About Abigail
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Abigail Rudner loves what she does for a living, and
she does it with her talented team.

Abigail's mother Ruth was an artist who loved words.
Her father Michael was a writer who loves art.

Growing up at her house was lots of fun because her parents
loved to make stuff and showed her how.

Abigail's introduction to directing large scale projects came when
she and her brother held backyard Muscular Dystrophy Fairs for
3 years during the 1970's.

At Parsons School of Design in the early 1980's she cemented
her bond with photography. Later that decade Abigail was one of
three artists chosen to spearhead Campbells Soups' conversion
to electronic design on the Macintosh.

If Abigail is not creating or directing design, she is teaching. Otherwise
look for her in her garden, taking photographs,
making sculpture, cooking, taveling or generally goofing off. 		Abigail's Resume
   

Abigail Rudner's Resume

Abigail Rudner is a dynamic educator and designer who inspires and teaches students how to design and produce purposefully using a synthesis of design methodology, visual thinking and computer graphics tools and techniques.

Abigail authored Fireworks MX Fundamentals, (New Riders Publishing) and Dreamweaver H.O.T training, with Garo Green (Peach Pit Press), as well as several movie based tutorials for www.Lynda.com.

Abigail is a graduate of Parsons School of Design with a BFA in Communication Design and Photography, a certified trainer (via the Chauncey Group International), and an Adobe Certified Product Expert for Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks 8.

Abigail teaches custom web design, web graphics, illustration, and photo illustration courses with love and enthusiasm across the U.S.A..
As principle creative of Rudner Design Works, she produces design and illustrative content for wide range of Multimedia and Print projects.

Areas of expertise include: interface, web and icon design, photo illustration, animation, and editorial illustration, environmental graphics, set design, mural design and painting.

Clients include: Adobe, Peoplesoft, Wall Street Journal, Noika, Absolute Vodka, The SYDA Foundation, Amgen, Apple Computers, Microsoft, FAD and Publish! Magazines.

CHRONOLOGY:
10/91 - present
Principal Creative Director
Rudner Design Works, Hayward, California
http://www.rudner.com

11/04 - present
Lead Instructor
Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, California

09/06 - present
Curriculum Development for T3
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/teachers.html

06/07 and 06/08
Lead Mentor - The Producers Institute for New Media Technologies
http://www.bavc.org/producersinstitute/mentors.htm
http://www.bavc.org/producersinstitute
Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, California

01/04 - present
Author – Curriculum Development
Lynda.com, Ventura, California
Titles Authored Include:
• Studio 8 Web Workflow by Abigail Rudner - Sep 28, 2005
• Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training by Garo Green and
Abigail Rudner - Nov 18, 2002
• Fireworks MX Fundamentals by Abigail Rudner - Aug 14, 2002

11/03 - 1/06
Art and Multimedia Lecturer
Cal State University, Hayward, California

1/97 - 5/98
Senior Interactive Designer
After Midnight Inc., San Francisco, CA
Visual Designer
On The Wave visual communications, Oakland, CA

9/85 - 10/90
Associate Designer
Campbell Soup Company
CSC Advertising Design Center, Camden, NJ

EDUCATION:
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
BFA Photography/Communication Design, 1983

RI School of Design, Providence, RI
Pre-college summer sessions in sculpture, painting
and photography