earned his BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York and then studied at Fabrica in Italy. After returning to the states and working in-house for Mattel, McCarty founded his own studio for artistic and commercial collaboration with others from the Art-Toy world. His body of work has earned praise from L'Uomo Vogue, ABC World News, and XLR8R. His commercial clients include Rockstar Games, MTV, and Cartoon Network. McCarty serves as Photographer-at-Large for the renowned art and pop-culture magazine Hi-Fructose.
Douglas Rushkoff was born on February 18, 1961. After graduating from Princeton University he received an MFA in Directing from California Institute of the Arts. He has written numerous magazine columns on topics including cyberculture and has been aired on CBS Sunday Morning and NPR's All Things Considered and published in The New York Times and Time magazine. Rushkoff has taught at the MaybeLogic Academy, NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, and the Esalen Institute, and he teaches media studies at the New School University. Rushkoff lectures around the world about media, art, society, and change at conferences and universities. He consults to museums, governments, synagogues,… churches, universities, and companies on new media arts and ethics. Rushkoff won the first Neil Postman award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. He is on the Boards of the Media Ecology Association, The Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, Technorealism, The National Association for Media Literacy Education, MeetUp.com, and Hyperwords. His bestselling books include graphic novels, Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing the Future, Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism, Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out, Coercion, and Life Inc.