Joshua Michaels studied architecture and visual studies at UC Berkeley where he became interested in using a systems approach to solving design problems. While doing post-graduate research in the UC Berkeley Eye Motion lab, he was introduced to the nascent World Wide Web in early 1992. He worked on the launch of Wired Magazine’s HotWired website in 1993ā94 and then moved to Chicago in the mid-1990s to pursue djing as Joshua Iz and music production via remixes and his Vizual Records label. After living in San Francisco through the first internet bubble and beyond, Joshua returned to Chicago in 2009, where he has lived and worked ever since. After working as a freelance designer and developer for several years, he founded a design and development agency called studio.bio (https://studio.bio/) in 2016 that has worked with a myriad of clients including United Way of Metro Chicago, The Ounce of Prevention Fund, CBRE, Jockey International, and many more.