Charlotte McCurdy

Charlotte McCurdy is an interdisciplinary designer from New York City.

She is a Global Security Fellow at the Rhode Island School of Design with the support of the MacArthur Foundation and a member of the New Museum’s cultural incubator, NEW INC with the support of Science Sandbox. Her research focuses on existential threats.

Daniel Grushkin, Veena Vijayakumar

Biodesign Challenge is an education program and competition that is shaping the first generation of biodesigners.

BDC partners high school and university students with scientists, artists, and designers to envision, create, and critique transformational applications in biotech.

Keith Kirkland

WearWorks is a haptic design company that builds products and experiences that communicate information through touch.

Their first product, WAYBAND™, is a wrist-wearable haptic navigation device for the blind and visually impaired. And, in 2017, it was used to help the first person who is blind run in the NYC marathon without sighted assistance.