Stephanie Cedeno

Stephanie Cedeno is a multidisciplinary designer, artist, and educator currently serving as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Graduate Media Design Practices at ArtCenter College of Design. She also holds an adjunct lecturer and thesis advisor role at University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, while working as a product designer at Zalando in Berlin. Her work bridges applied and experimental design, focusing on interaction design, digital culture, and human-technology relationships.

• MFA in Media Design Practices from ArtCenter College of Design
• BA from Boston University

Cedeno's research explores intersections of maintenance practices in digital ecosystems and domestic technology integration. Her projects often combine artistic inquiry with design methodology to critique algorithmic systems and reimagine digital engagement frameworks.

Recent publications include contributions to the An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping (2021) and Are.na Annual 2023, reflecting her commitment to alternative knowledge production models. She co-founded Read.cv, a platform celebrating non-traditional creative work, which will transition to Perplexity in 2025.

As an educator, Cedeno documents teaching methods on her teaching portal and curates digital concepts on Are.na. Her industry experience includes senior interaction design roles at Bosch.IO, focusing on AIoT products.

Through Are.na, Cedeno participates in a collaborative knowledge-organizing platform sustained entirely by its 18,473 members. She advocates for intentional 'rabbit hole' exploration as a creative research methodology.