Jury Alumni

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  Dan Chen

  Engineer & Designer

  2017 Open Design Jury Captain, 2018 Design Concept Jury Member

  Dan Chen is a designer and engineer. He communicates his ideas through working prototypes, investigating new ways of approaching user interactions.
  
  He has several degrees including a MAS from MIT, an MFA in digital media from RISD and a BFA in communication design from UConn. He has over 8 years of design experience and now works at Culture Robotics as senior engineer. Previous positions include MIT Lifelong Kindergarten as an industrial designer. Johnson & Johnson as Senior Interaction Designer. Senior Interaction Designer at IDEO.
  
  His personal work has been featured in CNET, The Huffington Post, the verge, Engadget, Mashable and Daily Mail. Dan was invited as a speaker at TEDx Vienna on the future of intimacy in 2016. His work was exhibited in Vitra Design Museum, MAK Wien, Design Museum Gent & Ars Electronica.
  
  Working in the realms of robotics, communication design, interaction design and product design, Dan explores the new ways of communication and human experience through working prototypes and storytelling, inviting a reflective evaluation and implication.

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  Danielle Chen

  Staff Product Designer, Ro

  2021 Design Education Initiative Jury Member

  Danielle is a full-stack and mission-driven product designer passionate about creating products that are inclusive and accessible for all. As a recognized thought leader, she has spoken at a number of distinguished conferences including SXSW, Interaction Design Conference and International Design Conference, covering topics from design, cultures, technology and anything in between. She writes a newsletter called "Designing Culture“ dissecting how technology has changed our human cultures. She holds a Master’s in Integrated Product Design from University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s in Product Design from Drexel University.
  
  When she’s not doing design-related work (which is rare), you can find her leveling up her improv skills, going for hikes and making her next sourdough bread.

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  Shane Chen

  Sr. Industrial Designer, Ensera Design

  2026 Medical & Healthcare Jury Member

  Shane is a Sr. Industrial Designer at Ensera Design. He focuses on making products easy to use and pleasing to the eye. Believing that good medical design should benefit both the care provider and the patient, Shane likes to approach each project by learning the user’s needs with empathy, followed by wide exploration of concepts and physical prototyping. Prior to entering the medical design field, Shane worked at a Taiwanese company focused on consumer electronics design. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a Master’s degree in Industrial Design. His work has been featured in magazines such as Robb Report, Architizer Journal, and Yanko Design.

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  Alicia Cheng

  Founding Partner, MGMT. design

  2020 Visual Communication Jury Member

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  Montana Cherney

  Head Innovation Coach, International Baccalaureate

  2026 Design for Social Impact Jury Captain

  Montana is a creative strategist and design leader with a track record of advancing innovation in education, healthcare, financial services, government, and public and social services. She has worked across four continents—partnering with communities, system stakeholders, innovators, governments, and policymakers—to create inclusive, community-led solutions ranging from digitally-enabled financial savings products for smallholder farmers to brand and service delivery strategies for HIV prevention, co-designed with girls and women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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  Aric Cheston

  Assistant Vice President of Design, AT&T

  2020 Interaction Jury Member

  Aric Cheston is a product and service designer living and working in Austin Texas. He is currently the Assistant Vice President of Design at AT&T where he leads a multidisciplinary team focused on large scale transformational projects encompassing all aspects of the business. Previous to AT&T, Aric co-founded the experience design firm, Big Tomorrow, served as Executive Creative Director of Frog Design, and was a partner in the storied brand advertising and marketing firm Kirshenbaum Bond Partners. He has worked with clients across industries, most notably, BMW, HP, Disney, Comcast, and The University of Texas.
  
  Aric holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design.

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  Chester Chipperfield

  Global Creative Director, Tesla

  2017 Consumer Product Jury Member

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  Allan Chochinov

  Partner, Core77 | Chair, MFA Products of Design, School of Visual Arts

  2020 Design Education Initiative Jury Captain

  Allan Chochinov is a partner of Core77, a New York-based design network serving a global community of designers and design enthusiasts, and Chair of the new MFA in Products of Design graduate program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Allan lectures around the world and at professional conferences including IDSA, AIGA and IxDA, has been a guest critic at various design schools in including Yale University, IIT, Carnegie Mellon, Ravensbourne, RMIT, University of Minnesota, Emily Carr, and RISD. He has moderated and led workshops and symposia at the Aspen Design Conference, the Rockefeller Center at Bellagio, Compost Modern, and Winterhouse, and is a frequent design competition juror. Prior to Core77, his work in product design focused on the medical, surgical, and diagnostic fields, as well as on consumer products and workplace systems. He has been named on numerous design and utility patents and has received awards from The Art Directors Club, I.D. Magazine, Communication Arts, and The One Club.

