Digital Design Director for IoT, Brand + Innovation
Founder @DesignLifeWell™
Co-Founder @OkYeaDrones™
Hi, I’m Tündi ☺ I’ve led digital product design teams and interactive creative direction for industry leaders like Google Creative Lab, the U.S. Army, UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), IBM Watson, Cortica Autonomous AI, and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, among many others.
I hold a Master’s in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU Tisch, where I explored the intersection of engineering and new-media, and a Bachelor's in Communications from Boston University, with a minor in international design history.
Outside design, you’ll find me playing with drones for OkYeaDrones™, an aerial media company I co-founded in 2017, or flying my own FPV drones for fun!
I’m also a certified creative entrepreneurship coach, helping independent creators online since 2015 through my methodology called DesignLifeWell™. My course has been taught at NYU, and led students and professionals at Parsons, Pratt, and SVA.
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Hi, I’m Tündi ㋡ I’m Transylvanian, a 1st generation American, and my name means “fairy” in English.
I’ve worked for some of the world's leading companies, and my work has won a Webby Award (equivalent to an Oscar for the internet) and has been featured in ProductHunt, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNET, VoiceBot.ai, and in over 200+ other publications and news sources.
I’m an Adobe Women in Technology finalist, have co-hosted NYU’s Adjacent: the online journal for emerging media, and spoken to students at NYU Tisch, the Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, the School of Visual Arts, CULTUREHUB.
I taught a mindfulness-focused creative career development course at NYU Tisch, and compiled it into an digital course which you can check out here.
Ranging from AI startups to artists, other select clients include Google, IBM Watson, the Army, the Oscars, UFC, Land Rover, OkCupid, NBC, Royal Caribbean Innovation Lab, Gucci, Hermes Digital, Diesel, etc.
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DesignLifeWell™ (DLW) is an innovative creative career development platform I created after helping countless independent creatives gain career confidence mindfully by applying UX frameworks to their own lives since 2015. DLW empowers creatives to craft their futures through the power of design.
Since then, I’ve taught the course at NYU Tisch, and spoke to creative professionals and students at the Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, the School of Visual Arts, CULTUREHUB, nuSchool, and was featured as a speaker on Working Not Working.
The course is now online and any creative can sign up at designlifewell.com.
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DLW was accepted in several incubators:
Sophia Amoruso's "Business Class"
- Summer 2023NYU's Female Founders Circle Round 1
- Spring 2022NYU's Female Founders Circle Round 2
- Fall 2021Y-Combinator's Build Sprint
- Summer 2021NYU's Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Accelerator
- Summer 2020 -
Webby Award Winner for Google Creative Lab’s “My Storytime”
Adobe Women in Technology Finalist
Guest Lecturer at Parsons School of Design
Speaker at CULTUREHUB
Tisch School of Arts Grant at New York University - ITP
Speaker at Love Wavelength - Featured in Working Not Working
Interviewed by RISE for Women in Innovation
MUX Awards - Agency of the Year (Fantasy)
AdAge Gold Award for Branded Mobile Application
Digiday Best in Show Retail Award
Digiday Best Mobile Brand/Commerce Experience
Mobile WebAward: Best Fashion/Beauty Mobile Application
Interactive Telecommunications Program Camp Sponsorship at NYU
Creative Excellence Award - N. America Creative Leadership Summit
Art published in Limited Edition Vol. 1 book at the Brooklyn Art Library
Website, writing and blog featured on nuSchool
Permanent collection at the Art House Co-op in Brooklyn
Interview in Sweden's biggest newspaper, DN
Exhibition: “Art Love Japan” at the In Rivers Gallery in Brooklyn
Y&R/Wunderman Interactive Award
AOL Competition Winner - 2nd place in US
Davlin Philanthropic Fund Design Award
AdLab 'Best Branding' Award
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) - Portfolio Winner
