About Us » Code Compose Collaborate

Who are we?

Code, Compose, Collaborate (the Parsons Digital Trust Project) is an onsite/online learning environment where youth from different cultures—with varying access to technology—can interact, create, collaborate and share using the neutral and safe mediums of sound and computation.

This project is the brainchild of the Mighty Spicy Collective, creative technologists from Parsons Design+Technology programs in New York.

Code, Compose, Collaborate is a grant recipient of the 5th Digital Media and Learning Competition, with support from the MacArthur Foundation.

Meet The Team

We are a team of passionate technologists trying to encourage children to discover a passion for the world for computing.

Sven Travis

Principal Investigator / Mighty Spicy Collective Director

Sven Travis is an artist, a teacher and a skier. He is founder and former chair of the faculty of Parsons Design & Technology Department. He has taught at Parsons and The New School for almost twenty years. He was educated at the Rhode Island School of Design and New York Polytechnic University.

Kunal Jain

Co-Investigator / Technical Director

Kunal Jain has been integrally involved in implementations of diverse technological approaches and computer software adaptations across a multitude of business, consumer and social sector industries. His interest in understanding deeper relationships between technology in education has been a key force in his academic and professional career.

Michie Pagulayan

Co-Investigator / Project Director

Michie Pagulayan is always a designer at heart and project manager by day. She is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Art, Media, and Technology involved in various research initiatives in the Design and Technology program. Constantly yearning to work with great minds who share the same passion and enthusiasm in pursuing that which makes a difference.

Research Assistants

Gabriel Gianordoli

Researcher

Gabriel Gianordoli is a visual and interaction designer specialized in data visualization. He has been working in design for the past 8 years, both in print and digitally. He is a teacher at the NYU School of Professional Studies and a recent graduate of the Parsons MFA Design & Technology program.

Jane Mitchell

Researcher

Jane is a biologist turned creative technologist. Her interests include UX/UI design and exploring the intersection of science, design, and technology. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design.

Jed Segovia

Researcher

Jed is an illustrator and writer from Manila, Philippines, pursuing the MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design. He enjoys motion graphics, comics, and web design. On the other hand, he has chosen a path towards critical and speculative design, fueled by science fiction, satire, and black comedy.

Julie Huynh

Researcher

Julie is an artist and interaction designer specializing in play and virtual spaces. She completed her MFA at Parson’s Design & Technology. Her works incorporate an array of components, varying from Arduino, Kinect, openFrameworks, and Unity. She aims to make playful spaces using technology to create another level of interaction for users.

MAXianghan

Researcher

MAX is an artist and interaction designer with a background in studio art and communication. She’s interested in designing products that engage with the next generation of people who not only are versed in technological media but know how to navigate between technology and the material world. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons.

Miyeon Kim

Researcher

Miyeon is a New York-based visual designer and a multimedia developer who is currently an MFA Design and Technology Candidate at Parsons School for Design. She has a wide range of interests include game design, virtual reality, augmented reality, creative coding, interaction design, and visual design including motion graphics.

Shakti Mb

Researcher

Shakti Mb is a designer and a morning person. Her primary interests include front end development and UI/UX design. She is currently pursuing the Design + Technology program at Parsons School of Design.

Udit Mahajan

Researcher

Udit Mahajan is a creative technologist, designer and electronic musician with a background in electrical engineering. He is interested in the use of technology for both digital and physical interactions and experiences. Recently graduated from the MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design.

India Team

Jatinder Marwaha

Jatinder is a visual & interactive media professional and educator with over twenty years of international professional experience as pictures editor, photographer, conservationist and multimedia designer. Through his background in Media, Jatinder has been responsible for Design Strategies, Information Architecture, Interface Design, Graphic Design and knowledge transfer for varying genres of projects, within the social, art and media genres.

Suvani Suri

Suvani is a graduate of the New Media Design program at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Her inquiries are largely based in the space of speculation, narratives in space and time and algorithmic processes of creation. Currently, she is focusing on an independent inquiry into the poetics and philosophy of technology and its conflation with art and design.

Ishaan Jain

Volunteer

Ishaan, a 5th grade student with some experience with the Raspberry Pi and Sonic-pi assisted with setup and coding during the workshops.

Manila Team

Agnes Macasaet

Agnes is the Principal/Creative Director at AUC Creatives (AUCC) which specializes in corporate events and launches, graphic design, video production, marketing, professional lights and sound system, staging and DJ services. She is one of the first lady DJs in Manila, Philippines. Started spinning records at age 12 and is the founder of Audio Compulsion mobile (AUC). She is also a professor in De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, School of Design and Arts.

Je Vicente

Je is the K-8 Learning Coordinator of The Beacon School Manila, an independent, non-profit, co-educational school that is authorized by the International Baccalaureate to deliver the Primary Years Program and Middle Years Program. She has been an educator for almost 20 years and believes that an inquiry, concept-driven approach to learning helps young people become critical thinkers and better problem solvers.

Samuel J. Villanueva

Samuel is a Freelance Creative Director handling Marketing and Communications for US based Filipino Supermarket chain Seafood City. He has more than two decades of experience in Advertising and has handled both local and international accounts such as Coke, Johnson & Johnson, San Miguel Beer, Nestle, Sony and Honda. He has received a number of creative awards locally and recognized by CLIO, London International Awards and New York Festival for his creative work.