
Speaking Engagements
Toronto Design Thinkers - October 24th - 2018
HOW Design Live - Boston - May 2nd - 2018
Method + Madness Conference - AIGA Phoenix Design Week - October 29th - 2017
Inside Job - AIGA Houston - November 4th - 2017
HOW Design Live - Chicago - May 3rd - 2017
AIGA Orlando - Feb 4th -2017
The Dieline London - September 15-16th - 2016
InSource In-House Perspectives 2 - NYC - Sept 29th - 2016
AIGA Cincinnati - Sept 30th - 2016
AIGA Design Camp - Minnesota - Oct 6th-9th - 2016
GIANT Conference - Charlotte - Oct 18th - 2016
HOW Design Live - Atlanta - May 22nd - 2016
AIGA Charlotte - May 11th -2016
Dallas Society of Visual Communications - Oct 7th - 2015
AIGA INtrospective CLEVELAND - Sep 18th - 2015
AIGA @IN Philadelphia - Aug 15th - 2015
HOW Design LIVE - May 5th -2015
AIGA INSIDE OUT CT - May 1st -2015
AIGA INitiative - Feb 12th -2015
The Dieline Summit Paris - Paris - Nov 16th - 2014
The Pica Conference - Edmonton - May 8th - 2014
HOW Design Live - SF - June 24th, 2013
The Dieline Forum - LA - October 12th, 2012
Alex Center is a Brooklyn-based designer and founder of the design and branding company CENTER. Prior to opening his own studio he worked for over a decade for The Coca-Cola Company where he led the strategy and design vision for the billion dollar beverage brands vitaminwater, smartwater and POWERADE. Over the years, Alex has designed packaging that has been in hands across the globe, created breakthrough marketing campaigns and launched innovative new products. In 2011, Alex was named one of the 200 Best Packaging Designers by Luerzers Archive. In 2013, he began telling his story around the world with speaking engagements with The Dieline, AIGA, HOW Design Live, and as a guest on Debbie Millman's famous Design Matters podcast. In 2014, Alex was named a Person To Watch by GDUSA Magazine. In 2015, he became a columnist for HOW Magazine, writing about the expanding landscape of In-House design. In 2017 he left Coca-Cola to open his own company CENTER, which partners with entrepreneurs to build startups with design at their center. In his personal time he enjoys rooting for New York sports teams that wear orange & blue, eating and instagramming delicious food and spending time with his wife Jacquelyn De Jesu and their zero kids and zero pets.
shoot me an email at alex.center@gmail.com
PRESS/WRITING
The Futur - Interview with Chris Do
99U - Design Director Alex Center Got A Masters in Branding at Coca-Cola.
TCG - Why The Future is Bright for In-house Creatives
InSource - I Am In-House
The Dieline - Top 10 Packages of the 90's
Canva - 50 Designers You Should Know About
Interview with HOW Design - The Future In-House
Design Matters Podcast with Debbie Millman - Listen Here
AIGA - In-House is No Outhouse
Q&A with The Dieline - The Future of Package Design
GDUSA - Designer To Watch 2014