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  Jillian Choi

  Director of Global Exhibitions, Design Miami

  2021 Furniture & Lighting Jury Member

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  Alice Chung

  Co-founder, Omnivore

  2020 Visual Communication Jury Member

  ALICE CHUNG is founding partner at Omnivore. She has collaborated with clients such as Princeton University School of Architecture, Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, Luhring Augustine Gallery, University Settlement, and artist Polly Apfelbaum on endeavors ranging from identity systems to websites and publications. She studied at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University where she received a B.A. in biology and a M.P.H. in health and social behavior. Her graduate work led her to shift her focus to design studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. She is Senior Critic in Graphic Design at Yale University School of Art.

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  Nadine Clemens

  Co-founder & President, Design Friends

  2020 Sports & Recreation Jury Member

  Nadine Clemens is the co-founder and president of Design Friends, a cultural, non-profit association promoting the work of designers through talks and exhibitions. Since its creation in 2009, the Luxembourg-based association has also set up multiple collaborative and educational projects, screening nights and portfolio shows. The Design Friends’ catalogue of publications contains over 50 designer monographs and a series of DEE magazines, all self-published.
  
  With a background in art history, Nadine Clemens has been working for over fifteen years in contemporary art institutions as a director of art publications, corporate communication and media relations.

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  Archie LEE Coates IV

  Co-Director, PLAYLAB, INC.

  2019 Built Environment Jury Member

  Archie Lee Coates IV is a co-founder and partner at PLAYLAB, INC., a New York based creative studio that uses art, architecture, and graphic design to initiate ideas around themes that interest them. Past projects include 30' inflatable flowers for Midtown Manhattan, a re-brand of America for SFMOMA and a compilation of all the times Joaquin Phoenix has walked in his films, titled Walking Phoenix. In 2011, he co-founded the quarterly publication CLOG, and in 2010 he co-founded + POOL, an initiative to build the world’s first water-filtering floating pool in New York with Family New York. Archie is also a thesis faculty at School of Visual Arts’ Design for Social Innovation program, where he teaches how to bring ideas to life.

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  Paul Cocksedge

  Founder, Paul Cocksedge Studio

  2015 Furniture & Lighting Jury Captain

  Paul Cocksedge studied under Ron Arad during his MA in Product Design at the Royal College of Art, and was introduced to Issey Miyake and Ingo Maurer, both of whom staged early exhibitions of his work. Maurer went so far as to give Paul a show within his own show at Milan Design Week 2003, introducing his lights 'Styrene', 'NeON' and an early work that was to be developed into 'Life 01' with FLOS. Paul has since gone on to become one of Britain's leading designers, founding Paul Cocksedge Studio with business partner Joana Pinho in 2004. The Studio's catalogue includes an imaginative range of design products, architectural projects, sculptures and lighting, all infused with the sense of simplicity, joy and wonder that has come to characterise Paul Cocksedge's work.

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  Daniele Codega

  Design Director, Work & Co

  2019 Interaction Jury Captain

  Daniele Codega is a Design Director at Work & Co, a nearly 300-person technology and design company with offices in the US, Brazil and Europe. The company partners with Apple, Lyft, Epic Games, Equinox, Mailchimp and others to define and launch digital experiences people love using every day.
  
  Daniele’s known for working with clients on the strategic and systematic design of large-scale digital products. He has extensive experience working at the intersection of physical and digital, media, and luxury for companies such as Apple, Gucci, Samsung.
  
  Prior to Work & Co he was a Product Design Director at Elephant, leading design for various Apple projects. Earlier, he led digital product design for Gucci, Samsung, Reuters, and Huffington Post.

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  Hillary Coe

  Design Leader

  2024 Transportation & Mobility Jury Member

  Hillary is an Emmy award-winning, hands-on design leader utilizing bold, disruptive multi-platform innovations to solve the world’s greatest challenges. As SpaceX's first Director of Design, she successfully defined the visual strategy and narrative for human spaceflight in the 21st century through NASA’s Commercial Crew program. She led efforts to conceptualize human experience for future spacecraft, while also leading ground-up product development for the high-speed satellite internet service Starlink.
  She is a commercial pilot, astronaut candidate, drag racing record holder and advocate for young women and men entering STEM fields.