I lead creative teams and define the vision behind large-scale experiences — at the intersection of architecture, technology, storytelling, and cultural programming. For over 20 years, I've built studios, scaled creative practices, and delivered work across some of the most impactful environments: museums, symphonic concert halls, Olympic pavilions, and commissioned artworks. 

Recent work includes serving as embedded Creative Director at MoMA Design Studio across six exhibitions and a museum-wide wayfinding redesign, leading exhibition design for the Stonewall Inn National Monument Visitor Center alongside participants of the original 1969 Rebellion, and directing a major reimagining of the Gems & Minerals hall at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

I work with subject matter that resists simplification: geological time, civil rights history, neuroscience, architectural theory. I make those ideas visceral, and build the creative systems to let that work happen at scale.
 
I co-founded the design studio Red Antenna, growing it into a ten-person team serving cultural institutions and corporate clients across New York. I've since led creative at Trollbäck+Company, AV&C, Huge, and HUSH, and am Creative Director at Local Projects — a studio whose work spans the world's leading museums, cultural institutions, and global brands.




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Cultural & Educational Institutions:
Aperture Foundation · Architectural League of New York · Brooklyn Academy of Music · Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Lincoln Center · Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · National Public Housing Museum · National Science Foundation · New Museum · New York Philharmonic · Pratt Institute · San Francisco Symphony · Smithsonian Institute · Sotheby’s · Stonewall Inn · Whitney Museum of American Art · World Science Festival


Brand Experiences: 
Adidas · Adobe · American Express · Barclays · BBC · Cadillac · Comedy Central · Google · HBO · IBM · Mastercard · Microsoft · NBC · New York Times · MTV · Nike · Pantone · PBS · SK‑II · Sony · SVB · TED Global · VH1 · Vice · YouTube

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