Juan Patino
Experience Design Lead at Freelance
Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolJuan Patino is an Experience Design Lead with 13 years of practice blending art, advertising, and technology to craft human-centered digital and physical experiences. With an MFA from Parsons and a BFA from MICA, he has led interaction and experience design at IDEO.org and Gallagher & Associates and now runs a freelance studio serving cultural institutions, public installations, and social-impact platforms. He teaches design and prototyping as an adjunct at VCU, mentoring the next generation while staying hands-on with information architecture, prototypes, and design systems. Known for translating storyboard and advertising sensibilities into accessible, sustainable design solutions, he excels at bridging storytelling, performance, and technical constraints. Based in Richmond, he combines studio leadership with deep empathy for users to deliver practical, transformative experiences that scale across digital and physical contexts.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Illustration, BFA, Illustration at The Maryland Institute College of ArtMFA, Design and Technology, MFA, Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design
English, Spanish, PortugueseGithub contributions (5)
patinoart/nocOfApps
Sep 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:6 commits in 1 month
patinoart/NewTheory
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:6 releases, 7 pushes, 6 tags in 1 month
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