People

We are design professionals and educators who believe in new priorities, new responsibilities, and new inspiration for the design of human experience.

Daniel Gloyd

Daniel is a designer and research expert specializing in the fields of Human-computer Interaction and User Experience design. He has helped organizations such as Toyota, Samsung, Ford, and McDonald's embrace human-centered design for over 25 years. He was founder and manager of the User Interface team at Samsung’s Los Angeles Design Lab, V.P. of Research Services at Gist Design, acquired by TrueFit Innovation in 2014. He’s the inventor on five U.S. design patents for human-computer interface innovations.

Sarah Margolis-Pineo

Sara is a writer and curator specializing in American craft and design. She’s the former curator of Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield, MA) where she oversaw the stewardship of the museum’s collection of 19 historic buildings and over 22,000 works of Shaker material culture. Sarah served as Luce Associate Curator of American Folk Art Museum (New York), and she has held positions in the curatorial departments of Frye Art Museum (Seattle), Museum of Contemporary Craft (Portland, OR), and Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI).