Hong Kong, April 27, 2015 ————– Bumbling Traveller Adventure Series creator Tom Schmidt presented a talk entitled “Travel Journalism and Global Change” to the CIE Global Perspective team and journalism students at the College of International Education at Hong Kong Baptist University. Schmidt elaborated how his contemporaneous travel journals and sketches spurred the creation of an award-winning education graphic novel series. The latest book in the series, Bumbling Through Hong Kong, has received two international book awards to date.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR: Tom Schmidt is an architect, award-winning writer, illustrator, musician, and part-time stand-up comedian. Born in the United States, following his studies of Architecture and Environmental Design at the University of Colorado, his wanderlust has carried him through various bumbling adventures in over 70 countries around the world, and across all seven continents. Schmidt is a licensed US architect, a LEED® Accredited Professional, a founding member of the Hong Kong Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a member of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI). He has resided in Hong Kong since 1997, and is founder of Sepia Design Consultants Limited, an architectural consultancy specializing in sustainable hospitality design. Schmidt received a 2010 AIA Hong Kong Citation for the Bumbling Traveller™ Adventure Series in “recognition of significant achievement in promoting the values of cultural heritage, eco-tourism and vernacular architecture in the Chapter’s region.”