Kristofer Layon

Kristofer Layon is a designer and product manager. Kris divides his time between leading global interaction design at Honeywell International, doing independent design projects, and writing for New Riders, A List Apart, and others. He has also spoken internationally at conferences including SXSW Interactive, HighEdWeb, MobX, and CSS Dev.

Since 1996, Kris has worked with dozens of clients including universities, architects and engineers, healthcare organizations, city governments, museums, artists, musicians, retailers, and the U.S. National Park Service. In addition to designing web sites and mobile applications, Kris has also taught design and typography in the University of Minnesota's College of Design. And from 2008-2011, he was the founding director of MinneWebCon, Minnesota's Web Conference.

Kris has an MFA in interactive design from the University of Minnesota, and a BA in German and art history from Saint Olaf College. His work has won design awards from AIGA and the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), and has been featured on Apple's web site.