howdy.
 My name is Catherine T. Nguyen, aka Cat. I'm a graphic and interaction designer.
out west—and i need a job!
I recently moved from Chicago to Silicon Vally/the San Francisco Bay area! I'm looking for full-time, freelance, and/or teaching opportunities.
fun stuff:
Comics: good. Icons: good. Cartoons: good. Collaging: good. Weird contrasts: good. Swedish goggles: good. Confusion: bad. Food: yum, good. Too much food: sometimes, still good. Music: good.

Friends: always good.
Meet some friends:
Rebecca Pollock
Elle Luna
The Institute of Sociometry
KJ Kim
Mark A. Smith
–you look like the right type
Nell Westerlund
Nancy A. Bernardo
Shellie Fiocca
winterbureau

My dog: good.
contact:
 Drop me a line at:
work [at] catherinetnguyen [dot] com
Why no mailto?
LinkedIn profile
professional nitty-gritty:
EDUCATION:
MFA in Studio (2007)
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio (2005)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Visual Communication department

BS in Computer Science with Minor in
Communication Design (2000)
Carnegie Mellon University

SKILLS:
My design process and skills include research, concepting, illustration, copywriting and editing, photography, interactive and print design, packaging and retail graphics.

EMPLOYMENT:
Currently, you can find me here:
Designer at VSA Partners . Chicago, IL

Places I've been:

Download resume PDF here.



COLOPHON:
typefaces: Verdana & Trebuchet MS
Oh, the limits of web typography...soon, I hope to try Google's SVG workaround (please disregard the accompanying soundtrack, and the quality of the examples). It could be awesome.

development: HTML & CSS by me, and ColorBox mooched and adapted by me

software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver
all content © Catherine T. Nguyen 2009