Richard Whitney

Richard “Dick” Whitney is an artist, engineer, and seasoned expert in consumer product development.

Richard Whitney the CPO

He has designed and developed projects for tech giants like Samsung, Schlumberger, and NASA and for growing startups like Particle, Lockitron, and Flywheel. He has had the great pleasure to work in IoT, solar, manufacturing, toys, and music videos. He has a masters from the MIT Media Lab, where he built novel interfaces with the Tangible Media Group.

Richard currently runs a consultancy to perform rapid "golden prototype" creation in the consumer electronics industry. He specializes in simplifying complex systems and finding the spaces where efficiency meets function and form.

Richard Whitney the artist

Richard’s art installations, which blend technology and photography with playful interactivity, have appeared around the world in museums and festivals such as MOCA, LACMA, the V&A, and Art Basel. He also specializes in “art for hire,” where he creates custom experiences on rapid deadlines that surprise and enthrall event-goers.

Richard at home

Richard lives in Los Angeles but works with clients worldwide. He lives in a castle with innumerable tools, innumerate chickens, and his wife Christine, who wrote this bio.

Clients

Particle, Lockitron, NASA, Samsung, Idealab, Schlumberger, Google, Coca-Cola, Stanford d.school, CB2, OK Go, Syyn Labs, Flywheel Sports, Univision, more.