Denise Korn

Senior Fellow in Social Innovation

Denise Korn is the Founder and Principal of Yellow&, a dynamic creative consultancy working with impassioned leaders and fearless entrepreneurs – intertwining the power of a multi-disciplinary mindset with innovative human-centered design and collaborative teams to realize brands with meaningful business and social impact. 

Previously Korn was Creative Director/Design Director for Lifestyle Brand at Gensler. Formerly, the founder + visionary behind Korn Design, an award-winning brand strategy and design firm known for its purposeful approach to creating memorable brands, experiences + iconic places for a wide range of clients in hospitality, real estate and culture. 

A design industry speaker, mentor and activist, Korn is recipient of a Fellow Award from AIGA (American Institute for Graphic Arts) for contributions as a design visionary and youth advocate; was awarded a James Beard Foundation medal for design; and her work has been honored by AIGA, Communication Arts, Graphis, Hospitality Design, and Interior Design magazines.

A champion of diversifying the creative economy, Korn founded Youth Design in 2003, mentoring the next generation of urban talent – fostering career opportunities in design. Honored by the Boston Business Journal as a 2015 Leader in Diversity she currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Massachusetts College of Art and Design, on the Advisory Council for Cornell University’s School of Architecture, Art & Planning, on the Advisory Board for AIGA/Boston and the Boston Private Industry Council (PIC).