Lunch Talks

Randy Hunt

Product and Design Director, Etsy
April 15, 2011

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Randy J. Hunt is the product and design director at Etsy, the world’s handmade marketplace. Prior to Etsy, he co-founded Supermarket, a curated design marketplace, ran Citizen Scholar Inc., and worked at Milton Glaser Inc. & Number 17. Hunt writes and lectures about design, and has been a visiting designer at Parsons, Pratt, Mississippi State, Portland State, and the Hartford Art School. In 2009 he was named a New Visual Artist by Print. Hunt is a graduate of the University of Central Florida and received his MFA in design from the School of Visual Arts.

Randy will be speaking about: Extracting, Extending, and Breaking. Designing patterns for complex interaction. Things you may or may not learn: Why book designers should be great web designers. Why “web page” is a broken idea. Why you should repeat until you shouldn’t.

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  • Three people are gathered indoors, engaged in conversation. One person in the middle is smiling and holding a small white plate. The environment suggests a casual setting with wooden shelves and fluorescent lighting visible in the background.
  • A group of people sit in a casual meeting room with brick walls. They are attentively listening to a man in a black shirt who is speaking and gesturing. There is a large window in the background, some orange chairs, and plants, creating a relaxed atmosphere.
  • A man with glasses and a beard sits on an orange chair against a white wall. He is wearing a red and white plaid shirt and is holding a smartphone in his right hand while resting his left hand near his mouth. The room appears minimalistic.
  • A person with glasses and a beard, seated, gives a presentation in a room lit by natural light. The screen displays text: "8+ million members, 800,000+ sellers, 8.5 million items, 1 billion+ page views a month, $314 million in sales last year.
  • A person with a beard, wearing a checkered shirt, is facing a screen with the name "RANDY HUNT" displayed in large letters. The text is adorned with colorful geometric shapes.

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