Laura Helen Winn and Jason Schwartz on Making Hike, the Conference and Workshop for New Designers

Identity design courtesy of Laura Helen Winn and Jason Schwartz

Big thanks to Jennifer Maples (read her Interview about creative strategy) for the introduction to Hike, a one-day design conference and workshop to empower new designers. Here, the event’s co-creators and organizers, Laura Helen Winn and Jason Schwartz, elaborate on aspects of making a gathering—in two cities in one year—from scratch.

On being a designer and event maker

How did you arrive at the idea of making the conference H...