Pamela Tien
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1994
Ms. Tien received her BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Ms. Tien has won awards for winning and design including the Honors Design Scholarship from the Women’s Advertising Club of Rhode Island. At AM+A Ms. Tien has worked as a designer, writer, production artist and project manager on several projects. She worked on the development of multicultural user interfaces of productivity tools for American Airlines/SABRE and has served as a user interface design consultant for educational software development firms. Recently she worked on developing a computer based training (CBT) CD ROM for Oracle Corporation and on user Interface design consulting for the Web for Fujitsu Software Corporation. Currently Ms. Tien is working on the design and production of two cross platform CBT CD ROMs on technical subjects for Cogito Learning Media and on the redesign and maintenance of AM+A’s Website.
SIGGRAPH 1996
Ms. Tien received her BFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design in 1995. Her degree project studied Zen aesthetics as a source for ways to make western design more ecological and user-centered. She also studied the semiotics of icons and symbols, analytical writing and screenwriting. Ms. Tien has won awards for writing and design, including the Honors Design Scholarship from the Women’s Advertising Club of Rhode Island. Prior to joining AM+A, she had interned as a graphic designer, exhibit designer, and assistant marketing analyst of focus group research.