About Okay Samurai Multimedia / Okaydave
Okay Samurai Multimedia (okaysamurai.com) is Dave Werner's personal site, helping to keep in touch with friends and family through journal entries, musical performances, short films, and other creative pursuits. Okaydave (okaydave.com) is his student portfolio site, showcasing work from the graduate school Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dave is currently a Creative Director at Minor Studios and lives in San Francisco.
Press / Fun Stuff:
★ June 25, 2009: Speaker at the 2009 HOW Design Conference in Austin, TX
★ June 2009: Work featured in Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design by by Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez Palacio
★ September 2008: Impact chair project featured in Design School Confidential book by Steve Heller
★ August 2008: Okaydave featured in Guidelines for Online Success book by
Julius Wiedemann and Rob Ford
★ August 2008: Judge, Graduate Studies Multimedia Competition at Texas A&M University
★ March 27, 2008: Speaker at the University of Central Oklahoma and AIGA Oklahoma
★ November 8, 2007: "Straight Up (Acoustic)" Video Featured on College Humor
★ August 2007: Judge, Graduate Studies Multimedia Competition at Texas A&M University
★ June 23, 2007: Speaker at the National Association of Black Journalists 2007 Conference at the Associated Press Headquarters in New York
★ June 11, 2007: Okaydave - Best of Category: Interactive, 2007 SEED Awards
★ June 11, 2007: Speaker at the 2007 HOW Design Conference in Atlanta, GA
★ June 2, 2007: Panelist, Class of 2002 Seminar, University of Virginia Alumni Reunions Weekend
★ April 2007: Illustrations featured in The Word It Book: Speak Up Presents a Gallery of Interpreted Words by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit
★ March 2007: Okaydave featured in Web Design magazine (England)
★ February 26, 2007: Amateur Illustrator Interview
★ February 14, 2007: The FWA (Favorite Website Awards) article: "An Okay Year"
★ February 2007: w.e.b. (Korean design magazine) Interview
★ December 2006: Illustration featured in the Speak Up "Word It" Exhibit for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's 3rd National Design Triennial "Design Life Now"
★ November 27, 2006: Performance of "Straight Up" featured in the Torontoist's Top 5 "Better than the Original" Cover Songs and Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch
★ October 2006: Okaydave featured in Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design by Chen Design Associates
★ August 8, 2006: Featured in the FWA (Favorite Website Awards) Review, Best Portfolio Websites
★ August 6, 2006: Okaydave featured in HOW Design Magazine Newsletter
★ July 6, 2006: Unbeige Interview
★ June 8, 2006: Okaydave - Interactive Distinctive Merit from the 85th Annual Art Director's Club (ADC) Awards
★ June 2006: HOW Design Magazine - "Time" illustration featured in article on Speak Up in
★ June 2006: Okaydave featured on Netdiver in "Imaginative" sites
★ Spring 2006: CMYK Magazine - Okaydave featured in article "How to Launch an Online Portfolio"
★ April 22, 2006: Okaydave - Internet Tiny Awards Site of the Day
★ April 3, 2006: TheFWA (Favorite Website Awards) Interview
★ March 19, 2006: Okaydave - Design TAXI Site of the Day
★ March 7, 2006: Okaydave featured on Newstoday Broadcast (NTB)
★ March 6, 2006: Okaydave featured on Stylegala
★ February 2006: TheFWA (Favorite Website Awards) Site of the Month
★ February 26, 2006: Okaydave featured on Scobleizer
★ February 26, 2006: Okaydave featured on John Nack on Adobe
★ February 26, 2006: Okaydave - Billy Bussey Site of the Week
★ February 20, 2006: Okaydave featured on Speak Up
★ February 19, 2006: Okaydave - TheFWA (Favorite Website Awards) Site of the Day
★ February 19, 2006: Okaydave featured on Core77
★ February 10, 2006: "Yeah (Acoustic)" Video Featured on College Humor
★ May 2005: Adobe Student Achievement Awards, Broadcast Design Honorable Mention
★ January / February 2005: STEP Inside Design Magazine - Featured in article "Class Act"
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