Mentors/Judges
Judges
Maya Georgieva
Senior Director of the Innovation Center AI, XR, and Quantum Labs
Maya Georgieva is a Designer and Narrative Futurist working at the intersection of emerging technologies and transformative storytelling. She leads the Innovation Center at Parsons School of Design, where she directs AI, XR, and Quantum Labs to prototype immersive futures. Her work explores how spatial storytelling, generative systems, and quantum thinking can unlock new dimensions of creativity, learning, and human agency.
John Sharp
Professor of Contemporary Creative Practice at Parsons The New School for Design
John Sharp is a designer, art historian and educator. He has been involved in the creation and study of art and design for over thirty years. In addition to Supercosm, John is a member of the game design collective Local No. 12, which focuses on games as a research platform. He is the Professor of Games and Learning in the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design where he co-directs PETLab (Prototyping, Education and Technology Lab).
Brad MacDonald
Parsons Faculty; Prev. Director of Creative Media at the Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building, Exploratorium
Brad MacDonald works in creative direction and development for exhibits and exhibitions, workshops and deep-dive labs about the technology, games, and creative culture, and teaches creative technology, game design, narrative design, and experience design.
Binna Lee
Parsons Faculty; Vice Chair @ Women in Design; NY IDSA
Binna Lee is a Cognitive Experience Designer and Theorist working across embodied cognition, spatial perception, and immersive technologies.
Elena Piech
Interactive Producer at Samsung
Elena Piech is an Emmy-nominated journalist turned emerging technology leader specializing in immersive media, AR/VR, and real-time 3D storytelling. As Account Director at ZeroSpace, she has delivered groundbreaking 3D experiences and activations for global brands like Nike, Cartier, Meta, and HP.
Alex Levin
Founding Partner Strategy @L+R
Alex Levin is a design-led strategist and entrepreneur focused on spatial computing and delivering emerging tech solutions for brands like Meta, Louis Vuitton, and UNICEF. A Parsons graduate, he spearheaded the creation of the Webby-honored “Media View” app for the Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro’s 491 Gallery, and serves as a strategic partner for Meta’s AI Glasses SDK and Spatial SDK launches.
Michael Markman
Head of Design @ ShapesXR
Michael Markman is a former founder & product designer working on the frontier of computing since 2016. Currently, he leads design at ShapesXR, the industry leading spatial prototyping tool. In his free time, he likes to pursue creative technological experiments. I’ve created an XR documentary, explored mixed reality art installations, experimented with projected mapping, and prototyped multiple XR games.
Mentors
Colby-Lamson Gordon
Courtney Snavely
Eloise Yalovitser
Grace Park
Minkyu Kim
