About
I explore emerging technology by actually building with it.
Right now, that means pulling on threads in public: small daily experiments asking “what if?” about AI, interfaces, physical computing, and how humans might navigate what’s coming. Some threads turn into something. Others teach me what doesn’t work. Both are valuable.
Background
My path has wound through research at the MIT Media Lab studying how people interact with robots, running Midnight Commercial (a Brooklyn design studio inventing physical and digital experiences for clients ranging from Cartier to Samsung), leading technology for the new MIT Museum, and now directing work at Baker Library at Harvard Business School where I work with knowledge experts on AI transformation.
I’m interested in the intersection of emerging technology and humanity. To me, technologies like AI aren’t just a productivity boost. I explore the deeper questions: What assumptions get baked into the systems we build? What do we gain and lose as interfaces change how we think? When does technology feel human, and when does it feel hollow?
I don’t have answers. I have experiments.
I share what I learn: the builds, the failures, the moments when something clicks. If you’re curious about what’s next and want to explore alongside someone who gets their hands dirty to figure it out, follow along or send me a note.
Get in Touch
Hello. I’m David. I like to work with interesting people on ambitious ideas. Let’s collaborate on a project.
I’m happy to answer your questions or chat about potential work we can do together.
Email: david@davidnunez.com
Phone: +1 512.366.3330
David Nuñez is a creative technologist and robot builder, executing projects at the intersection of art, design, and technology.
David Nuñez is the Director of Technology and Digital Strategy at the MIT Museum. Previously he was Managing Partner at Midnight Commercial, a Brooklyn-based innovation consultancy that works with C-suite leaders and global design teams to creates novel works of art, design, and technology from concept to deployment.
His current work, Requiem for Rhinoceros, is a street performance commemorating the final days of the Northern White Rhino using large, illuminated, robotic puppets. He is building Geppetto, a platform for the computational choreography of machines and robots in performances. His text editor for live coding, kn0t, enables expressive software development on stage.
David held a Visiting Scientist appointment with the Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab, where he explored expressive movement of machines and robots. He was lecturer at Northeastern University, teaching programming in the College of Arts, Media and Design.
As a creative coder, he builds interactive software using tools like iOS, Unity3D, Cinder, openFrameworks (oF), and Processing. His clients have included JK Rowling’s Lumos organization, Candlewick Press, PBS, Electric Type and the Personal Robotics Group at the MIT Media Lab.
His project, Bytes and Bots at the Children’s Museum of Houston, engaged students in exploring programming ideas through an animatronic lobster and bird. Previously, he designed the multitouch table used to play the Electric Gongs, a set of instruments for the Austin Children’s Museum. His robotic marionette, El Quemira, won multiple blue ribbons at the 2007 Austin Maker Faire.
Previously, as a founding Trustee of the Awesome Foundation, he helped remarkable projects obtain seed funding and recognition.
David achieved his M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab while working in the Personal Robots group, and he holds a B.A. degree in Computer Science and Managerial Studies from Rice University.
Hello. I’m David. I like to work with interesting people on ambitious ideas. Let’s collaborate on a project.
David Nuñez is a creative technologist and robot builder, executing projects at the intersection of art, design, and technology.
David Nuñez is the Director of Technology and Digital Strategy at the MIT Museum where he is guiding the museum as it transitions to a new location and updates its digital+physical expression. His projects enable the museum to increase its capacity to create MIT-worthy, digital engagement via access, relationships, experiences, and infrastructure.
Previously he was Managing Partner at Midnight Commercial, a Brooklyn-based innovation consultancy that works with C-suite leaders and global design teams to creates novel works of art, design, and technology from concept to deployment.
His current work, Requiem for Rhinoceros, is a street performance commemorating the final days of the Northern White Rhino using large, illuminated, robotic puppets. He is building Geppetto, a platform for the computational choreography of machines and robots in performances. His text editor for live coding, kn0t, enables expressive software development on stage.
David held a Visiting Scientist appointment with the Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab, where he explored expressive movement of machines and robots. He was lecturer at Northeastern University, teaching programming in the College of Arts, Media and Design.
As a creative coder, he builds interactive software using tools like iOS, Unity3D, Cinder, openFrameworks (oF), and Processing. His clients have included JK Rowling’s Lumos organization, Candlewick Press, PBS, Electric Type and the Personal Robotics Group at the MIT Media Lab.
His project, Bytes and Bots at the Children’s Museum of Houston, engaged students in exploring programming ideas through an animatronic lobster and bird. Previously, he designed the multitouch table used to play the Electric Gongs, a set of instruments for the Austin Children’s Museum. His robotic marionette, El Quemira, won multiple blue ribbons at the 2007 Austin Maker Faire.
