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  • Ari Elefterin

    Part-time Assistant Professor

    Email
    ari.elefterin@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    K - 113 University Place

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    Ari Elefterin

    Profile

    Ari Elefterin is a New York-based transdisciplinary designer, somatic researcher, and educator focused on experimental process and the human body. Their multidisciplinary exploration of communication extends from global commercial art directing at Nike to contemporary dance and water advocacy. Through a prioritization of the bodily experience, their work seeks to re-define holistic human health in the constructed environment. 

    Degrees Held

    BFA in Graphic Design, Boston University 
    MFA Industrial Design, Parsons 

    Professional Affiliation

     

     

    Research Interests

    Design ethnography, product/industrial design, embodied learning, sense theory, touch, human factors, speculative & critical design, storytelling & filmmaking 

    Past Courses

    Design Studio 6
    PUPD 4011, Spring 2025

    Human Factors
    PUPD 3050, Fall 2024

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