My name is Richard but I go by Ricky too.
I'm a creative person who loves algorithms, plants, code, color theory, the shape of mushrooms, systems, the malleability of language, machines, EDM, and the internet. I love to learn new things.
I make artwork about humanity's relationship with the digital world, and the digital world's relationship with the physical world.
Currently
Google (Emoji Team): Creative Technologist and Frontend Engineer (Contract)
The Cooper Union: Adjunct Professor
Previously
The Unicode Consortium (Marketing): Frontend Engineer and Creative Developer, 2023-2025
Meso AI: Frontend Engineer and Product Designer, 2024
The Cooper Union (Intra-Disciplinary Seminar): Frontend Engineer, Graphic and Motion Designer, 2021-2022
The Cooper Union, School of Art: BFA, 2022
I teach the web browser to raytrace 3D parametric flowers in faster and more efficient ways.
Cooper Union featured me in their "30 seconds in the studio" series.
I spoke at NYCxDesign about a design project.
An interface I designed for Emoji @ Google is a 2024 Webby Honoree.