About Evan
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Bio
Evan is an accomplished creative and interaction design professional, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Founder and Director of Experience Design at Proximity Lab, an award-winning interaction design studio based in Portsmouth NH. Evan's career spans over 20 years of design, creative leadership and software development.
Before founding Proximity Lab, Evan was Creative Director and Co-Founder of Icovia, a web-based space planning solution acquired in 2008 by 20-20 Technologies. Prior to Icovia, he co-founded Flywire, a regional digital agency that produced award-winning web solutions for Fortune 500 clients. Evan has also held creative and leadership positions at digital agencies PixelMEDIA and MicroArts.
Evan has designed and produced interactive solutions for top tier clients including Adobe, Bose, PBS and Bill Nye the Science Guy and has received a number of industry awards including a 2003 MITX Best in Show Award for Creative Concept and a 2010 MITX Award in Environmental Consciousness. His work and writing have been published in Stephen Wilson's Art + Science Now, The Language of Dynamic Media and Communication Arts.
Evan holds a BS in Advertising from Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts in Design from the Dynamic Media Institute at MassArt in Boston, where he serves as thesis advisor, teaches, and serves on the Dynamic Media Institute Advisory Council. Evan is a member of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of New Hampshire Advisory Council, 3S Artspace Board of Directors, mentored at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America for 15 years, and has led grassroots projects for Friends of Boston's Homeless.