Gary Chou is the founder of Orbital, a studio for building networks, and Faculty at School of Visual Arts MFA in Interaction Design program where he co-teaches Entrepreneurial Design with Christina Xu.

Previously, Gary worked at Union Square Ventures where he created the USV Network. He advises Austin Center for Design, which exists to transform society through design and design education; and Venture for America, which seeks to revitalize American cities and communities through entrepreneurship.

As an active supporter of independent creators, he has executive produced two award-winning films and backed numerous Kickstarter projects.

Email Gary or follow him on Twitter.

Projects

• Orbital
• Letters for Black Lives
• Entrepreneurial Design

Words

• Why you should join a Community of Practice in 2017
• The Thesis After Your Thesis
• Teaching and Investing
• On Constraints, Exploration and Chance
• On Jury Duty
• Why I Launched Orbital Boot Camp
• Introducing Orbital and the Orbital Boot Camp
• On Self-Sufficiency

Talks

• Post-Industrial Design School
• hackNY 2016: Summer Talk
• Design Driven: Leveraging Networks to Bring Ideas to Life / Notes
• Postlight: On Orbital and Entrepreneurial Design
• Venture for America: 2014 Boot Camp
• Austin Center for Design 2013: A Realignment with Gary Chou / Notes
• Designers + Geeks: Designing for Uncertainty / Notes

News

• People & Company: Gary Chou helps students rise to the challenge.
• Reappropriate: Meeting People Where They Are: The Seed Crystal of the Letters for Black Lives Project
• Inc: This Entrepreneur Has Built an Incubator for Networks
• VFA: On Side Projects, Developing An Opportunistic Lens, And What To Do About Burnout
• PSFK: Orbital Offers Space for Independent Creators to Explore Unknown
• I Had Ten Dollars: Gary Chou - Orbital
• In Over Our Heads Podcast: Maximizing Entropy
• The New Disruptors: T Minus Zero with Gary Chou
• Khoi Vinh: Interview with Gary Chou of New York's Orbital
• 5by5: Capital: Episode 17: Within Reach