howdy.
 My name is Catherine T. Nguyen, aka Cat. I'm a graphic and interaction designer.
now out west!
I'm currently doing mobile interaction design for Motorola, Inc. working in one of the most insane product design frontiers. To keep other sides of my brain active, I'm open to small 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
Lee Allen
Mark A. Smith
–you look like the right type
Nell Westerlund
Nancy A. Bernardo
Raymon Sutedjo-The
Shellie Fiocca
winterbureau

My dog: good.
contact:
 Drop me a line at:
work [at] catherinetnguyen [dot] com
Why no mailto?
LinkedIn profile
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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:
Senior Media Designer, Motorola, Inc. . Sunnyvale, CA

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