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Presenter Overview
| Mick McManus is the president and CEO of MAYA Design, a technology design lab that specializes in making complex technology products and information-rich environments easier to use.
Prior to MAYA, Mr. McManus was co-founder and senior vice president of creative vision and strategy at élan communications, an integrated communications consultancy for clients that included Bristol Myers Squibb, MasterCard, Samsung, Nortel Networks, TiVO, and Janssen Pharmaceutica. At élan, Mr. McManus built the creative team that managed the concept, design, and production of the Samsung Electronics pavilion at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The wireless telecommunications rendezvous became a destination for more than a million visitors and was listed as one of the top ten destinations during the games.
For Janssen, Mr. McManus' creative team designed a virtual world where practitioners could experience the symptoms of schizophrenia and become educated on the impact of the disease. This virtual world was featured on 20/20 with Barbara Walters.
Mr. McManus lectured on experience design for the Industrial Designers Society of America at its national convention and at the New Millennium Seminar at the International Design School for Advanced Studies in Seoul, Korea. He also spoke at the American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Brainstorming Seminar and at Design Seminars sponsored by Exhibitor magazine. At the Public Library Association’s 10th National Conference in Seattle, WA, February 2004, he joined the Carnegie Main Library of Pittsburgh’s redesign director and its circulation services manager to present Architecting a Pleasurable User-Centered Library Experience.
Mr. McManus' numerous design awards include two Addy Awards for advertising and video production, the AIGA Communications Show Judge’s Choice Award, SuperComm 2000 Best of Show in Design, and the Exhibitor Award for Best Conceptual Design. His articles and work have been published in Innovations, Graphis, and Space magazines.
Mr. McManus graduated with honors from the School of Art and Architecture at the University of Illinois. He holds a BFA in industrial design and extended studies in communication design and mathematics.
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