Mani Nilchiani
Adjunct Faculty at Building new Bonds
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMani Nilchiani is an interdisciplinary designer, technologist, educator and musician with 13 years of experience building human-centered products and cultural projects. He led multidisciplinary teams as a Design Lead at IDEO (2019–2023), delivering innovation across healthcare, education, mobility and retail, and now co-founds ventures focused on art-driven community building. A Parsons MFA and recurring faculty member, Mani teaches graduate design and web technologies while mentoring thesis studios that bridge creative practice with technical fluency. Beyond product work he co-created Disco Tehran, a culturally influential project covered by major international media, and performs as Tan Haw, blending Iranian classical music with contemporary soundscapes—an artistic lens that informs his design sensibility. Based in New York, he combines front-end and systems experience with a rare practice-led perspective that ties technology, pedagogy and cultural production together.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Design and Technology, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design - The New SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Print Media, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Print Media at Iran's University of Art
Persian, French, English, Arabic, Spanish
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Github Skills (121)
threejs10
experiences10
daydream10
3d10
motion-detection10
game-development10
game-engine10
cannonjs10
dependency-free10
html10
aframe10
oculus10
webgl10
virtual-reality10
oculus-quest10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
maniart/darkpatterns
Jul 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:157 pushes, 19 branches in 9 months
ideo/NY-Visitors-Website
Sep 2019 - Jun 2021
Code for NY office visitor website
Contributions:211 commits, 71 PRs, 161 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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