Girl Bosses

AIGA, I gotta hand it to you. You put on one hell of a panel last night.

I had a blast listening to four badass females discuss their strengths and struggles in the male-dominated boys’ club better known as “the design industry” at AIGA’s Designed to Lead event. My good friend and colleague Amy Hayes was the ringleader behind the evening while longtime collaborator and comrade Jen Jones from SRG sat on the panel.

I may have been one of the bad kids giggling and stealing all the cheese at the back of the room, but I left feeling inspired and reinvigorated as a creative businesswoman. Insight of the night: the tired “target audience: female 35–55” thing is over. We now live in a world of gender and age fluidity, and we must embrace the evolution of women’s roles as creators and not just consumers.