Ben Shown Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston Area

I head up Blink’s Boston office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As design director + partner at Blink, I lead multidisciplinary UX teams tackling projects focused on product envisioning, dynamic design systems, and brand expressed as software with clients including Amazon, HBO, Microsoft, and NASA. I joined Blink in 2018 as part of an acquisition of Tectonic, an experience design studio, where I had been a creative director for four years.

Greater Boston Area

As director at Blink, I lead multidisciplinary teams tackling projects focused on brand expressed as software, product envisioning, and dynamic visual systems. Blink clients include: Amazon, Fred Hutch, Microsoft, Nike, and NASA.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Currently teaching Design Process, Context, & Systems, a course that explores common design practices, principles, methods of inquiry, and problem-solving approaches through studio projects.

Greater Boston Area

Creative direction and design leadership on projects at the delta of interaction, visual, and motion design. Clients: Amazon, Amplify Learning, Conservation International, HBO, Microsoft, and various startups both big and small.

Seattle, Wa

Design of software and technology prototypes for Microsoft’s future vision across scenarios set in the home and office. Specific attention to visual systems and evolving the Microsoft metro design language.

Seattle, Wa

Exhibit design, art direction, and data visualization for permanent and traveling exhibits including Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film; a behind-the-scenes interactive exhibit, AVATAR: The Exhibition; and Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic.

Seattle, Wa

Conduct lectures and provide teaching support for University of Washington undergraduate design program including courses in Design Foundations, Typography, and Professional Practice.

Boston, Ma

Design and develop a variety of projects for EF’s worldwide educational travel ventures. Experience with travel market research, photography art direction, and a Paul Rand branding system.

Washington, Dc

Design, conception, and management of university projects from viewbooks to athletic apparel. Extensive work with creative direction and professional printing.

North Adams, Ma

Design posters, brochures, web projects, environmental signage to promote upcoming events and exhibits while learning the ins and outs of a non-profit.

Mfa, Visual Communication Design

I received my MFA in Visual Communication Design from the University of Washington. My graduate studies focused on leveraging.

Ba, Interactive Digital Media