

• Excerpts from my diary (2004)
  One man show / Diva / Toledo

• Original Multiples (2004)
  Atlantic Ave Artwalk Group Show / NYC

• Up Our Sleeve (2004)
  Traveling Group Show / NYC-LA-Tokyo

• 3 Minutes of Happiness (2004)
  Group show / SH Gallery / San Diego / 2004

• Morning Wood (Book Release show) 2 (2004)
  Merry Karnowsky Gallery / LA

• The Phenom Show (2004)
  Collaboration work with Jon Phenom / San Diego

• Midwizest (2004)
  Featured work / Stay Gold Gallery / Brooklyn

• Morning Wood Book Release Show (2003)
  Group show /Minna Gallery / SF

• Textstyles T-Shirt Show (2003)
  Group show / Boston

• The Broken Deck Show (2003)
  Group show / Montreal

• One-of-a-kind Tee for Auction (2003)
  Nikao Youth Project

• Windmilling (2002)
  Group show / Andenken Gallery / Denver

Contact

• Find me: Toledo, Detroit & Chicago

• Email me: info@upso.org

• Call me: 419.283.6313

For me, design is about elevating everything we touch—whether it’s the stories we tell, the relationships we build, the experiences we create, or the processes and environments we shape. I believe design has the power to bring meaning and impact to every facet of the world around us.

Selected Work History

• Ford Motor Company (2021-Present)
  Ford Design - Strategic Comms - Lead
  D-Ford - Design Catalyst & CD - Lead

• Freeman - under Bruce Mau (2016-2020)
  Design Director, Design Innovation

• Lost Arts (2015-Present)
  Strategic Advisor

• El El See (2013-2016)
  Creative Direction, Design Operation, Special Projects

• Threadless (2007-2009)
  Curator, Special Projects
  
  Full history: linkedin.com/in/hostetler

Selected Events:

• Michelin Challenge Design (2023)
  Featured Judge / Theme: Balancing Sustainability

• City of Chicago (2023)
  Featured Speaker / Sponsored by Chicago Digital

• Layer Tennis (2010)
  Winning participant / Sponsored by Coudal & Adobe / 2D / Internet

• Cut & Paste (2009)
  Judge / 2D / Chicago

• SXSW (2009)
  Curating in the Crowd Sourced World / Panel with Paddy Johnson, Nion McEvoy and Gina Trapani / Moderated by Jen Bekman / Austin

• RISD Illustration Department (2009)
  Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Providence, RI

• SXSW  (2006)
  Panel with Jemma Hostetler & Curt Cloninger / Austin

• LGDA presents (2005)
  Co-Speaker with Jemma Hostetler / Louisville, KY

• Flash In The Can (2005)
  Co-Speaker with Jemma Gura and Branden Hall / Toronto

• Accident Happy (2005)
  Speaker / Alfred University / Alfred, NY

• BD4D (2003)
  Featured Speaker / Cleveland, OH

Featured In:

• The 3D Art Book (2011)
  Published by Prestel - Random House

• The Rest Is Up to You (2009)
  Published by Chronicle Books / 2009 

• The Cloudy Collection #4 (2009)
  Curated group print series

• Jeremyville Sessions (2007)
  Published by IDN & Jeremyville

• 2 Faced - The Changing Face of Portraiture (2007) Published by IDN & Wearitwithpride 

• Hot Wiring your Creative Process (2006)
  Published by New Rider & Curt Cloninger

• Graphics Alive (2006)
  Published by Victionary

• Made Magazine (2005)
  Issue # 20

• Kid Robot Dunny Toys (2005)
  Series 2 / Regular production and Limited Glow edition

• Canceled Flight Book (2005)
  Published by Throck Morton Press

• Semi-Permanent (2005)
  Published by Design Is Kinky

• Rethink•Redesign•Reconstruct (2004)
  Published by HOW Books

• The Drama Magazine (2004)
  Issue #2

• ANIMAL NYC Magazine (2004)
  ARMAGEDDEON Issue # 4

• Clamor Magazine /2004)
  Issue 24

• Morning Wood (2003)
  Published by Ginko Press & Roger Gastman

• Semi-Permanant (2003)
  Published by Design Is Kinky

• Beautiful Decay Magazine (2003)
  Issue C

Friends & Family

Prate / Mike Giant / Yusuf Lateef / 60 Watt Funnel / PlayLab / Dirtykics / BoingBoing / Pretend Records / Struggle Inc / Paul Verdell / Karen Ingram / Bradley Askew / Haikoo Studio / Ghostly / YAB / Matthew Hoffman / Scott Rench / Tim Biskup / Harper Reed / Craighton Berman / Amir Fallah / Skullphone / Justin Thomas Kay / Dalek / Roger Gastman / Charles Adler / Dan Funderburgh / Jason Sturgill / Life Centered Design School / Bruce Mau / Lola Landekic / Matt Eaton / Paul Octavious / John Maeda / Jon Contino / Presstube / Jason Polan