NYC FIRSTBuild skills. Open possibilities.
Learning that opens doors.
Leading a Bronx STEM center and developing connections between hands-on learning, industry, and future opportunities.
STEM center leadership · Programs · Partnerships Designer · Educator · Innovation strategist
Ideas into
practice.
I’m Oded. I connect people, technology, and ideas to develop products, shape learning experiences, and create meaningful change.
Explore my world ↘Technology
Education
Social impact
by design.
Different disciplines.
Shared possibilities.
Shared possibilities.
Brooklyn, New York · Working across boundariesA practice built on curiosity
01 / A connected practice
Products. Programs. Partnerships.
One instinct: make things happen.
01 — CREATE
From need to possibility.
Human-centered research, product development, and prototyping. Turning an understanding of people into something they can use.
02 — CONNECT
Across the usual boundaries.
Bringing industry, education, and communities together. Building collaborations around shared challenges and complementary strengths.
03 — LEAD
From ambition to action.
Shaping programs, supporting teams, and carrying ideas into implementation. Keeping the people and the purpose in view.
02 / A spectrum of work
Many forms.
A common thread.
A selection of products, programs, and collaborations from across my practice. Different contexts, the same curiosity.
TempdropHuman-centered wearable technology
Technology, close to life.
Developing the foundational concept and product characteristics of a wearable basal body temperature tracker.
Concept development · Product definitionTOM:NYCMaking with people, for people
Different minds. Shared purpose.
Bringing makers, institutions, and people with disabilities together to address unmet needs through collaborative design.
Executive production · Stakeholder engagementSparkathonLocal ideas. Global participation.
A global challenge to young minds.
Directing a 48-hour innovation initiative engaging more than 100 students around the challenge of ocean plastic pollution.
Program direction · Learning experience designLife HacksTechnology bridging generations
Learning starts with listening.
Co-designing and facilitating a course connecting Cornell students and Roosevelt Island seniors through design and digital fabrication.
Course co-design · FacilitationBosscalFrom identity to object
A story you can hold.
Working with a family-run mezcal company to develop its brand identity and a distinctive bottle line for an international market.
Brand identity · Industrial designAssistive
by design.Pratt × Blythedale
by design.Pratt × Blythedale
Real needs in the classroom.
Connecting industrial design students and clinical professionals in a collaborative course developing assistive solutions.
Educational collaboration · Human-centered designScopeBugCare beyond the clinic
Responding to a new reality.
Co-founding a venture during the pandemic to develop accessible medical attachments for remote and at-home care.
Co-founder · Product developmentClixoPlay meets possibility
Making room for creative play.
Supporting research, collaboration, and strategic planning to help a construction toy enter the education market.
Education market strategy · ResearchSelected contributions across independent practice, ventures, and institutional roles.
03 / My perspective
What happens
the day after?
A prototype, a workshop, or a successful event can be a beginning. The question that keeps me engaged is what it makes possible next.
My approach starts with people and their lived experience. I use design to understand the challenge, connect the right disciplines, and build a path from a promising idea to practical application.
Read my article in Make: ↗
04 / A little about me
A designer’s mind.
A wider canvas.
I’m a Brooklyn-based designer, educator, and entrepreneur with more than 18 years of experience across product development, innovation, and education.
My practice grew from industrial design into founding Milestone Studio and Milestone Labs, advising ventures, and developing learning experiences and collaborations with educational and community institutions.
Today, my work at NYC FIRST brings these interests together through STEM education, program leadership, and partnerships. Across roles, I’m drawn to the space where understanding people leads to new possibilities.
SELECTED INSTITUTIONS & BRANDS
Across programs, projects, and advisory work
Cornell TechPratt InstituteNYC FIRSTDwight SchoolsBlythedaleTempdropTOM