Andrew Corpuz

Designer, Artist, Musician, Global Futurist

Welcome to my personal website.

You may view a design/art portfolio, my org, or music (coming soon).

My Roles and Details

Games and Digital Designer

The medium and the craft of my soul, and the way to engage others.

I am a designer of the artist mind who uses interactive experiences to engage others.

I have always gravitated towards play and self-expression. As such, I use games and other interactive experiences are mediums that embrace play in a way that can be shared with others.

In recent years, there have been many developments in HCI and design that have focused on improving the user experience. Consequently, I consider psychological concepts such as agency, learning, and motivation to scaffold and cater experiences to users. I also consider alternatives to usual design practices, such as thinking about games for social change, focusing on other emotions besides fun, or the differing roles between designer and user/player.

I see technology as a way to facilitate and accelerate advancements in both the craft of interaction design and user experience. However, with my background in art, I see technology as a tool to support a medium, rather than necessarily an end in of itself.

Utopian Futurist

My positionality and hopes

As a kid, I read almanacs and studied maps for pleasure. I had an inherent connection to globality and the interconnectedness of the human species. Through my life experiences, I developed an affinity to celebrating the individual while also thinking about how to reduce suffering in different societies long-term. I developed an appreciation for perspectives, strategies, and solutions to large-scale issues that were well thought-out but overlooked.

In another realm of mind, I am brimming with ideas constantly. I am using my imagination not only to think of new and immersive visual worlds, but also to move in abstract concepts and systems-thinking.

When I put these two channels of interest together, I am constantly thinking about how the world could be different to create healthier outcomes for all while also pushing humanity into new adventures and horizons. Resultantly, I am constantly questioning and re-imagining power structures, while growing a better understanding of what makes us human. Thus, in my pursuit of futures, I also think about human origins and why it’s important to preserve some sense of these traditions and practices as part of our lineage and story.

Musician

The spirit, background, and interest

I grew up as a musician, studying classical piano and musical theory. As I got older, I would make my own music inspired by many genres, including electronic, classical, world, and indie pop.

Even when not interacting with or making music, my background colors much of how I see the world and interface with ideas. For example, I enjoy conceiving concepts as structured systems with order and ranking that can be experimented played around with. Similarly, I seek to observe, understand, and question ontologies of how societies and people operate. I understand language as a method that forms how we enter and construct our world.

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