Daniel Barreto Wildberger
Assistant Professor, Interaction Design
Bio
Daniel Wildberger is a Brazilian designer and educator with over 15 years of experience in visual culture, technology and education. Since founding his own studio in 2009, he has led projects in identity and branding, motion and interaction design for clients across Latin America and the USA. His work has been recognized in New York, San Francisco, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Cannes, London, Paris, Mexico City and Caracas.
Daniel bridges design education with real-world application. His teaching is rooted in collaboration and critical making, positioning designers as creative thinkers and strategic problem-solvers capable of working across disciplines and sectors.
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Research Interests
Daniel’s current research and pedagogical focus explores the integration of emerging technologies into design practice, with an emphasis on gameful, dynamic, and immersive experiences. His work creates inclusive, participatory and socially engaged approaches to design education, where students develop a deeper understanding of their role as cultural producers and change agents.
Two key concepts frame his current investigations. #craftpoetics, advocates for a return to hands-on engagement in a time of increasing automation and technocratic productivity. Whether through hand-coded digital artifacts or material experimentation, this approach embraces making as a site of meaning and presence.
The second, Radical Hope, serves as a guiding ethos for design as a future-oriented, purpose-driven discipline. Radical Hope insists on design’s potential to respond to systemic challenges with imagination, agency, and care.
Through these frameworks, Daniel’s work invites students and collaborators to question dominant narratives, engage critically with technology and shape futures that are not only functional but also humane.
