Jared Ficklin

Artist, Designer, Solarian

Jared is a Frog Design Fellow & former founding partner of argodesign. He believes experience is key to design and has spent more than two decades finding value for the user in innovative technology and bringing solutions to large organizations. He is currently the Chief Product & Design Officer for the Collaborative Intelligence startup SynthBee.

He is also a futurist and an interactive artist creating or participating in large scale social experiments from SXSW to Burning Man with a focus on the intersection of humanity and technology. He spoke at TED. He is a maker. He is the co-director of Austin Public Skatepark Action Committee. He was once a cowboy in 1867.

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