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Christian Schmidt

Former Adjunct, Class of
Courses Taught: Mainstreaming Information (w/Lisa Strausfeld)

Christian Marc Schmidt is a multi-disciplinary designer and media artist. His experience spans a diverse range of design disciplines, including editorial, environmental and interaction design, as well as media installation and design for services. His interest in working with information has resulted in an analytic approach, which is decidedly parametric and follows a bottom-up paradigm, while recognizing the importance of the user experience.Christian studied economics in Frankfurt, Germany, before moving to New York in 1999, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale University School of Art. His work has received wide recognition, having been shown and exhibited both internationally and nationwide.Christian currently lives in Brooklyn.