Nathan Koch
Professional Lecturer at DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Koch is a multidisciplinary interaction and product designer with 15 years of experience building mobile apps, websites, design systems, and generative media tools. Currently a Professional Lecturer and chair of DePaul’s UX undergraduate program, he blends hands-on prototyping (Figma, p5.js, HTML5) with curriculum design and studio practice in generative art and audiovisual performance. His background spans agency and enterprise roles—from leading front-end teams at Leo Burnett and Groupon to shaping chat product design and design systems at JPMorgan Chase—giving him fluency across design, code, and product strategy. Trained with an MFA from Parsons and time at the School for Poetic Computation, he’s comfortable shipping production UI components as well as experimental AR/VR and procedural content. Notably, he brings a maker’s instinct to teaching and product work, often coding prototypes that translate speculative concepts into tangible experiences. Based in Chicago, he is equally at home mentoring students, documenting design systems, and prototyping emergent interactive works.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Intersections of code design hardware and theory, Intersections of code design hardware and theory at School for Poetic ComputationMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Design and Technology, Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design - The New SchoolBS Organizational Communication and Learning Design, BS Organizational Communication and Learning Design at Ithaca College
Github Skills (11)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mimetaur/arcify
Apr 2019 - Sep 2019
Easily map Arc encoders to up to eight parameters on the Monome Norns
Contributions:2 releases, 38 commits, 23 pushes in 5 months
monomeparametersmonome-nornsnornsnorns-library
mimetaur/ResultsUnknown
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:73 commits, 27 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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