Contributors

 
 

Arthi Krishnaswami

Founding Contributor | RyeCatcher & Carnegie Mellon University School of Design

Arthi is a CMU Design grad (CPID ’06) and lives in NYC. She teaches Design for Social Innovation. She works at the intersection of public policy, design, and technology with a variety of public and private sector institutions on projects that enable informed decision-making for a wide range of audiences.

 
 

Ian Gonsher

Founding Contributor | Brown University

Ian Gonsher is Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Engineering and Department of Computer Science at Brown University. His teaching and research interests examine creative process as applied to interdisciplinary design practices.

 
 
 

Ruth Schmidt

Founding Contributor | Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design

Ruth Schmidt is an associate professor at the Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech, whose research sits at the intersection of behavioral science, humanity-centered design, and complex systems. Her work focuses on addressing private sector and public policy challenges more systematically through applied behavioral insights and conceptual models.

 
 

Will Rutter

Founding Contributor | Wrye Design Lab & Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design

Will Rutter is a practicing designer and design scholar with a particular interest in the impact of human and technological systems on value creation and the lived experience of people. He received his MA in Design from the CMU School of Design in 2021 and is currently continuing his MDes+MBA studies at IIT’s Institute of Design and Stuart School of Business.