Justin Blinder is a creative technologist, researcher, and artist. His artistic practice examines how bottom-up, immersive, and poetic approaches to technology can help us to better engage with the built environment and the lived experiences of others.

Justin has developed products and experiences for clients including The New York Times, Meta, Verizon, IBM, GE, Qualcomm, Nike, and Comcast, which have won awards from Cannes Lions, the Webby Awards, Fast Company, the Clio Awards, D&AD, and more.

His personal projects have been featured in the The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, BBC, The Guardian, TechCrunch, Wired, and Fast Company, among others. His widely covered 2013 project Vacated reverse-engineered Google Street View to uncover its hidden historical imagery and was considered a precursor to Google’s “Time Machine” feature, released months later.

Justin’s artwork has been exhibited at MoMA, Guggenheim Bilbao, Transmediale, Eyebeam, Pioneer Works, and elsewhere. He has given talks about his projects at various institutions and events, including IDFA, MIT, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and The New School.

Justin is a freelance Creative Technologist and a Research Affiliate in the City Science Group at the MIT Media Lab. He was formerly an Eyebeam Honorary Fellow and NEW INC Member. He holds a Master’s in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, and a BFA in Design and Technology from Parsons.