Ariel Churi
Associate Professor
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAriel Churi is an Associate Professor and creative technologist with over a decade of experience designing transformative digital products at the intersection of design, technology, and human experience. He blends academic rigor from an MFA in Interactive Telecommunications with hands-on product leadership for clients like Amazon, Sotheby’s, MoMA, Mattel and Hasbro, shipping everything from AR/VR experiments to large-scale web and mobile platforms. As a founder at Sparkle Labs he prototyped hardware and educational kits, managed cross-disciplinary teams, and translated playful physical interfaces into manufacturable products. At agencies and enterprise teams he has led UX and product design from 0-to-1, built modular design systems, and navigated complex stakeholder environments including C-level presenters. He teaches creative computing, physical computing, and design research at Parsons while continuing to consult and prototype industry-facing interactive experiences. Colleagues describe him as a connector between craft-driven visual design and pragmatic engineering who thrives on rapid prototyping and unexpected creative collisions.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA Printmaking, BA Printmaking at University of the ArtsMFA Interactive Telecommunications Program, MFA Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University
Github Skills (4)
markdown4
html4
pdf4
evernote1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
arielchuri/coreinteraction
Jan 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:53 commits, 161 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
arielchuri/emergentobjects
Jan 2022 - Apr 2026
Contributions:164 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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