Benjamin was raised in Washington DC and in 2003 moved to Atlanta, GA to study Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University. Benjamin balanced his left-brained inquiry into human behavioral with a minor in visual arts. Some of his work, including a two-story installation, was on display at Emory’s campus. After graduating Benjamin triangulated the States by moving to Seattle where he managed the design and marketing efforts for the global health team at the National Bureau of Asian Research. Benjamin then practiced design at the full-service interactive marketing agency, Blue Rooster, in Fremont before moving to New York City. He has three years experience in managing and practicing design for private sector and non-profit clients including The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft Bing, Microsoft Zune, and Bloomberg L.P.

As time allows, Benjamin goes outside. He has been climbing for seven years and is a certified PSIA ski instructor.

Past Life

BS, Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University

Selected Projects

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  Cybernetics Final

  Students were required to critique a pre-existing interactive system of their own choosing by applying the models learned in class.

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  Fish Slaps A Baby

  Students designed a custom website for Fish Slaps A Baby and 15 unique blog templates inspired by the stories of 826NYC students.

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  Physical Computing Final

  Students were asked to devise a project that would allow them to use a semester’s knowledge about physical computing.

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  NYC BigApps

  Students were asked to concept a mobile application using at least one source of data from the NYC.gov Data Mine.

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  MoMA Smartphone App

  Students developed a set of prototype smartphone apps for the Museum of Modern Art.

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  Physical Computing Midterm

  Students were asked to design a new solution for an existing problem.