Jon Wettersten of IDEO opened the Creative Bridges series February 21 at 7:00PM. Hailing from a background encompassing both fine art and programming, Wettersten's lecture explored language and its role within the creative process. By forming new and novel connections, Wettersten offered insight on surmounting traditional interdisciplinary barriers.

In his lecture, Wettersten examined communication across the languages of art, mathematics, programming, and music and the implications for the creative process. Wettersten's topic of discussion centered on the idea that languages used during the creative and design process have themselves also been designed.

Wettersten's multi-disciplinary background includes major concentrations in mathematics, classical music and fine art—his current occupation finds him in a Senior Application Designer role at IDEO in Chicago.