Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
Category
YG20
Annual ID
YG20_Cotton_0
Talia Cotton
Designer, Coder & Educator
Hometown: New York, United StatesCurrent City: New York, United States
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Talia Cotton is a designer, coder, and educator specializing in the intersection of branding and technology. Her practice revolves around moving the design industry forward by the use of algorithms and programmatic practices as an accessible design tool. She leads the design and development of data-driven and algorithmic brand identities at Pentagram with Michael Bierut and Giorgia Lupi, and teaches Advanced Interaction at Parsons School of Design. In 2019 she founded "Intro to Coding for Designers", a workshop catered to boost the advancement of the study of code-as-design for the design community. Previously she led her own independent design & coding practice, and led digital brand design and development at Champions Design. She was a main stage speaker at the Google Visual Design Summit, and has spoken at Future London Academy, OFFF Tel Aviv, AIGA and others about how coding can influence design. Her work has been featured in Fast Company and It's Nice that, and awarded by D&AD and the TDC. She is committed to educating the design community on what's possible with code, helping them understand how it can be applied successfully with wit and reason, and inspiring designers to pursue the study of code fearlessly and passionately.
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Title
An algorithmic "unbiased" identity for GBA
Agency
Talia Cotton
Client
Guilty by Association (GBA)
Annual ID
YG20_01_01
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
Plastic Air
Agency
Talia Cotton
Client
Google Arts & Culture
Annual ID
YG20_01_02
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Giorgia Lupi, Pentagram Partner
Title
A personalized, wearable logo for The Huntington
Agency
Talia Cotton
Client
Personal Project
Annual ID
YG20_01_03
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
An audio-driven logo-centric website for Vig Bar
Agency
Talia Cotton
Client
Vig Bar
Annual ID
YG20_01_04
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
SVA Masters in Branding Website & Poster Generator
Agency
Talia Cotton
Client
SVA Masters in Branding/JKR
Annual ID
YG20_01_05
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
John Provencher, designer
James Taylor, creative director
Title
A rebrand for 92NY
Agency
Talia Cotton
Client
The 92nd Street Y, New York
Annual ID
YG20_01_06
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Gabriel Smoller, Assistant Designer
2022 Awards
YG Winner
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