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Biography
Cavan Huang is a creative director, graphic designer, and design educator. He attended McGill University in Montreal where he studied history and urban planning.Huang then studied at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI where he received his MFA in graphic design from 2005. He creates digital ideas, products and experiences that make meaningful impact for brands and organizations. Much of his inspiration comes from the details of cities, lights, traffic, sounds, and people. Huangs work can be found in Contemporary Graphic Design, The New York Times, AdAge Magazine, a PBS Documentary, the Time Warner Center, AIGA, TED, CANNES LIONS, the Webby Awards, and the White House.
Awards
2003 Best Multimedia Design, Applied Arts Magazine, Toronto
2004 Best Multimedia Design, Summit Creative Awards, Toronto
2005 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design
2006 Nominated as 1 of 25 emerging designers, Step InsideDesign magazine, New York
2009Webby Award Honoree: Best Navigation: The Art of the Possible
2010 AIGA 365 Award: AIGA MAKE/THINK Conference Titles
2014 Rebrand 100 Award: Cabot Brand
2015 Webby Award Honoree: Best Political Website: ACLU The Uncovery
2018 Webby Award Winner: Best Community Website: Petfinder Webby Award Honoree: Best User Interface Website: Con Edison
2018 ADC One Club Merit Award: Branding Logo: Petfinder
2019 Webby Award Honoree: Best Visual Function App: Con Edison
Professional Experience
2000–2001 Multimedia Web designer, Rompus Interactive, Toronto
2001–2002 Creative Director, Colorshadow Communications, Toronto
2003–2005 Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
2005–2007 Distributed Media Designer, Time Warner, New York
2007–2011 Sr. Art Director & Multimedia Designer, Time Warner, New York
2011–2015 Associate Creative Director, Interbrand, New York
2015–present Creative Director, POSSIBLE, New York