Jon Kolko

Biographic Data

ID7716439
NAMEJon Kolko
GIVEN NAMESJon
FAMILY NAMEKolko
SIGNATUREKOLKO J
AFFILIATIONSAustin Center for Design
ORCID0009-0006-9070-1979
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS65
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT65
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • User experience bootcamps

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    Over the past decade, user experience design went from an industry where anyone who could draw a wireframe could get a job, to one where hundreds of applicants now compete for a single job posting. Many are largely unqualified and underskilled, yet spent thousands of dollars on “bootcamps”—experimental, short-form STEM programs—trying to break into a market that appeared lucrative, fun, and most importantly, rich with jobs. In this text, I descri…

  • Novelty ≠ Creativity

    Jon KolkoARTICLEDesign Issues2026

    Creativity in design education is often understood and measured through the lens of novelty: students are encouraged to generate large volumes of original ideas, and their abilities are assessed based on the distinctiveness and uniqueness of their designs. In this paper, I examine how novelty came to dominate definitions of creativity in psychology and how that framing has crept into design pedagogy and practice. Drawing on historical research an…

  • What Designers Can Borrow from Social Science Theorizing

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2026

  • A Design Turn

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2026

  • What Should a Junior User Experience Designer Have in Their Portfolio

    Jon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2025

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  • Generative Design Through Selfies

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2025

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  • What Happens When Interaction Design Becomes a Commodity

    Jon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2025

  • Creative Engagement

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2024

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  • Leading Creative Projects

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2024

    Today, idea generation is an extremely important activity for both academic researchers and industrial groups. A considerable number of applications and research studies have been made in the past years in order to increase the effectiveness of idea

  • Is It Normal for a Design Project to Go off the Rails

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2024

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  • Strategy Requires Execution

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2023

    The Details Aren't Boring. The Details Are the Way to Success

  • The divisiveness of design thinking

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2018

    column The divisiveness of design thinking Share on Author: Jon Kolko Modernist Studio Modernist StudioView Profile Authors Info & Affiliations InteractionsVolume 25Issue 3May-June 2018 pp 28–34https://doi.org/10.1145/3194313Published:23 April 2018 26citation6,224DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations26Total Downloads6,224Last 12 Months4,338Last 6 weeks494 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sen…

  • Moving on from requirements

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2015

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  • Teaching confidence in process

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2015

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  • Learning the long, hard slog of product

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2015

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  • Running an entrepreneurial pilot to identify value

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2014

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  • Learning entrepreneurial hustle

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2014

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  • Why I teach theory

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2014

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  • The optimism of design

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2013

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  • Austin Center for Design

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2013

    research-article Share on Austin Center for Design Author: Jon Kolko View Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 20Issue 3May + June 2013 pp 84–87https://doi.org/10.1145/2451856.2451877Online:01 May 2013Publication History 0citation706DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations0Total Downloads706Last 12 Months200Last 6 weeks26 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified…

  • From interaction designer to product manager

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2013

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  • Trusting the design process

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2013

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  • Changing the career outcomes of design education

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2012

    research-article Share on Changing the career outcomes of design education Author: Jon Kolko Thinktiv and Austin Center for Design Thinktiv and Austin Center for DesignView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 19Issue 2March + April 2012 pp 78–81https://doi.org/10.1145/2090150.2090169Published:01 March 2012Publication History 1citation535DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations1Total Downloads535Last 12 Months78Last 6 weeks5 Get Citation Alert…

  • Design, in the big and small

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2012

    research-article Share on Design, in the big and small Author: Jon Kolko Thinktiv ThinktivView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 19Issue 4July + August 2012 pp 86–89https://doi.org/10.1145/2212877.2212897Online:01 July 2012Publication History 0citation1,330DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations0Total Downloads1,330Last 12 Months116Last 6 weeks11 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be…

  • Transformative learning in the design studio

    Open AccessJon KolkoARTICLEinteractions2012

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