Ben Cerveny

Ben Cerveny is serving as advisor to several rapidly evolving ventures, such as Stamen Design. He is also the founder and director of the Playground Foundation, a European framework for experimental new media design research. serving as advisor to several rapidly evolving ventures, such as Stamen Design. Previously, he was Founder of the Experience Design Lab at frogdesign, an international product design company, and a lead game designer and platform development strategist at Ludicorp (Flickr). Cerveny is a ten-year veteran of the interaction design field. His past endeavors include UI design work for network media manipulation applications at Be Inc. and Silicon Graphics, and the management of the research and development group at web services agency Organic. Following his first degree in Critical Theory from the University of California, Ben Cerveny studied at the MediaLab at MIT. He has taught seminars in information design at the Art Center College of Design, the University of California, and the San Francisco Art Institute. He speaks frequently at conferences regarding the practices of Experience Design and Game Design. He has also taken part in live 3D and video-mixing performances in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.