I'm Warren: designer, artist, experimenter, & leader. I have a diverse skillset, wide-ranging curiosities, and enjoy working on complex problems.
Currently, I'm building a public-interest, civic technology lab called SUPR INDEX.
Past roles:
Head of Brand & Visual Design at Khan Academy
Principal Designer & Design Manager at Vox Media
Board of Directors at Pacific Standard
Co-founder at Mission & State
Curator at Super Santa Barbara
Founder at City2.O
Co-founder and Curator at TSA LA
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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