Previously, as a founding Trustee of the Awesome Foundation, he helped remarkable projects obtain seed funding and recognition.
David achieved his M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab while working in the Personal Robots group, and he holds a B.A. degree in Computer Science and Managerial Studies from Rice University.
Hello. I’m David. I like to work with interesting people on ambitious ideas. Let’s collaborate on a project.
David Nuñez is a creative technologist and robot builder, executing projects at the intersection of art, design, and technology.
David Nuñez is the Director of Technology and Digital Strategy at the MIT Museum where he is guiding the museum as it transitions to a new location and updates its digital+physical expression. His projects enable the museum to increase its capacity to create MIT-worthy, digital engagement via access, relationships, experiences, and infrastructure.
Previously he was Managing Partner at Midnight Commercial, a Brooklyn-based innovation consultancy that works with C-suite leaders and global design teams to creates novel works of art, design, and technology from concept to deployment.
His current work, Requiem for Rhinoceros, is a street performance commemorating the final days of the Northern White Rhino using large, illuminated, robotic puppets. He is building Geppetto, a platform for the computational choreography of machines and robots in performances. His text editor for live coding, kn0t, enables expressive software development on stage.
David held a Visiting Scientist appointment with the Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab, where he explored expressive movement of machines and robots. He was lecturer at Northeastern University, teaching programming in the College of Arts, Media and Design.
As a creative coder, he builds interactive software using tools like iOS, Unity3D, Cinder, openFrameworks (oF), and Processing. His clients have included JK Rowling’s Lumos organization, Candlewick Press, PBS, Electric Type and the Personal Robotics Group at the MIT Media Lab.
His project, Bytes and Bots at the Children’s Museum of Houston, engaged students in exploring programming ideas through an animatronic lobster and bird. Previously, he designed the multitouch table used to play the Electric Gongs, a set of instruments for the Austin Children’s Museum. His robotic marionette, El Quemira, won multiple blue ribbons at the 2007 Austin Maker Faire.
Previously, as a founding Trustee of the Awesome Foundation, he helped remarkable projects obtain seed funding and recognition.
David achieved his M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab while working in the Personal Robots group, and he holds a B.A. degree in Computer Science and Managerial Studies from Rice University.
Hello. I’m David. I like to work with interesting people on ambitious ideas. Let’s collaborate on a project.
I’m happy to answer your questions or chat about potential work we can do together.
Email: david@davidnunez.com
Phone: +1 512.366.3330
David Nuñez is a creative technologist and robot builder, executing projects at the intersection of art, design, and technology.
David Nuñez is the Director of Technology and Digital Strategy at the MIT Museum. Previously he was Managing Partner at Midnight Commercial, a Brooklyn-based innovation consultancy that works with C-suite leaders and global design teams to creates novel works of art, design, and technology from concept to deployment.
His current work, Requiem for Rhinoceros, is a street performance commemorating the final days of the Northern White Rhino using large, illuminated, robotic puppets. He is building Geppetto, a platform for the computational choreography of machines and robots in performances. His text editor for live coding, kn0t, enables expressive software development on stage.
David held a Visiting Scientist appointment with the Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab, where he explored expressive movement of machines and robots. He was lecturer at Northeastern University, teaching programming in the College of Arts, Media and Design.
As a creative coder, he builds interactive software using tools like iOS, Unity3D, Cinder, openFrameworks (oF), and Processing. His clients have included JK Rowling’s Lumos organization, Candlewick Press, PBS, Electric Type and the Personal Robotics Group at the MIT Media Lab.
His project, Bytes and Bots at the Children’s Museum of Houston, engaged students in exploring programming ideas through an animatronic lobster and bird. Previously, he designed the multitouch table used to play the Electric Gongs, a set of instruments for the Austin Children’s Museum. His robotic marionette, El Quemira, won multiple blue ribbons at the 2007 Austin Maker Faire.
Previously, as a founding Trustee of the Awesome Foundation, he helped remarkable projects obtain seed funding and recognition.
David achieved his M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab while working in the Personal Robots group, and he holds a B.A. degree in Computer Science and Managerial Studies from Rice University.
Over the past twenty years working with non-profits, startups, and brands, I have developed an unwavering belief in a hands-on approach to innovation research: the best way to understand a topic is through rapid and soulful prototyping with near-future technologies.
Since making is always entangled with understanding, my hands will always be covered in source code regardless of my job title. To explore how digital tools influence what we make, I write software for cognitive augmentation and digital productivity.
At MIT, I lead the Museum in its digital transformation as it reboots in a new building opening in 2022. My digital approach supports improved collections access, innovative digital experiences, and more consistent ongoing audience engagement.
My research interests include source code marginalia, technology culture, esoteric programming languages, and augmented personal productivity systems. I seek to illuminate the humanity that exists around and inside computation.