Dylan Box

Current Work

• Diskette Press

  Co-Owner, 2024-Present

  Diskette Press is an award-winning publisher and press based out of Detroit, Michigan. We seek to publish small- or first-run print work from upcoming trans and queer authors. Primarily known for publishing comics, we also have a variety of both fiction and non-fiction work published in limited runs.

  Responsibilities Include

  • Artist Management
  • Financials and Accounting
  • Prepress, Printing, and Production
  • Sales and Distribution
  • Machine Maintainance

• Encoder Rat Decoder Rat

  Co-Owner, 2021-Present

  ERDR is duo of creative technologiests, Dylan Box and M Kuznetsov, dedicated to creating installations and experiential design.

  Past Projects

  • Gender Generator: A novel interface for visualizing gender. Commissioned by MIT CAST as part of their Generative Unfoldings exhibition
  • A Night at the Orfelia: An ongoing installation art series dedicated to discovering queer utopian futures

• Freelance

  Development & Design, Ongoing

  Graphic Design, Marketing, and Web Development focusing on community organizations and non-profits.

  Clients

  Chalkfly, Challenge Detroit, Osborn Neighborhood Alliance, Detroit Sound Conservancy, Downtown Boxing Gym, Back Alley Bikes, Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation

Past Work

• CareEvolution

  Product Design, Development, 2022-2025

  CareEvolution develops software to enable researchers and healthcare providers manage and collect data. Additionally CE provides support for many public health organizations to create impact-driven programs.

  Projects Include

  • Design and development of NIH-funded at-home test submission program, MakeMyTestCount
  • Design and development of at-home test distribution programs for Project ACT and other public health initiatives
  • Managed accessibility audits and updates
  • Product localization development
  • Front-End app design and development for developer tools and API dashboards

• Waymark

  Lead Developer, 2013-2022

  Waymark is a video production platform designed to create customizable videos at scale right in your browser. I worked for years on the Video Technology team developing a browser-based video editor and that allows users on any device to edit HD videos in real-time right in a web browser, no downloads needed.

  Skills and Technologies

  • Front- and Back-end javascript development
  • Project and Library Architecture
  • Built custom WebGL-based template rendering system
  • After Effects Extension for template exporting
  • Templating Web App for internal users

• AIGA Detroit

  President, 2020-21 | Board Member 2015-21

  AIGA Detroit is the professional non-profit organization for designers and creatives in Southeast Michigan. As the local chapter of the national non-profit, our organization creates programming, workshops, and intitatives catered to our members and the braoder design community in Detroit.

  Notable Programs

  • The Kit: a directory of local printers, suppliers, and resources for designers
  • Building Critical Consciousness: Awarded a $10k grant to conduct a local demographic survey and develop a workshop series around building anti-racist practices in the creative workplace.
  • Ope! Midwest Portfolio Review: Organized the first-ever cross-chapter virtual portfolio review for emerging designers
  • Zoom Chats: Weekly lectures from famous artists, designers, photographers from Detroit and around the world, held virtually
  • Music X Design: An international 24-hour livestream celebrating the shared music and culture of Techno and House Music in Detroit, Chicago, and Berlin

• WaterHealth India

  Product Design Consultant, 2011-2012

  WaterHealth India is an international Social Enterprise dedicated to bringing affordable, safe, and accessible drinking water to underserved communities in India. As the project leader for the redesign of the flagship WaterHealth Center water purification plant, I worked with Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction, Marketing, and Delivery teams to design a pilot plant for the future of the WaterHealth Brand.

  Tasks

  • Conducted extensive user-research studies on customers, operators, and internal stakeholders to discover challenges faced by the current design
  • Worked with suppliers and construction contractors to design a material-efficient structure that could be prefabricated and built quickly on virtually any site
  • CAD Modeling and building of small and human-scale mockups of the structure for approval and testing by various departments.