Ivan Freaner

Teaches at Awesome Design School

Ivan Freaner is an award winning Visual Design Professional and Educator with over a decade of experience. He has honed his skills to bring innovative design and outstanding solutions in branding, Visual Design, UI/UX, Digital Media and Publishing, Motion Graphics and Design Education rooted in the mindset of independent creativity. Ivan caters to a diverse array of clients ranging from top brands to non-profits and government agencies. He is also a creative consultant for various agencies located in New York, San Diego, and Washington D.C.

Ivan Freaner is also a faculty member for the past ten years at New York University teaching a wide variety of design classes for the Department of Design, Digital Arts and Film (DDAF), Center for Publishing Masters Program teaching Digital Publishing Design. He has also taught visual design intensives and design bootcamps at General Assembly and FIT for the past two years. He is passionate about design, and without passion there can not be any energy to create. When Ivan is not trying to save the world using photoshop he enjoys sci-fi books, Star Trek, over eating and micheladas!

(5 Reviews)

Sketch Foundations

Reviewed by Nick Cuce on 5/10/2017

Ivan is a great teacher, and Awesome went above and beyond. The small size of the class ensured personal attention and more interaction with my classmates. Our exercises went from simple shapes to mobile layouts to full templated designs. I came out not only with a nice understanding of Sketch, but a starter portfolio and great resources/contacts to start branching out into the design world. I'm a convert and will definitely attend more Awesome classes in the near future.
Sketch Foundations

Reviewed by Silvia M. on 5/8/2017

Ivan gave a great class at Awesome Design School, we were a small group of people with personalized attention and the attendants came from all kind of professions. Also you leave the class with great tips and tricks from the instructor. Highly recommended!!
Sketch Foundations

Reviewed by Ariana Durollari on 4/20/2017

Ivan was an amazing instructor! I learned a lot about Sketch and have continued using the program since the class. Instructors also encourage you to email any questions you may have and are willing to meet up, which is a plus!
Sketch Foundations

Reviewed by Myung on 3/26/2017

Sketch Foundations exceeded my expectations in so many ways. After taking this class, I left fully equipped to create mockups for apps, mobile-friendly sites, a clear understanding of plug-ins and UI kits available, and most important (to me at least), the ability to create files that engineers can work with. Also, Ivan is an amazing instructor and it was really helpful that he is an active creative director, designer, and UX expert. We had really good conversations about the business side of running an agency. Overall the class was fun, engaging, and the class space was beautiful. I will definitely be back for the intermediate class!
Sketch Foundations

Reviewed by Jill F. on 3/6/2017

This class was fantastic. I went into it expecting to learn a more efficient way to do wireframes, but gained so much more knowledge of the software's capabilities then I had ever anticipated. I left feeling motivated to explore further with Sketch and inspired to utilize it in various design projects of my own. The instructor, Ivan, is a great educator, patient, and clearly very knowledgable of the software and all aspects of design. The space itself is stunning...it makes you want to 'do the work' and be creative!