Eric Eaton, former Design Director at HotWired and Lycos, spent five years helping to create some of the Web's most influential brands, including Wired News, Webmonkey, and HotBot, receiving several honors including American Center for Design: Award for Excellence in Interaction Design; PC World's Best Web Search Interface; and Communication Arts' Award for Excellence in Information Design. He was involved in creating Wired Digital's usability lab, and was a content contributor to Wired News and Webmonkey. Eric now lives in exile on an island off the coast of Maine. He is principal and founder of Deliberate Design. In his spare time, he is developing a curriculum for experimental typography.