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When a designer creates UX with infinite scroll they create a society with infinite scroll. UX can make a restaurant go viral or can sway elections.

Let's replace user interface with spatial interface.

Lets replace user experience with societal experience.

 

The screen has fragmented our relationship with the physical world and each other.

 

← what’s beyond your screen? →

 
 

spatial interfaces

Spatial interfaces aren’t some imaginary pipe dream.
The technologies are commonplace.

 

beyond the screen

 
 

A way to project apps to surfaces in the real world.

 
 
 

A way to have everyday computer interactions with natural language.

Speech + LLMs can help navigate the maze of fragmented apps that each require their own toothpick navigation to use.
LLMs can quickly source webpages and execute specific commands within apps.

 
 

courses taught

Reading & Writing the World, Physical Computing

Urban Technologies, University of Michigan

Measuring the Great Indoors, Physical Computing

GSAPP, Columbia University

Spatial UX, User Experience for the physical world

Computational Design Practices, GSAPP, Columbia University

Methods as Practice, Design & Computation

Computational Design Practices, GSAPP, Columbia University

Data Mining the City, Urban Simulation

GSAPP, Columbia University

Design Thinking & Making, Design

Integrated Product Design, University of Pennsylvania

 

selected talks & press

Agent Based Simulation for Spatial Behavior Prediction

LECTURE | Carto Spatial Data Science Conference, Oct 2019

AI Assisted Design & Construction

PANEL | Ascend Building Congress, June 2022

Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs just unveiled a software that designs whole neighborhoods

PRESS | Fast Company, Dec 2019

Young Architects Respond

WRITING | ArchiteXX, Violet Whitney, Julie Pedtke and Matthew Lohry, Apr 2017

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

OLDER WORK

Talk @ Carto: Spatial Data Science
Talk @ Carto: Spatial Data Science
 FORMER - DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT @ SIDEWALK LABS - DELVE
FORMER - DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT @ SIDEWALK LABS - DELVE
 Embodied Computing Course Taught @ Columbia - Student Work
Embodied Computing Course Taught @ Columbia - Student Work
 DATA MINING THE CITY, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP
DATA MINING THE CITY, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP
 Catching Patterns of Increased Difference: Gentrification and Degradation
Catching Patterns of Increased Difference: Gentrification and Degradation
 talking spatially <br> | a project to integrate conversations with location |
talking spatially
| a project to integrate conversations with location |
 Quantifying Equity of Street View Images
Quantifying Equity of Street View Images
 MAKING STREET VIEW SORTABLE
MAKING STREET VIEW SORTABLE
 The Other Street View
The Other Street View
 spatializing syria's youtube war is a locative media interface that geotags YouTube videos from the Syrian Civil War
spatializing syria's youtube war is a locative media interface that geotags YouTube videos from the Syrian Civil War
 BUILDING BLOCKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOOL | PLAY ONLINE |
BUILDING BLOCKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOOL | PLAY ONLINE |
 rhino remote is a script and iphone app that draws gestures in rhino 3d modeling program | download |
rhino remote is a script and iphone app that draws gestures in rhino 3d modeling program | download |
 AUTOMATING A BOOK
AUTOMATING A BOOK
 Kinetic Sculpture Installation Managed at SOFTLAB
Kinetic Sculpture Installation Managed at SOFTLAB
 we are flowers was a parametric ceiling installation I managed at SOFTLAB | check out softlab |
we are flowers was a parametric ceiling installation I managed at SOFTLAB | check out softlab |
Talk @ Carto: Spatial Data Science
Talk @ Carto: Spatial Data Science
FORMER - DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT @ SIDEWALK LABS - DELVE
FORMER - DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT @ SIDEWALK LABS - DELVE
Embodied Computing Course Taught @ Columbia - Student Work
Embodied Computing Course Taught @ Columbia - Student Work
DATA MINING THE CITY, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP
DATA MINING THE CITY, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP
Catching Patterns of Increased Difference: Gentrification and Degradation
Catching Patterns of Increased Difference: Gentrification and Degradation
talking spatially <br> | a project to integrate conversations with location |
talking spatially
| a project to integrate conversations with location |
Quantifying Equity of Street View Images
Quantifying Equity of Street View Images
MAKING STREET VIEW SORTABLE
MAKING STREET VIEW SORTABLE
The Other Street View
The Other Street View
spatializing syria's youtube war is a locative media interface that geotags YouTube videos from the Syrian Civil War
spatializing syria's youtube war is a locative media interface that geotags YouTube videos from the Syrian Civil War
BUILDING BLOCKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOOL | PLAY ONLINE |
BUILDING BLOCKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOOL | PLAY ONLINE |
rhino remote is a script and iphone app that draws gestures in rhino 3d modeling program | download |
rhino remote is a script and iphone app that draws gestures in rhino 3d modeling program | download |
AUTOMATING A BOOK
AUTOMATING A BOOK
Kinetic Sculpture Installation Managed at SOFTLAB
Kinetic Sculpture Installation Managed at SOFTLAB
we are flowers was a parametric ceiling installation I managed at SOFTLAB | check out softlab |
we are flowers was a parametric ceiling installation I managed at SOFTLAB | check out softlab |
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