I'm Warren: designer, founder, artist, tinkerer, and leader. I have a diverse skillset, wide-ranging curiosities, and enjoy working on complex problems.
⛰ I am currently on sabbatical ⛰
Recent rolls:
Head of Brand & Visual Design at Khan Academy (2018-2024)
Principal Designer & Design Manager at Vox Media. (2012-2018)
In 2010, I co-founded an investigative non-profit newspaper called Mission & State (formerly NewSource: the Santa Barbara Journalism Initiative) which received major funding from the Knight Foundation (we won the Knight News Challenge).
In 2007, when the internet was still sparkly, I founded and built a hyper-local citizen media platform called City2.O.
Lens:
I love people. I love building community. I love making things that make life better - and do my best to find a balance between an appreication for complexity, and a 'bias for action'.
I have a unique lens that stems from my background in Linguistic Anthropology, and a related interest in Second-Order Cybernetics (a conceptual framework that examines the role of the observer in the process of understanding and studying complex human systems).
In my free time, I've been prototyping a smart light, curating art shows in LA, and helping to build a not-for-profit ISP.
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👉🏼 Special projects & work history
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