Principal, Dubberly Design Office
Dubberly Design Office is a San Francisco-based consultancy that focuses on making software easier to use through interaction design and information design. At Apple Computer in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Dubberly managed cross-functional design teams and later managed creative services for the entire company. While at Apple, he co-created a technology-forecast film called "Knowledge Navigator," that presaged the appearance of the Internet and interaction via a mobile device. At Netscape, he became vice president of design and managed groups responsible for the design, engineering, and production of Netscape's web portal. In 2000, he co-founded DDO. In addition to his practice, Dubberly also teaches. While at Apple, he served at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena as the first and founding chairman of the computer graphics department. He has also taught classes in the Graphic Design Department at California State University, San Jose, at the Institute of Design at IIT, and in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University.